Image: Cradle of Filth [Official Press Photo, Jakub Alexandrowicz]
The upcoming Cradle of Filth album is now officially confirmed: The Screaming Of The Valkyries will drop on March 21, 2025. According to their social media post, it “excels as a succinct summation of the ghosts of Cradle’s past, while taking bold new steps into the future.” Alongside this news, the band has also unveiled a new single, and you can check it out below along with the album’s full tracklist.
New Single: “To Live Deliciously”
Following the release of the first single, “Malignant Perfection”, back in October 2024, Cradle of Filth have now dropped the second track from their upcoming album. “To Live Deliciously” offers another glimpse into the extreme metal soundscape of The Screaming Of The Valkyries.
Frontman Dani Filth shared insights about the song’s meaning:
"The song is about the celebration of life. Of indulging in everything unfettered from the conformities of religion, fashion or state. Free from guilt or constraint. As nature intended. It could be read as a hedonistic life code. And a positive one if not done at the expense or the suffering of others. To delight in simply 'being'. Being alive and free in the here and now."
Get a taste of the album’s opening track here:
The Screaming Of The Valkyries – Full Tracklist
Check out the full nine-track listing for the upcoming album below. While fans have been eagerly awaiting the collaboration with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, the band confirmed that the song is not included on this album. However, Dani Filth gave an update on The Downbeat Podcast earlier this year, stating that the track is finished and only waiting for a release date.
- To Live Deliciously
- Demagoguery
- The Trinity Of Shadows
- Non Omnis Moriar
- White Hellebore
- You Are My Nautilus
- Malignant Perfection
- Ex Sanguine Draculae
- When Misery Was A Stranger
