Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily influenced by Gothic literature, poetry, mythology and horror films.
The band has broken free from its original niche by courting mainstream publicity. This increased accessibility has brought coverage from the likes of Kerrang! and MTV, along with frequent main stage appearances at major festivals such as Ozzfest, Download and even the mainstream Sziget Festival. They have sometimes been perceived as Satanic by casual observers, even though their outright lyrical references to Satanism are few and far between; their use of Satanic imagery has arguably always been more for shock value than any seriously-held beliefs.

The band has released 22 studio albums:

The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994)
Dusk and Her Embrace (Litanies of Damnation, Death and the Darkly Erotic) (1996)
Dusk and Her Embrace (1996)
Cruelty and the Beast (1998)
Midian (2000)
Damnation and a Day (From Genesis to Nemesis...) (2003)
Damnation and a Day (From Genesis to Nemesis) (2003)
Damnation and a Day (2003)
Nymphetamine (2004)
Thornography (2006)
Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder (2008)
Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder (The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais) (2008)
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa (2010)
The Manticore and Other Horrors (2012)
Midnight in the Labyrinth, or Songs for the Recently Dead and Arisen (2012)
Midnight in the Labyrinth (2012)
Hammer of the Witches (2015)
Dusk and Her Embrace - The Original Sin (2016)
Dusk and Her Embrace (The Original Sin) (2016)
Cryptoriana (The Seductiveness of Decay) (2017)
Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017)
Existence Is Futile (2021)