Cradle of Filth: Screaming of the Americas Tour Reaches Bogotá’s Royal Center with Uada Support

On the evening of September 2, 2025, Bogotá is set to be shrouded in a theatrical and symphonic darkness as the legendary British act Cradle of Filth makes its long-awaited return to the Colombian capital. This performance is more than just a concert; it is a momentous occasion for a city renowned for its passionate metal fanbase. The band’s unique blend of gothic horror, dark romanticism, and extreme metal will find a fervent reception, promising an electric atmosphere where the audience’s energy is expected to rival the sonic intensity emanating from the stage.

The iconic Teatro Royal Center will serve as the ceremonial hall for this key stop on the band’s Latin American tour. The event is poised to be a landmark gathering for Colombia’s metal community, blending a world-class headliner with a powerful supporting act in the acclaimed American black metal band Uada. The combination of these two formidable forces in a venue steeped in the city’s cultural history ensures that this will be an unforgettable night of musical spectacle and dark artistry.

Cradle of Filth: The Sovereigns of Darkness

For over three decades, Cradle of Filth has carved a unique and theatrical niche in the pantheon of extreme music, standing as one of its most visually and sonically distinctive acts. Formed in the pastoral landscapes of Suffolk, England, in 1991, the band quickly shed the conventions of the burgeoning second-wave black metal scene.

Under the leadership of the unmistakable and fiercely charismatic frontman Dani Filth, they pioneered a sound that was far more opulent and romantic, weaving a rich tapestry of gothic horror, forbidden literature, and lavish symphonic arrangements into a framework of aggressive, fast-paced metal. This fusion of savage blast beats with mournful keyboard melodies and dual-guitar harmonies created a dynamic of “beauty and the beast” that would become their enduring signature.

Their landmark albums of the mid-to-late 1990s are considered essential classics that brought a new level of theatricality and accessibility to the underground. The gothic masterpiece ‘Dusk and Her Embrace’ (1996) perfected their vampiric, lovelorn aesthetic, while the visceral concept album ‘Cruelty and the Beast’ (1998)—a graphic retelling of the legend of Countess Elizabeth Báthory—showcased their storytelling ambition. It was the highly polished ‘Midian’ (2000), inspired by Clive Barker’s novel ‘Cabal,’ that solidified their status as international stars, proving that extreme music could be both punishingly heavy and commercially potent without sacrificing artistic integrity. Central to this era was Dani Filth’s multifaceted performance: his poetic, often complex lyrical narratives were delivered in a dynamic vocal style, shifting from piercing, high-pitched shrieks to guttural death growls and dramatic spoken-word passages.

This tour is centered around the band’s monumental new studio album, ‘The Screaming Of The Valkyries,’ which was unleashed in March 2025. A conceptual deep-dive into the brutal and beautiful narratives of Norse mythology, the album steers the band’s lyrical focus towards themes of epic warfare, predestination, and the fierce female deities who choose the slain.

Produced once again by Scott Atkins, the record boasts a modern, powerful sound that retains an organic, visceral edge, allowing the intricate layers of instrumentation to shine. The lead single, ‘Fate’s Loom, Woven in Blood,’ exemplifies this approach, combining blistering speed and complex guitar harmonies with a haunting, epic chorus that has been widely praised by critics.

Described by Dani Filth as a “cinematic journey into the heart of the sagas,” the album represents a potent blend of the band’s classic, melody-driven darkness and their more recent, streamlined aggression. It reaffirms their commitment to evolution while honoring the sonic cornerstones—lavish keyboards, piercing vocals, and narrative-driven song structures—that their fans cherish.

For the Bogotá audience, the concert represents a vital chance to witness these new, ambitious tracks performed live. Hearing this new chapter in the band’s saga, and their return to a Bogotá stage after two years, promises to rekindle the profound connection between the band and their loyal Colombian fanbase.

The Summoned in Summer European Run

Before Cradle of Filth commences its comprehensive tour of the Americas, the band will first cut a swath through Europe with a tour officially billed as Summoned in Summer. This crucial leg of their 2025 campaign takes place during the high season of the European festival circuit, primarily spanning June and July. This tour is structurally different from their American counterpart; rather than a traditional headlining club or theater tour with a dedicated support act, it comprises a series of high-profile appearances at some of the continent’s largest and most celebrated open-air metal festivals.

This festival environment dictates a different kind of performance. With shorter, more condensed set times compared to a full headlining show, the band is tasked with crafting a high-impact setlist designed for maximum effect. These sets typically focus on their most well-known anthems, interspersed with one or two key tracks from the new album, ‘The Screaming Of The Valkyries,’ to introduce the material to a massive audience. The Summoned in Summer itinerary places them on colossal stages at iconic events like Germany’s Wacken Open Air and France’s Hellfest, reinforcing their status as a major draw on the global festival circuit.

The European festival run serves as a formidable prelude to the full-scale theatrical production planned for North and South America. It provides the band’s new lineup with an intense, road-testing experience, allowing them to solidify their chemistry in front of some of the largest and most demanding crowds in the world. While European fans will get the first live taste of the new era of Cradle of Filth, it is the audiences on The Screaming of the Americas tour, including those in Bogotá, who will be treated to the complete, unabridged headlining spectacle with the full stage set and a more expansive, career-spanning setlist.

The Screaming of the Americas Tour: A Continental Campaign

The band’s performance in Bogotá is a crucial engagement within a much larger international effort officially titled The Screaming of the Americas 2025 tour. This comprehensive campaign marks the first opportunity for fans across two continents to hear material from the new album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries, in a live setting. The tour is structured as a two-part assault, beginning with a robust itinerary through North America before descending upon its Latin American strongholds, illustrating a meticulously planned strategy to reassert the band’s presence in the Western Hemisphere.

The campaign is scheduled to commence in August with a multi-week trek across the United States of America and Canada, hitting major markets and re-connecting with a North American fanbase that has long been a significant part of the group’s global following. Following the conclusion of the North American dates, the tour entourage will travel south for the Latin American leg in September. This southern journey includes the highly anticipated stop at Bogotá’s Teatro Royal Center on September 2, 2025, alongside confirmed dates in other key markets, demonstrating the region’s importance to the band.

The tour has been curated as a cohesive package, with the acclaimed American black metal band Uada providing direct support for the entire run. The pairing is a stylistically deliberate one, with Uada’s atmospheric and melodic intensity designed to set a haunting, immersive tone for the gothic and symphonic spectacle of the headliner. This format presents audiences with a full evening of premier, forward-thinking extreme metal, positioning The Screaming of the Americas as one of the most anticipated genre tours of the year.

Uada: The Shadowed Vanguard

Setting the stage for the evening’s headliner is Uada, a band that has rapidly become one of the most compelling and essential names in modern black metal, representing a powerful new wave of American artists within the genre. Emerging from the vibrant and eclectic music scene of Portland, Oregon, in 2014, Uada—a name derived from the Latin word for “haunted”—delivers a sound that is both reverent to its influences and distinctly its own. Their music immediately invokes the spirit of the ‘90s Scandinavian scene, echoing the melodic yet aggressive sensibilities of bands like Dissection and Dawn, but infuses that classic framework with a refreshingly forward-thinking approach, marked by powerful, spectral melodies and a palpable sense of atmosphere.

Their visual identity is as potent and deliberate as their music. The band performs cloaked in hoods and shadows, a conscious choice to render themselves anonymous and create a ritualistic, immersive atmosphere. This eschewing of personality directs all focus onto the performance itself, allowing their immersive soundscapes to command the audience’s full attention. This aesthetic, combined with their musical prowess, has made their live shows a sought-after experience for black metal purists and new fans alike.

Uada’s inclusion on this bill is a testament to their critical acclaim, built upon a flawless discography. Their 2016 debut, ‘Devoid of Light,’ served as a powerful mission statement, earning widespread praise in the underground. They followed this with the ambitious ‘Cult of a Dying Sun’ (2018), which expanded their sonic palette, and the sonically diverse ‘Djinn’ (2020).

Their most recent album, 2023’s ‘Crepuscule Natura,’ has been hailed as their most dynamic work to date, showcasing a maturation of their songwriting. The band’s performance will be far more than a simple prelude; it is an opportunity for the Bogotá audience to witness a band at the peak of its powers, ensuring the hall is fully entranced within their shadowy realm before the main ceremony begins.

The Venue: Teatro Royal Center

The Teatro Royal Center is more than just a concert hall; it is a living landmark of Bogotá’s cultural evolution, a space whose walls hold the memories of vastly different eras of public spectacle. Located on Carrera 13 in the bustling, historic district of Chapinero, it stands today as the city’s largest theater. Its premier status and 4,000-person capacity have made it an essential stop on the international touring circuit, a hallowed ground for the world’s biggest musical acts. But before the roar of amplifiers and the energy of a mosh pit, its foundations were laid for a different kind of magic.

The building first opened its doors to the public in 1977 as the Teatro Royal Plaza, a modern cinema during a vibrant period for the “séptimo arte” in the capital. For years, it served as a popular destination where generations of Bogotanos escaped into the action and fantasy of Hollywood, all under the glow of a single, colossal screen.

Like many of the world’s great single-screen theaters, the Royal Plaza faced a slow decline as the twentieth century wore on. The rise of suburban multiplexes and the advent of home video rendered its grand, single-auditorium model obsolete. The once-popular hall faded, its cultural prominence waned, and it eventually fell into disuse.

Its revival in 2010 was nothing short of a cultural resurrection. In an ambitious act of urban renewal, the building was purchased and underwent a complete transformation. It was reborn as the Teatro Royal Center, its historic shell now housing a state-of-the-art venue specifically designed to host large-scale live music and theatrical productions, filling a crucial void in the city’s infrastructure for live events.

This transformation solidified its new legacy as a true sanctuary for rock and metal in Bogotá. Since 2010, its stage has been graced by a pantheon of genre royalty, becoming a rite of passage for any major heavy music act touring South America. The building has absorbed the historic weight of concerts by legends like Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Slayer, and has hosted epic performances by Megadeth, Amon Amarth, Blind Guardian, and Epica. Each of these shows has added a new layer to the venue’s identity, its cinematic past now fused with a modern history of thunderous riffs and passionate crowds. For Cradle of Filth to perform here is to become part of this rich lineage, bringing their gothic spectacle to a stage that has truly become one of the most important and resonant cultural spaces in Colombia.

The Live Experience: A Descent into Gothic Theater

To attend a Cradle of Filth concert is to submit to a masterclass in macabre stagecraft, an experience that transcends the conventions of a standard musical performance. It is a multi-sensory immersion into the band’s universe, where the lines between a rock show and a piece of gothic horror theater are deliberately and spectacularly blurred. The moment the house lights fall, they are replaced by an atmospheric gloom, pierced by dramatic, cinematic lighting as dense fog billows across the stage. An ominous, pre-recorded symphonic overture fills the hall, building a palpable sense of tension and anticipation before the band erupts from the shadows.

The visual assault is as crucial to the show as the music itself. The stage is typically adorned with elaborate set pieces—ruined church facades, gargoyles, or skeletal remains—that look as though they have been torn from the cover of one of their albums. This carefully constructed environment is brought to life by a precisely orchestrated light show and, often, by video screens projecting a torrent of imagery that complements the lyrical narratives, ranging from desolate landscapes to scenes of baroque horror. The band members themselves are characters in this dark play, clad in elaborate, gothic stage attire and often sporting ghoulish makeup, transforming the performance into a living tableau.

At the center of this storm is the commanding presence of frontman Dani Filth. A diminutive figure who projects a colossal shadow, he is the ringmaster of the macabre, orchestrating the proceedings with frenetic energy. His iconic vocal delivery is even more impressive in a live setting, as he seamlessly shifts between piercing, high-pitched shrieks and guttural growls, all while covering every inch of the stage.

The rest of the band are not static musicians but active participants in the spectacle, with the interplay between the dual-guitar attack and the ethereal melodies of the keyboardist creating the signature “beauty and the beast” dynamic that defines their sound. The audience reaction is a unique hybrid of metal show intensity and theatrical captivation; while ferocious mosh pits erupt during the band’s more aggressive passages, a reverent awe often takes hold during the more atmospheric moments, as the crowd becomes engrossed in the dark fantasy unfolding before them.

A New Formation: Recent Lineup Changes

Fans attending the Bogotá show will be witnessing a new incarnation of the band, as Cradle of Filth has recently undergone significant lineup changes. In late 2024, the band announced the departure of guitarist Richard Shaw and keyboardist Anabelle Iratni. Both had been with the band for several years and were part of the creative process for recent albums.

In early 2025, the band officially introduced two new members to fill the vacancies. Donny Burbage has taken over guitar duties, while Zoe Marie Federoff has joined on keyboards and to provide supporting female vocals. The Screaming of the Americas tour marks the first comprehensive international tour for this new lineup, making the concert in Bogotá one of the first opportunities for the South American fanbase to see this formation of the band perform live. This infusion of new talent marks another chapter in the band’s ever-evolving history.

Ticket Tiers and Audience Anticipation

Tickets for this highly anticipated return are now on sale through the officially designated vendor, biciq. In line with practices for major concerts at the Teatro Royal Center, the pricing structure is designed to accommodate different fan experiences, divided into two main tiers. The primary option is the Platea section, a general admission standing-room floor that will allow concert-goers to immerse themselves in the heart of the crowd and the energy of the mosh pit. For those seeking a more premium experience, a separate VIP standing area is also available, which is typically located closer to the stage or in an elevated position to offer superior, unobstructed sightlines of the band’s theatrical performance.

The sales process is organized under a phased “etapa” system, a common model in Colombia that rewards fans who purchase their tickets early. As of mid-June, the concert is in its first phase, Etapa 1, with prices listed at $250,000 COP for Platea and $350,000 COP for VIP, plus applicable service fees. These prices will increase as the event date approaches and each “etapa” sells out.

Given Cradle of Filth’s iconic status and the lengthy interval since their last visit, demand is expected to be exceptionally high. Industry observers anticipate that the limited number of VIP tickets will sell out quickly, followed by a strong and steady sale of the general admission floor, as the passionate Colombian metal community mobilizes to secure their place at this can not miss event.

Conclusion

The upcoming performance of Cradle of Filth in Bogotá is more than a simple concert; it is a convergence of powerful forces. It represents a legendary band at a pivotal moment of renewal, unleashing both a new album and a new formation upon a fanbase awaiting their return to the city. It is a celebration of a historic venue, the Teatro Royal Center, whose storied past as a cinema provides a uniquely resonant backdrop for one of metal’s most theatrical acts. It is also a testament to the strength of the modern metal scene, evidenced by the inclusion of a potent and critically acclaimed supporting act in Uada.

On the night of September 2nd, all of these elements will be ignited by the final, crucial component: the passion of the Colombian metal community. For one night, the city will not only witness the enduring power and elaborate spectacle of a band that has defined its own genre for over three decades, but will actively participate in the ongoing story of their evolution. It promises to be an evening where the dark, fantastical world of Cradle of Filth is made real, forging another unforgettable chapter in the rich history of metal in Bogotá.