Damnation and a Day: From Genesis To Nemesis is the fifth studio album by Cradle of Filth. It features the 40-piece Budapest Film Orchestra and 32-piece Budapest Film Choir, is partly based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, and was Cradle's only full-length release for the major label Sony before they transferred to Roadrunner Records.
Narration on the first track of each section is by David McEwen, who played Kemper in Cradle of Fear and...
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Damnation and a Day: From Genesis To Nemesis is the fifth studio album by Cradle of Filth. It features the 40-piece Budapest Film Orchestra and 32-piece Budapest Film Choir, is partly based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, and was Cradle's only full-length release for the major label Sony before they transferred to Roadrunner Records.
Narration on the first track of each section is by David McEwen, who played Kemper in Cradle of Fear and appeared in the video for Her Ghost in the Fog, miming Doug Bradley's vocals.
This is the first Cradle full length album to feature only one full-time guitar player, as former guitarist Gian Pyres quit the band shortly before the writing and recording process. Keyboardist Martin Powell played session guitars for the album.
In addition to the Miltonic arc the album also features stand-alone tracks such as the Nile tribute "Doberman Pharaoh" and the Aleister Crowley-influenced "Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness)".
The album spawned two DVD...
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