Cradle Of Filth: The “Sick and Offensive“ History | AP

fficially dubbed “sick and offensive,“ Cradle Of Filth have built a legacy around their challenging artwork, bold aesthetic and extreme approach to heavy metal. Often written off as a mere shock rock band, frontman Dani Filth urges listeners to dig deeper into the literature and art that has inspired the band for nearly three decades and hopes they can help add a little color to the lives of their fans. In this APTV exclusive, Filth goes in depth about the infamous “Jesus T-shirt,“ the three very bad things that have defined his band and how people’s expectations of Cradle Of Filth being turned into the Backstreet Boys was the the driving catalyst in the creation of an overly ambitious and symphonically overstuffed record. Filth also gushes over Ghost, condemns the instant gratification culture around modern rock and advises aspiring bands in 2019 to “just give up.“