Cradle of Filth – ‘Nymphetamine’ CD

‘Nymphetamine’ is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth, and marks the first recorded appearance of guitarist James McIlroy on a Cradle of Filth album. He would later record guitar for the band’s 2010 release ‘Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa.’ ‘Nymphetamine’ is also the band’s final album to feature keyboardist Martin Powell.

The title is a portmanteau of “nymphette” and “amphetamine”, and Dani Filth explained it as referring to “a drug-like addiction to the woman in question, with her insidious vampire qualities literally bringing her lover back from the brink of the spiritual grave, only to bury him further on the strength of a whim. This is very Edgar Allan Poe in style, and leaves one thinking that, despite the character’s inner agonies, he is really a welcome submissive who readily enjoys the terrible highs and lows of his relationship with this alluring and filthy succubus.”