Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid

Last updated

Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid
Cradle of Filth - Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid.png
Video by Cradle of Filth
Released 30 April 2002
Genre Extreme metal
Label Abracadaver
Director Steve Graham
Cradle of Filth chronology
PanDaemonAeon
(1999)
Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid
(2002)
Babalon A.D. (So Glad for the Madness)
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid is a DVD by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, featuring a concert from their 2001 Midian Tour as well as extras. It was released on 30 April 2002 [2] by record label Abracadaver.

DVD Optical disc

DVD is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed in 1995. The medium can store any kind of digital data and is widely used for software and other computer files as well as video programs watched using DVD players. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions.

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal and visual transgression".

Cradle of Filth English metal band

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk, England 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 gone through many lineup changes, with vocalist Dani Filth being the only constant member.

Contents

Content

Eleven Burial Masses was filmed at Nottingham Rock City on 14 April 2001. The live album Live Bait for the Dead contains the same concert. The later release Eleven Burial Masses contains both the CD and DVD, though without the special features. Early copies of the DVD were signed by the band.

<i>Live Bait for the Dead</i> 2002 live album by Cradle of Filth

Live Bait for the Dead is a live album by Cradle of Filth, recorded at Nottingham Rock City on 14 April 2001 and released on 19 August 2002. The album was released and distributed on the band's own Abracadaver label. The same gig is included on the DVD Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid. Following the same format as Lovecraft & Witch Hearts, the main album is supplemented by a second disc of rare tracks and remixes. This would be bassist Robin Eaglestone's final recorded appearance.

Track listing

Eleven Burial Masses (Concert)

  1. Lord Abortion (taken from Midian )
  2. Ebony Dressed for Sunset (taken from V Empire )
  3. The Forest Whispers My Name (taken from V Empire )
  4. Cthulhu Dawn (taken from Midian )
  5. Dusk and Her Embrace (taken from Dusk... and Her Embrace )
  6. The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (taken from The Principle of Evil Made Flesh )
  7. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids (taken from Cruelty and the Beast )
  8. Her Ghost in the Fog (taken from Midian )
  9. Summer Dying Fast (taken from The Principle of Evil Made Flesh )
  10. From the Cradle to Enslave (taken from From the Cradle to Enslave )
  11. Queen of Winter, Throned (taken from V Empire )

Extras

  1. "Sifting Through Filth: A Schlockumentary" - (58 minute documentary featuring tour footage and interviews)
  2. "Scorched Earth Erotica: Nasty Version" (video taken from Bitter Suites to Succubi )
  3. "Scorched Earth Erotica: Very Nasty Version" (video taken from Bitter Suites to Succubi )
  4. "Born in a Burial Gown" (video taken from Bitter Suites to Succubi )
  5. "The Blair Twit Project: Absinthe fiend footage"
  6. Cradle of Fear—horror movie trailer
  7. Circus of Horrors: "Creature Feature"
  8. Gallery of the Grotesque (downloads and weblinks)

Related Research Articles

<i>Damnation and a Day</i> 2003 studio album by Cradle of Filth

Damnation and a Day is the fifth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 10 March 2003 and is Cradle of Filth's only album on a major label, Sony Records, after which they transferred to Roadrunner. It features the forty-piece Budapest Film Orchestra and thirty-two-piece Budapest Film Choir. The album is partly based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost.

<i>The Principle of Evil Made Flesh</i> 1994 studio album by Cradle of Filth

The Principle of Evil Made Flesh is the debut studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 24 February 1994 through Cacophonous Records, following three demos released between 1991 and 1993. The album's sound is significantly more raw than on subsequent releases, and frontman Dani Filth's vocals differ from his later style and technique. The album is a then-unusual hybrid of gothic metal and black metal. This would be the only album featuring guitarist Paul Ryan and keyboardist Benjamin Ryan; guitarist Paul Allender also left the band at this point, but returned five years later for Midian.

<i>Dusk and Her Embrace</i> album by Cradle of Filth

Dusk... and Her Embrace is the second studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 19 August 1996 and is their first release on the label Music for Nations.

Dani Filth English heavy metal vocalist

Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist and founding member of the metal band Cradle of Filth.

Sarah Jezebel Deva British vocalist

Sarah Jane Ferridge, better known by her stage name Sarah Jezebel Deva, is an English vocalist. She was the female soprano vocalist in Cradle of Filth for 14 years and also fronts her own band, Angtoria. In 2009, Deva started her self-titled solo project. The debut album A Sign of Sublime was released in February 2010. Her second album, called The Corruption of Mercy, was released on 27 June 2011 under a new three album record deal with Listenable Records.

Martin Powell British musician

Martin Powell is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass player in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position. Upon informing the band he was also a violin and keyboard player, he was hired as a session musician, before becoming the band's permanent violinist and keyboardist.

<i>From the Cradle to Enslave</i> 1999 extended play by Cradle of Filth

From the Cradle to Enslave is the second EP by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on 30 October 1999 by record labels Music for Nations (Europe) and Metal Blade (US).

Nicholas Barker British drummer

Nicholas Howard Barker is a British extreme metal drummer best known as the original drummer for British metal band Cradle of Filth.

Gian Pyres is a British guitarist, best known for his work with extreme metal band Cradle of Filth for which he recorded guitars for Cruelty and the Beast (1998), Midian (2000), Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) and Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002). He appeared on their DVDs Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2001), Live Bait for the Dead (2001) and Peace Through Superior Firepower (2005), and appeared in Alex Chandon's Cradle of Fear (2001). In addition he has appeared in music videos for From the Cradle to Enslave (1999), Her Ghost in the Fog (2000), Born in a Burial Gown (2001) and Scorched Earth Erotica (2002). He also appeared with Cradle of Filth on BBC's Living with the Enemy (1998).

<i>Bitter Suites to Succubi</i> 2001 EP by Cradle of Filth

Bitter Suites to Succubi is an EP by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 22 May 2001, through the band's own Abracadaver label.

Alex Chandon is a film director, writer and digital artist.

<i>V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein</i> 1996 EP by Cradle of Filth

V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein is an EP by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, and the first release following their 1994 debut studio album The Principle of Evil Made Flesh. It was released on 22 April 1996, and was the band's final release for Cacophonous Records.

Robin Mark Eaglestone is a British musician.

Cradle of Filth discography discography

Cradle of Filth was formed in Suffolk, England, in 1991. The band's original members consisted of vocalist Dani Filth, guitarist Paul Ryan, keyboardist Ben Ryan, bassist John Pritchard and drummer Darren Gardner. With this line-up, Cradle of Filth recorded a demo in 1992, titled Invoking the Unclean. Soon after, they recorded their second demo, Orgiastic Pleasures Foul with new guitarist Robin Eaglestone and new drummer Was Sarginson. Robin left the band shortly afterwards, but following the departure of John Pritchard, Eaglestone returned to take his place as bassist. Guitarist Paul Allender joined the band at the same time. Following these changes, another demo was recorded, titled Total Fucking Darkness. Sarginson left the band soon after, paving the way for the entry of drummer Nicholas Barker.

From The Cradle To The Grave - The Unauthorised Biography is an unofficial Cradle of Filth biography that covers the band's history up until the 2000 album of Midian. It features two of the band's key members when Cradle of Filth debuted, as well as the band's original recording studio, Cacophonous Records.

<i>Godspeed on the Devils Thunder</i> 2008 studio album by Cradle of Filth

Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 28 October 2008, through record label Roadrunner. It is the band's fourth concept album, after Cruelty and the Beast (1998), Midian (2000), and Damnation and a Day (2003), dealing with the life of the 15th Century French baron Gilles de Rais.

<i>Evermore Darkly</i> 2011 EP by Cradle of Filth

Evermore Darkly is an EP by the British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released in October 2011. A companion piece to the 2010 album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, it contains two new tracks in "Transmission from Hell" and "Thank Your Lucky Scars", plus demo versions of some Venus Aversa tracks. An orchestral version of "Summer Dying Fast" is also included as a taster for the subsequent Midnight in the Labyrinth collection. The CD is packaged with a DVD containing a documentary, a live show from 25 June 2011's Graspop festival, and the promo video for "Lilith Immaculate".

<i>Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay</i> 2017 studio album by Cradle of Filth

Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay is the twelfth studio album by the British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 22 September 2017 in digipack through Nuclear Blast Records.

References

  1. Prato, Greg. "Heavy, Left Handed and Candid – Cradle of Filth | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. "Cradle of Filth to Issue 'Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid' Home Video – Blabbermouth.net". Blabbermouth.net . 5 April 2002. Retrieved 29 June 2016.