Cradle of Filth revealed their new album, ‘The Screaming of the Valkyries,’ on Instagram and dropped the single ‘To Live Deliciously.’
“We are thrilled to unveil our upcoming 14th studio album, ‘The Screaming Of The Valkyries,’ out March 21, 2025, via Napalm Records,” the group wrote in their post. “Available for pre-order now, the album excels as a succinct summation of the ghosts of Cradle’s past, while taking bold new steps into the future.”
They added, “Entrance yourself with a brand new CRADLE OF FILTH anthem for a new era – ‘To Live Deliciously’ – out today. The track hits with rhythmic, menacing urgency built around a Libertine lyrical hook that twists and writhes with aggression, atmosphere, and melody.”
Cradle of Filth also included a link to pre-order ‘The Screaming of the Valkyries’ and a YouTube link to the song, ‘To Live Deliciously.’ The band also mentioned their upcoming ‘Chaos & Carnage’ tour. It will start on April 17 in Berkeley, California, and end on May 14 in Denver, Colorado.
The tour includes special guests: Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth, and Corpse Pile. Cradle of Filth will also perform at Mystic Festival, Download Festival 2025, Pitfest, and Tolminator Metal Fest in June and July.
Here is the tracklist for the upcoming record: ‘To Live Deliciously,’ ‘Demagoguery,’ ‘The Trinity of Shadows,’ ‘Non Omnis Moriar,’ ‘White Hellebore,’ ‘You Are My Nautilus,’ ‘Malignant Perfection,’ ‘Ex Sanguine Draculae,’ and ‘When Misery Was A Stranger.’
In an interview with Look Mag, Dani Filth talked about the band’s new album and its musical direction. He explained, “It’s very hard to talk about it. I don’t really wanna talk about it because I can’t do it justice. Every album has a lot of things going on. It’s just a very, very great record.”
He continued, “It’s the next stage of our evolutionary step as Cradle Of Filth, moving on from the [two new songs] we debuted on [the 2023 live album] ‘Trouble And Their Double Lives.’ It has elements of old-school Cradle, elements of new-school Cradle. It’s catchy, it’s fast, it’s slow, it’s romantic, it’s heavy, it’s theatrical.”
‘The Screaming of the Valkyries’ was produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studios in Suffolk, England.
