That limitation is still here, but not quite as painfully and noticeably Thornographic as earlier examples have shown, which leads to far more attention held on my end. All through Cradle of Filth’s entire history, the symphonic end has always shown to be their strongest suit (common knowledge at this point), and leaning against the riffs leads to very limited songwriting approaches that leaves the end result somewhat hollowed out. Again, the band seems to have opted for a guitar-centric approach, and as I’ve said before on earlier albums, this is really where they sound weak. Though some of CoF’s cold, chilling gothic elements are still present, even if merely relegated to the keyboards and harmonic guitar leads, there’s a very thrashy undercurrent throughout the album with few moments of the “hardcore” or “punk-like” moments once promised, leaving the end result rather intense, less sophisticated and very heavy, even for them. It’s easy to state that anyone looking for a third helping of the last few albums will be leaving half-handed in the end.
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