Hyatt-Insomnia
Cradle of Filth is melodic metal.
NOT death metal.
NOT "hardcore" metal.
NOT black metal.
NOT industrial [wtf?]
Lol, I know this is a bit of a bump, but Cradle are one of my favourite bands and I'd like to point out where you're wrong here.
You're right that they're not Death Metal, but to the untrained ear some of their songs would definitly sound like that, despite the lyrics not having any death metal context.
Hardcore metal? Metalcore? Uhm...
Black metal, yep they used to be black metal, and their stuff now is melodic black metal, just because they're not bloody norwegian or vberkvlttrve bm doesn't mean they're not black metal. Their old stuff even had the super necro production quality!
Industrial, meh some of their songs are industrial/coldwave, like Snuff Princess.
Goth metal, read about 5 lines of their lyrics from any song and you can tell the gothic influences. Also they have a completely gothic aesthetic with a hint of BM; no bullet belts heh.
I think you can preety much class them as part of the gothic subculture if you wish; they have the physical appearance and the sound of their music may not sound like the bauhaus but the lyrical matter is the same as the original gothic music from years ago.
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