Remember meeting Dani randomly in a pub in sheffield before they played their gig, he said "assume you're coming to the gig with you wearing one of our shirts"? I said unfortunately not, I came up in hopes someone was selling tickets outside the venue, but can't find anyone selling any at the moment,that's why we came to the pub for a drink...didn't expect to see you in here though! He said "yeah not something we normally do,but we're not drinking alcohol..hey leave it with me and I'll get you in" ..He kept his word. Always remember that.
In 2000 on Midian tour I met all members after the show near the bus and they were all super nice to me and my brother and few friends which were with us🤟🏻
What an amazing interview. Unfortunate that it was so short, I love when Dani talks about stuff he's interested in rather than just the usual promo stuff, could listen for hours.
Dani is an amazing human being. He’s making all the right bands, plus many of the bands today took and learned elements from them. Credit to Cradle. However, I need to say that Dani is an amazing human. I took my 14 year old son to see them years ago in Philly, and he saw my kid singing all the words and really rocking out. At the end of the show he grabbed the set list off the drum riser and jumped into the crowd, pushing everyone away, and handing the set list to my son. Proud dad moment, and Dani being an absolute gentleman and class act. That moment will stick with me forever.
What you learn through time is that the trve kvlt types, while acting the most extreme are simultaneously the biggest posers of them all. Some of them probably listen to pop music on the side.
So many ppl talk that shit about cradle but the facts and reality remain... They were there. They were part of it and they are valid. Deep hails to cradle. So fun, so talented, so genuine.
I wouldn't mess with them or Dimmu when I was a little gatekeeper "hardcore" metal head brat lol but I'm glad I eased up as I grew up cause I got to appreciate SO MANY bands that I just wouldn't mess with back in those days...... But we, or I at least, were kids, just how it is. Nobody wants to be a poser and just HAS to be legit or trve kvlt or whatever haha
Honestly he spent a bit of time on them, had a mystical experience with the band. I took it in and out of the interview over and over again, but ultimately just left in that tiny mention. Such an important part of the sound.
Don't break the oath is the first album from mercyful fate that my father introduced me to and it was on a cassette Tape to this day I still rock a cassette player and play tapes! 🤘🤘
I discovered them at 12, my parents were classic rock fans and I remember hearing coffee and it was chaotic to what I knew, but soon become one of my top 10 bands forever, I was big into industrial, but I still love good black metal daily!
Indeed the total sincerity, authenticity & limitless devotion to the cause that happened between 90 & 95/96 will never happen again… that is why it is the peak of BM. So many legendary albums including the first 3 CoF albums (Vempire counting as their 2nd album) from young (teenage!) bands that only cared about making evil music… I would include some Death Metal of that same period as well (Entombed, Deicide, Infester, Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Suffocation etc)
Very interesting to hear from his perspective, haven't really read anything about his opinions before. I think he got some good points regarding the origin and development from different countries. Might be obvious when you think about it, but most people haven't really thought about people from different locations having a different perspective of what's cool, evil, controversial and so on. I think the reason Cradle of Filth felt like an outlier (still do), is because they had a much more polished/smooth sound to it as well as having vampires instead of Tolkien as inspiration, like he mentions. Dani seems like a really nice guy :)
I love that he’s such an eloquent part of the foundation himself, but is such a nerd who is aware of true beginnings and appreciates it all. I’m not a huge fan of any or most, but history is important. Dani rules
I still have a demo tape of theirs (Total Fucking Darkness). Got it signed by Dani and the original guitarist years later. Always thought it would be cool to travel the world just to get all of their signatures on it but have had many changes in life. Maybe one day. Still listen to it every few years. And the last time was in a kind of sandy cave/hole on the side of a mountain. Thought i had a couple bugs on me but then noticed the music / vibrations were making dirt fall from the top of it , on to us. We continued to listen to the tape until the album was finished and left. Haven’t been back to that cave in 14 years and am sure it has collapsed by now. Good fucking times.
las letras de dani son poesia pura y su musica increible, mi banda favorita de ese estilo es y sera siempre COF,por mas bandas que me pongan enfrente no los cambiare por nada, cruelty and the beast es una SINFONIA PERFECTA DE PRINCIPIO A FIN .
Dani knows his sfuff and cradle were originally back metal and were pretty good, he's good friends with sabbat who also pioneered the black metal sound with the other bands
I miss Andrea, her music is part of my life. My name "Skadisson" was born out of what her song "Wake Skadi" let bloom in my life. May she rest in peace while keeping living in our hearts.
@@BestBackingTracks If you happen to like black metal then ya....id say so. Im assuming you're one of those guys that breaks everything you listen to down into tiny little sub genres and then yells at everyone about them arent you? Lol
I was always gutted when their April's fools joke, "Victorian England under Martian rule", turned out to be exactly that... a joke.. it had titles and everything! I keep wishing they would finally release it!
As a kid in the 90s, I hated CoF and everything they "stood for" (commercialization, campy vampire horror, etc.). And yet, when they came to L.A. for the first time, I went to go see them. What I hated more than anything was that they sounded incredible! Stage presence, sound, lighting, atmosphere... Everything was top notch. Definitely one of the most professional extreme bands I had ever seen up to that point. It took me years to accept that I liked them after all! Lol!
Dani wrote more intelligent lyrics than the Nordic idiots, Dani also was very much into the aristocracy and some free masonic stuff, so they were more imperial, OLD Cradle is still the best, RIP STUART!!!!!!!!
@@Chrisfallen I'm respecting Darkthrone's statement - at least as made in the 1990s when they were yet to mellow out - that Soulside Journey was to be banished like a naughty child
I gotta find that interview of Kronos from Venom when they ask are bands like cradle of filth black metal? No they’re called crap. Then they cut to Dani saying THIS IS GAY😂
@0:45 - Can't believe Impaled Nazarene "Ugra-Karma" was left out of this list. Also Beherit's "Oath of the Black Blood".. for those brave enough, just be sure to have a crucifix nearby.
I like the part where he is talking about the gig, people claim they wen't to. A comparison to the sex pistol gig, and Mayhem gig. Many of the people going to these "first" show offs, went on doing punk, or black metal. Joy division and others where at the sex pistol gig and the same with Mayhem. Sorry my spelling, im Danish🙈😅🤟
unfortunately those early days when the music & production sounded like "shit" were the peak years of Black Metal, it sounded the best/had the best atmosphere&meaning &was uniquely itself. unlike now where everything primarily sounds&feels the same with slight variation, a copy&paste aesthetic, but it happens with everything. there's a mold that eventually gets tweaked &refind, it makes it boring &worse imo. good interview, he's lucky to have been able to be pen pals with Euronymous.
I am surprised at how good of a band Cradle of Filth actually are. When I heard their cover of Annihilators "Alice in Hell" I was very impressed. Before that I just thought they were demented satanic circus monkeys. I actually own several of their albums now. Black metal is my least favorite sub-genre of metal music. I'm glad I know that there are actually talented people playing that style. As a Christian I should hate this music. As a lover of music, I can see its value artistically. I see the themes as corny and sad, but the music is top notch.
Go to the safe zone without talking about Burzum, Dani seems to love wearing Burzum t-shirts in the 90s. Was it shock value or he is afraid of the media to call him a Nazi?
Not to take any credit from Dani or COF, was never a fan; when it comes to Black Metal I go for: Emperor 1349 Gorgoroth Dimmu Dissection some Mayhem Belphegor etc.
To me its piece of shit music,but nowadays if a band stands for something other than plain greediness it suddenly becames quite awesome. All hail make up
@@aaronishappy Lord Worm is also master wordsmith. I would also include Martin Walkyier from Sabbat and Skyclad as top tier writers. As a matter of fact he is a massive influence on Dani.
Remember meeting Dani randomly in a pub in sheffield before they played their gig, he said "assume you're coming to the gig with you wearing one of our shirts"? I said unfortunately not, I came up in hopes someone was selling tickets outside the venue, but can't find anyone selling any at the moment,that's why we came to the pub for a drink...didn't expect to see you in here though! He said "yeah not something we normally do,but we're not drinking alcohol..hey leave it with me and I'll get you in" ..He kept his word. Always remember that.
Super kool! Thanks for sharing that.
Good dude 👍👍
Legend
In 2000 on Midian tour I met all members after the show near the bus and they were all
super nice to me and my brother and few friends which were with us🤟🏻
And still remember that show was so loud I had a buzz in my head after for about a week😁😂
What an amazing interview. Unfortunate that it was so short, I love when Dani talks about stuff he's interested in rather than just the usual promo stuff, could listen for hours.
Dani is an amazing human being. He’s making all the right bands, plus many of the bands today took and learned elements from them. Credit to Cradle. However, I need to say that Dani is an amazing human. I took my 14 year old son to see them years ago in Philly, and he saw my kid singing all the words and really rocking out. At the end of the show he grabbed the set list off the drum riser and jumped into the crowd, pushing everyone away, and handing the set list to my son. Proud dad moment, and Dani being an absolute gentleman and class act. That moment will stick with me forever.
Dani's house looks exactly as it should.
Dusk and her embrace is a masterpiece!
Between this and Cruelty for me
Always loved COF, you can absolutely listen to dark funeral and dark throne or gorgoroth etc and still enjoy COF.
What you learn through time is that the trve kvlt types, while acting the most extreme are simultaneously the biggest posers of them all. Some of them probably listen to pop music on the side.
So many ppl talk that shit about cradle but the facts and reality remain... They were there. They were part of it and they are valid. Deep hails to cradle. So fun, so talented, so genuine.
Deep,deep hails. Iove you Danni❤️
I wouldn't mess with them or Dimmu when I was a little gatekeeper "hardcore" metal head brat lol but I'm glad I eased up as I grew up cause I got to appreciate SO MANY bands that I just wouldn't mess with back in those days...... But we, or I at least, were kids, just how it is. Nobody wants to be a poser and just HAS to be legit or trve kvlt or whatever haha
Those people probably sit in front of a radio on static thinking is "trve norwegian black metal" 😂😂😂
I would love to chill and have a beer with Dani. Guy seems like a awesome person to just hang and listen to stories and talk about music.
We need way more talk of Mercyful Fate imo.
Honestly he spent a bit of time on them, had a mystical experience with the band. I took it in and out of the interview over and over again, but ultimately just left in that tiny mention. Such an important part of the sound.
Cool, maybe a King Diamond/MF interview should be next then ;)@@revolver
Big time. Especially as King Diamond is the only one who is an actual satanist in real life of all these bands
Don't break the oath is the first album from mercyful fate that my father introduced me to and it was on a cassette Tape to this day I still rock a cassette player and play tapes! 🤘🤘
@@davidvasquez774 Both DBTO and Melissa are insane. Masterpieces.
I discovered them at 12, my parents were classic rock fans and I remember hearing coffee and it was chaotic to what I knew, but soon become one of my top 10 bands forever, I was big into industrial, but I still love good black metal daily!
Indeed the total sincerity, authenticity & limitless devotion to the cause that happened between 90 & 95/96 will never happen again… that is why it is the peak of BM. So many legendary albums including the first 3 CoF albums (Vempire counting as their 2nd album) from young (teenage!) bands that only cared about making evil music… I would include some Death Metal of that same period as well (Entombed, Deicide, Infester, Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Suffocation etc)
Always enjoy listening to Dani, intelligent and articulate guy
Very interesting to hear from his perspective, haven't really read anything about his opinions before. I think he got some good points regarding the origin and development from different countries. Might be obvious when you think about it, but most people haven't really thought about people from different locations having a different perspective of what's cool, evil, controversial and so on.
I think the reason Cradle of Filth felt like an outlier (still do), is because they had a much more polished/smooth sound to it as well as having vampires instead of Tolkien as inspiration, like he mentions.
Dani seems like a really nice guy :)
Wish this interview was longer hail COF
When i heard The Principle of Evil Made Flesh i was insteadly hooked
I love that he’s such an eloquent part of the foundation himself, but is such a nerd who is aware of true beginnings and appreciates it all.
I’m not a huge fan of any or most, but history is important.
Dani rules
I still have a demo tape of theirs (Total Fucking Darkness). Got it signed by Dani and the original guitarist years later. Always thought it would be cool to travel the world just to get all of their signatures on it but have had many changes in life. Maybe one day. Still listen to it every few years. And the last time was in a kind of sandy cave/hole on the side of a mountain. Thought i had a couple bugs on me but then noticed the music / vibrations were making dirt fall from the top of it , on to us. We continued to listen to the tape until the album was finished and left. Haven’t been back to that cave in 14 years and am sure it has collapsed by now. Good fucking times.
I still love Cruelty And The Beast. I love the sound of it, the mix is so pleasant to my ears, the riffs are great, the song structures...
🤘🤘
Beneaaaath the howling STAAAAAARS!!!!
I got into it in June 2000, and it is still my favourite album ever. It never loses its magic. \m/
one of my favorite albums of all time!
Don't forget FILOSOFEM by the mighty Burzum. That album is legendary.
I remember meeting Dani outside in NYC after a concert of theirs. Very nice bloke. Great concert too.
Always comes across as a cool dude, really good Interview.
I love COF and I love you Christina!
Great interviews as always!
las letras de dani son poesia pura y su musica increible, mi banda favorita de ese estilo es y sera siempre COF,por mas bandas que me pongan enfrente no los cambiare por nada, cruelty and the beast es una SINFONIA PERFECTA DE PRINCIPIO A FIN .
They forgot about Sarcofago...
OMG, Brazil was SO SICK (and still are) for metal!! Sarcofago and Vulcano!
And Bulldozer regarding Italy. Thought appreciate he mentioned Necrodeath 😎
Best Black Metal band existed…
Great interview! He seems like a very intelligent and discerning fellow.
Fantastic interview, need more Aussie Black Metal bands!
Dani knows his sfuff and cradle were originally back metal and were pretty good, he's good friends with sabbat who also pioneered the black metal sound with the other bands
Next to Trevor Strnad, Dani is probably the best lyricist in modern metal
There were also brazilian bands like Sarcófago, Vulcano, Mystifier and early Sepultura.
Worship him was the first black metal album I listened to.
"Im so Nodic, but Im from America!" Im American, that shit is funny, and so fucking true!
Yeah you yanks are posers
Great interview.
Great Dani
Danny with glasses, this is how we felt :) we're old and still listening this kind of shit)
The satanist advisor he's talking about was Andrea Haugen, of Hagalaz rundance.
I miss Andrea, her music is part of my life. My name "Skadisson" was born out of what her song "Wake Skadi" let bloom in my life. May she rest in peace while keeping living in our hearts.
I totally agree with danni coments, there's was a lot of diffrent sounds back on the day , all good and agresive in diffrent ways 🤘😎
That whole list of bands he just recited starting at around 1:50 reads like an exact list of all the bands i grew up on.
Ehh...love him or hate him....he turned A LOT of young kids in America on to Black Metal.
And you're saying that as a positive? Wow, we get Myrkur, Nachtmystium and Pentaface. What a brilliant legacy.
@@BestBackingTracks If you happen to like black metal then ya....id say so. Im assuming you're one of those guys that breaks everything you listen to down into tiny little sub genres and then yells at everyone about them arent you? Lol
Parabelum from Colombia! Euronymous traded tapes with them and was heavily influenced by their sound.
To this day Emperor is a masterclass in symphonic black metal. And they were teenagers!
Soulside Journey was Darkthrone's first album, but I guess it was a Death Metal album.
Pope love this guy!
*Cough* A Blaze in the Northern Sky was DTs 2nd officially released album. *Cough*
In the nightime eclipse is the best black metal album EVER.
I was waiting for him to mention Limbonic Art
I was always gutted when their April's fools joke, "Victorian England under Martian rule", turned out to be exactly that... a joke.. it had titles and everything! I keep wishing they would finally release it!
Moonspell was and is still my favorite band
I'm not a fan but I enjoyed the interview.
Great interview!
DANI IS A BIG INFLUENCE ON OUR BAND
As a kid in the 90s, I hated CoF and everything they "stood for" (commercialization, campy vampire horror, etc.). And yet, when they came to L.A. for the first time, I went to go see them. What I hated more than anything was that they sounded incredible! Stage presence, sound, lighting, atmosphere... Everything was top notch. Definitely one of the most professional extreme bands I had ever seen up to that point. It took me years to accept that I liked them after all! Lol!
Still love early Cradle 🤌🏻
Dani wrote more intelligent lyrics than the Nordic idiots, Dani also was very much into the aristocracy and some free masonic stuff, so they were more imperial, OLD Cradle is still the best, RIP STUART!!!!!!!!
Enslaved, Ulver, Borknagar, and Arcturus have some brilliant lyrics
"Fenriz saying: I'm so Nordic it hurts; when Fenriz lives in America" 😂
Don't forget 'Sabbat' from Japan!!
He does realise that A Blaze In The Northern Sky is NOT the first Darkthrone album though right?
Think Soulside Journey was Darkthrones first album .
I hope he meant their 1st black metal album....
It is their first album. Darkthrone rejected Soulside Journey, like a disowned child
@@itssoezy it's as good as anything they ever did after it, you can't just ignore it
@@Chrisfallen I'm respecting Darkthrone's statement - at least as made in the 1990s when they were yet to mellow out - that Soulside Journey was to be banished like a naughty child
Good bloke cheers Dani
Awesome interview. It was a time when you'd get death penalty or penis amputation from Catholic Church if you wore CoF or Impaled Nazarene t-shirt.
Profanatica!!!
RIP Nebelhexe
I gotta find that interview of Kronos from Venom when they ask are bands like cradle of filth black metal? No they’re called crap.
Then they cut to Dani saying THIS IS GAY😂
How the hell he looks better than 4 years ago?! 😮😊
@0:45 - Can't believe Impaled Nazarene "Ugra-Karma" was left out of this list. Also Beherit's "Oath of the Black Blood".. for those brave enough, just be sure to have a crucifix nearby.
He actually mentioned "Ugra-Karma" after that.
@@mmsouto - Really? Oh.. I never finished listening to the entire interview.
I like the part where he is talking about the gig, people claim they wen't to. A comparison to the sex pistol gig, and Mayhem gig. Many of the people going to these "first" show offs, went on doing punk, or black metal. Joy division and others where at the sex pistol gig and the same with Mayhem. Sorry my spelling, im Danish🙈😅🤟
There are so many parallels with Pistols and Mayhem it’s crazy. I wrote an article for my blog back in the day about it
unfortunately those early days when the music & production sounded like "shit" were the peak years of Black Metal, it sounded the best/had the best atmosphere&meaning &was uniquely itself. unlike now where everything primarily sounds&feels the same with slight variation, a copy&paste aesthetic, but it happens with everything. there's a mold that eventually gets tweaked &refind, it makes it boring &worse imo. good interview, he's lucky to have been able to be pen pals with Euronymous.
Canada and parts of the U.S.A. are way more "nordic" (harsh winters) than the U.K..
I love Dani Filth but his accent is killing me.... never heard him speak 🤔
I am surprised at how good of a band Cradle of Filth actually are. When I heard their cover of Annihilators "Alice in Hell" I was very impressed. Before that I just thought they were demented satanic circus monkeys. I actually own several of their albums now. Black metal is my least favorite sub-genre of metal music. I'm glad I know that there are actually talented people playing that style. As a Christian I should hate this music. As a lover of music, I can see its value artistically. I see the themes as corny and sad, but the music is top notch.
What mountain, where?
Brokeback 😅
Dani Filth and budgies, why not?
Emperor!!!!!!
Is he saying that Fenriz lives in America?
From Goth to boss!
It’s so funny that he was referencing an album he admires yet he gets the name wrong. It’s “De Mysteriis” not “Dom Mysteriis”
Deathspell Fucking Omega
Mother Teresa loves this man.
No Burzum??
Slipknot Iowa
A lot of the saying you see in lords of Chaos...
VENOM invented it all !
TMDWU
Burzum
Sarcófago!!!
Interviewer is a guy
Black metal's most veteran poser
This band isn't black metal.
Wtf would he know about black metal??!
Varg is the only true king och black metal. To scared to mention him ;)
8:10
He mentions him in this interview
Go to the safe zone without talking about Burzum, Dani seems to love wearing Burzum t-shirts in the 90s. Was it shock value or he is afraid of the media to call him a Nazi?
He mentioned Varg in this clip
Why is he getting asked about anything definitive when it comes to Black Metal? Cradle of Filth was poser Black Metal.
Not to take any credit from Dani or COF, was never a fan; when it comes to Black Metal I go for: Emperor 1349 Gorgoroth Dimmu Dissection some Mayhem Belphegor etc.
To me its piece of shit music,but nowadays if a band stands for something other than plain greediness it suddenly becames quite awesome. All hail make up
Next Episode: Taylor Swift asked about the origin of Country music.
Next Episode: Nobody will interview you because the origins of anyshit because you did not do it anyshit with your life.
:D
Infernal overkill is thrash stupid!
You do realize early destruction has black metal elements right 😂
Dani is the definition of cringe
The bigger definition of cringe is your opinion that Dani is the definition of cringe...you damn commoner!! 😢😮😅
He’s very short in stature but seems like a sharp blokec
1:55 Mentioning Necrodeath and loads of other essential underrated bands holy shiet dani knows his stuff👍 love COF as always
Yep, Sarcofago (with INRI) and maybe Amen Corner could be there as well. Love the first Necrodeath of course.
Dani is master lyricist. He is possibly the most eloquent lyric writer in extreme metal.
I can read his lyrics for enjoyment without even listening to the music. That's how good they are.
Long and intricate, and the pace he vocalizes at. Incredible.
Although a different style, Lord Worm's stuff on None So Vile is also top, top tier.
@@aaronishappy Lord Worm is also master wordsmith. I would also include Martin Walkyier from Sabbat and Skyclad as top tier writers. As a matter of fact he is a massive influence on Dani.
His lyrics reminds me of a poetic gothic rap song 🎶
I definitely always been a fan of the music and the lyrics
Id like to see Dani's CD collection.
His first place he went to was Emperor’s In the Nightside eclipse, and that is 💯 correct.
That album will always be my number 1 in my top 5 no actually top 10 best black metal albums