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When an earthquake decimated parts of Armenia and killing between 25,000 to 50,000 people in 1988, the world was in shock. The Ussr earmarked the equivalent of billions of dollars to help rebuild, the U.S. sent medical aid and search dogs, and people from all over Europe came to help. Perhaps the most surprising fundraising effort, though, came from a who’s who of rock and metal legends calling themselves Rock Aid Armenia. The supergroup, which featured Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Queen’s Brian May and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi,...

Ever since forming in Suffolk in 1991, Dani Filth's Cradle of Filth have been one of England’s highest profile extreme metal bands. Over the years their musical style has evolved from a classic black metal sound to a cleaner, more "produced" mixture of Gothic metal, symphonic black metal and other extreme metal styles. Thematically the band’s imagery has pretty much remained the same: one that is heavily influenced by Gothic literature, poetry, mythology, sex and horror films.

In early November, 2010, after having already released eight albums and assorted E.P.s, they put out their newest record, the lushly evocative Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, which is a concept album based on the legend of the lascivious demoness and wife of the Biblical Adam, Lilith. Within the narrative of the album are references to diverse topics (such as Greek mythology, The Knights Templar and Carmelite Nuns) woven into a...

There's been buzz-a-plenty on ye olde interwebs about the triumphant return of UK metal icons Cradle Of Filth, who recently teamed up with FEARnet for their upcoming 2011 North American Tour along with Turisas, Nachmystium and Daniel Lioneye. That tour, of course, promotes tomorrow's Us release of the band's ninth full-length studio album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa – a massive concept piece which weaves an elaborate, millennium-spanning tale of the mythical demoness Lilith. Epic concepts are this band's forte – especially if they're about demons, vampires, occultists, necrophiles, historical serial killers, or some combination of each – and they don't skimp on any of the above this time...