No, I've not forgotten about this blog. Very sorry it's been such a long long time. Once again I haven't run into many covers at all and thus have been writing my other blog more and more. With a bit of graphic inspiration, I decided on a new layout. It's much the same as my other place as I currently like the look of that :)

One of the bands I listen to a lot at the moment is Cradle of Filth. For a band that's played such an important part in the extreme metal scene in the last ten years, you'd expect a ton of covers. Only problem is that they're too extreme for the mainstream and too mainstream for the extreme. Another stuck in the middle case. Additional problem is that Cradle like their songs on the long side with 5 minutes the norm and 8 certainly no exception.

There is the Covered in Filth tribute album, release by Cleopatra in 2003, which is the usual from that label : a dozen of unknowns doing their best to sound like the original. Just like a true underground tribute, the emphasis lies very strongly on the debut full length, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh.

Other than the tribute finding Cradle of Filth covers is like finding a needle in a haystack. I ran into Heaven Turn Asunder, done by Russian band Mind Eclipse on their first demo in 1999. There's probably a few more around on demos around the world, but apparently nothing that quite reached the limelight.