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Originally posted by: r3n
cant say i like cradle of filth or hatebreed tbh. cradle jst seem to be out there to make controversy with their lyrics rather than creating good music. i mean who actually lives by this "fuck christ" way of life. if u dont follow christianity, leave it at that, no need to release Tshirts of jesus defiling some young girl. same goes with all these other bands that put on a facade to sell albums, like slipknot. whats the need in the masks and boiler suits, jst makes them look retarded. i only listen to bands for their music, not their image, and i think thats the way it should be.
Cradle aren't serious over that sort of stuff. They are meant to be over the top, most (if not all) of their lyrics are written in a fictional context...they say themselves that they're inspired by B movies (Dani Filth even stars in the B Movie Cradle of Fear), so I just take them at that level. The band are always taking the piss out of themselves and the 'Jesus is a cunt' t-shirts are just to be provocative...if it gets their name mentioned in the press then that'd make it even better for them...their imagery and music videos are fiction/fantasy. Taking the "fuck christ" way of life as you put it seriously, or taking songs like Lord Abortion seriously, is kinda like taking songs like 'Grave Robbing USA' by Murderdolls seriously. Cradles lyrics also seem much better written than other bands (despite not really making any political points etc, they still are generally extremely well written). Cradles music imo IS good, its not like they just play any old noise...the musicians are actually talented and they don't just play simple power chords all the time like a lot of other bands.