[Anomaly]

If you don't like a certain kind of music, that fails to demonstrate anything on the lines of intellegence or agenda. It just means you have an opinion. Fancy that, everyone else does too. Yours is special how now?
(Though I must admit just listing the tracks off their latest album is a bit silly. They do have better songs than just those off of that particular CD)

Anyways, to the person that said they were gothic metal, last I checked such a genre isn't exactly in existance. What they ARE is Black Metal...which yes is different from Heavy Metal and Death Metal, and certainly a far cry from Grindcore, but if there's such a thing as Goth Metal I'd like to see other examples.

I'm not defending their music, and certainly not their vocals. Some people don't like constant drum and guitar riffs, nor the intermingling of classically trained operetic singing with high pitch screeching and low gutteral growls. Frankly, though, when compared to some other Death and Black metal I've heard I CAN actually make out what they're saying half the time. For me thats a plus.

I enjoy Cradle of Filth and especially the album Damnation and a Day. There are many tracks from their older works that I enjoy and yes, I do own a Cradle T-shirt. OMG the world shall end now because I have gone coorporate. *sigh* I like them because they mesh neo-classical stylings with black metal themes. I know thats not exactly uncommon, but thus far they've been the best at it.

There is better music out there yes. Your point?