Cradle of Filth Album: “Nymphetamine [Bonus Track]”

I already have the American pressing of this album, and i'm tomorrow going to be sending of a money order for the Japanese version of it, with the extra bonus track, "Bestial Lust." I wouldn't reccomend anyone to do this, unless you're willing to go the extra mile for a new Cradle track, that won't be released till next year, on the Deluxe Edition of Nymphetamine.

Song Ratings are as followed:

1-Satyriasis: An instrumental track..sort of, it has some dialogue from "Les Litanies de Satan." Very Damnation and a Day-ish. I give it a 3/5

2-Gilded C*nt: The first official track on Nymphetamine, very raw riffs, and exceptional drum speed. This is quite possibly one of the fastest tracks, riffwise, i've ever heard Cradle do. And the melodies are wicked, and a non-melodic way. 4/5

3-Nemesis: This is an alright song, not one of my favorites, but an alright song. It too, instrumentally, has a slight Damnation feel to it. 3/5

4-Gabrielle: One of the first slow-moving ballad songs on Nymphetamine. It kind of gives of a "Born in a Burial Gown" kind of feel, but not quite. Instrumentally, it's quite melodic, but then soon moves into a hard hitting array of wicked riffage. 5/5

5-Absinthe with Faust: My favorite track on Nymphetamine. This has it all, a mix of hardcore, a mix of melody, and extremely thought out lyrics, by Cradle frontman Dani Filth. The begining riffs kind of remind you of a football game...(inside joke..you'll see what I mean, once you hear it.) 5/5

6-Nymphetamine (Overdose): The long version of the title track. It contains 9 minutes of story depicting, betrayal, addiction, and death. It goes from very sinister to very melodic, then washes its way back into the sinister feeling again. 5/5

7-Painting Flowers White Never Suited my Palette: Instrumental...nothing much to say about this, it's kind of boring to begin with, but then moves into a very euphoric feeling, kind of sound. 3/5

8-Medusa and Hemlock: A very cool track indeed, this has some of the coolest riffs i've ever heard Cradle do. At one point, the song gets slow, and sinister sounding. One of the better tracks on the album, I must say. 5/5

9-Coffin Fodder: An extremely melodic song, which has kind of an Iron Maiden feel to it. That's really all I can say, other than, this is a pretty good song. 4/5

10-English Fire: Prepare yourself for 4 minutes of pure melody, this song is slow, melodic, and actually..pretty cool. It has a "Thank God for the Suffering" feel to it, sorta..kinda, but not really. 5/5

11-Filthy Little Secret: This song has cool riffs and all, but lyrically, this song bored me to death..2/5

12-Swansong for a Raven: The sequal to "Her Ghost in the Fog", lyrically, nothing like it. Instrumentally, quite like it, but slightly different. I actually enjoy this more than Her Ghost..very cool song, indeed. 5/5

13-Mother of Abominations: This song, is pure wicked. It has a total and utter Midian feel to it. Or, more spacifically, a total and utter "Lord Abortion" feel to it. A defanant favorite of mine. Do not skip this track! 10/5 (yes 10..2nd fav. song, but most played.)

14-Nymphetamine (Fix): Short version of the title track, the one you heard on the music video..pretty good, but doesn't quite measure up to the Overdose version. 3/5

15-Bestial Lust: The Bathory cover which is JAPANESE PRESSING ONLY song, even though I havent purchased the Jap pressing yet, I have heard this song, and I liked what I heard. A def. exceptional Bathory cover! 5/5

Now, if you really want my review of Nymphetamine, check out the american pressing on the site and you will find it there, now if you did see my other review i was pretty tough on it. The only two songs i despise are english fire and Gabrielle face it, those songs are not COF. Mother of Abominations is a step above bad. The rest are good but no atmoshpere no Gian on guitar, Adrian while great on this album needs to pick it up a little bit. Now if you just like cof have heard this cd or another. Don't buy it, this cd is for people who's favorite band is cradle of filt hand are willing to shell out 40 plus dollars for this. Beastial Lust is a good Bathory song and cof does a good job covering it even though I would have rather heard them Cover Bathory's For All Those Who Died (and no that is NOT the song they cover which is on Lovecraft & Witchheart and the Jap. import of Midian)so if you love cof and wish to complete your collection. Buy this, if not, don't even consider it. To finish this, to the dumbass who called this Death metal and an EP, learn the facts before you go off writing half assed reviews.

Ok first of all, to correct the last "person" that just now got into Cradle of Filth...THEY ARE NOT DEATH METAL. They can be considered Black Metal or Vampyric Metal. Anywho... Nymphetemine, from what I have heard from the demos, is in fact a return to truer Cradle style. Damnation And A Day was a good album, but when compared to Cruelty And The Beast...there is none. However, Nymphetemine has a faster, rawer and more metal sound to it then the last album. I gave this album 5 stars because I have Cradle of Filth tattooed on my back and I know what good Cradle sounds like....and this is GOOOOOOD!

I popped this EP in not knowing what to expect. I'd only heard about this band and seen a few kids sporting their t-shirts, but I had never taken the time to hear their music...God am I glad that I did! This is the best death metal I've ever heard, and rest assured I'm going to be making a few more Cradle of Filth purchases in the near future.