Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth has discussed his collaboration with Bring Me The Horizon in their 2021 song, ‘Wonderful Life,’ and responded to the criticism that came with it.
The rocker sat down with Overdrive for a new interview and explained why the band has been working with names from different genres than theirs.
“Majority of the people love it, it’s just the minority but the fact of it is they say, ‘Oh my God, you’re not being true to the scene.’ Actually, we’ve been true to ourselves,” the frontman explained. “I mean there’s no point, I’m not saying we’re rolling it out because we’ve got plans for other things. There’s no point doing a collaboration with another band that sounds as exactly the same. I like the marriage of extremes.”
“The Ed Sheeran thing’s amazing it really is. It’s done, dusted, ready for release. When he’s not doing something, when we’re not doing something. The Bring Me The Horizon thing was good I did a thing with Twisted, 69 Eyes, turned down loads of other things as well. But yeah, that’s going to be interesting,” he added.
‘Wonderful Life’ was shared as a single before the release of Bring Me The Horizon’s 2018 album, ‘Amo.’
Similarly, Cradle Of Filth has worked with Ed Sheeran but hasn’t released the song yet. The awaited song will appear in the deluxe version of the band’s upcoming album.
The frontman explained why the band still hasn’t released the song although they have been promoting it for a long time. He said there was a reason behind it but it also showed that they were not using Sheeran’s fame to promote their own record.
“There’s a reasoning behind that but it’s not going to delay the inevitable. It’s a great song anyway and it just keeps people guessing at a little bit longer, but it also shows that we’re not using it as a vehicle for the record which I was very keen to stress that yeah he’s one of the biggest artists in the world and yes we’ve done a thing with him, yes everybody’s very curious about it,” he explained during an interview.
Filth first mentioned teaming up with Sheeran during an interview on Kerrang! Radio’s ‘Breakfast Show’ at the 2021 Bloodstock Open Air festival in the U.K. While talking about their potential collaboration, he let slip that Sheeran was actually a big fan of his band and some other metal bands like Slipknot.
The upcoming album still doesn’t have a release date, but Filth says the record is done and is to arrive around March 2025.
