I think after four years of being out on the road, playing in a lot of sprawling metropolises – it just felt like the places were overpopulated.
Existence Is Futile felt like it needed to be a bit more modern, within context obviously. We started with Hammer of the Witches, which is medieval based, about 15 th-16 th century then Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay, which is all about the Victorian age and our obsession with the macabre. Michael Pementel: At this point in the band’s career, why is now the time to release an album revolving around existentialism?ĭani Filth: I consider the last three records, which are Nuclear Blast records – we signed for three albums – trilogy. We also discuss existentialism through the lens of the famous occultist Aleister Crowley, growing as an artist, the band’s 1998 album Cruelty and the Beast, and of course, horror movies. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Dani and I talked about the creation of Existence Is Futile. But while existentialism has a means to sometimes lean in towards negativity, it’s also a train of thought capable of bringing about positivity – something that Dani also acknowledges through the record. Humans continuing to destroy the planet and overpopulation make up for some of the thematic subject matter Filth explores throughout Existence Is Futile.
On Cradle of Filth’s 13 th studio album, Existence Is Futile ( read my review), vocalist/lyricist Dani Filth finds himself both intrigued and unnerved by existentialist thought. It’s a perspective of philosophy popular in many walks of life – especially that of black metal artists. Why do humans act as cruel as they do? What’s the point of existence? What happens when we die? These huge thoughts that involve layers and layers of thought and have gone through decades of examination are but a small taste of existentialism. There’s a decent chance you’ve had an existentialist thought or two in life.
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