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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Salesrank: 18912
Released: March 25, 2003 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Damnation and a Day Track Listing:
1. A Bruise Upon The Silent Moon
2. The Promise Of Fever
3. Hurt and Virtue
4. An Enemy Led The Tempest
5. Damned In Any Language (A Plague On Words)
6. Better To Reign In Hell
7. Serpent Tounge
8. Carrion
9. The Mordant Liquor Of Tears
10. Presents From The Poison Hearted
11. Doberman (Pharoah)
12. Babalon A.D. (So Glad For The Madness)
13. A Scarlet Witch Lit The Season
14. Mannequin
15. Thank God For The Suffering
16. The Smoke Of Her Burning
17. End Of Daze
Editorial Review:
Ninth studio album & first for Sony Music. 17 tracks of furious black metal. 2003.
Description of Damnation and a Day:
Damnation and a Day is the first album from Cradle of Filth that matches the group's monolithic musical ambitions. And it's no disappointment as they use their new-found major label muscle to excessive effect. Accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra and 32-voice choir from Budapest, they've raised their game, coming on like Venom as produced by Danny Elfman. Over 77 thrill-packed minutes in length, Damnation & A Day combines Cradle of Filth's trademark pulverizing riffs, shrieking raps, and monstrous chants with grandiose harmony vocals and portentous voiceovers. Like Black Sabbath, they regularly break their fierce assault with short instrumental interludes ("The Mordant Liquor of Tears"), then rev up again with ever more manic intensity. It seems their intention is to deliver a black-metal alternative to Carmina Burana, and it's to their credit that they come close, producing a series of scorching epics that would fit perfectly as the soundtrack to the extraordinary battle sequences in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. --Dominic Wills
Damnation and a Day Reviews:
brilliant, stunning 
2009-05-06 - I have yet to discover anything like this album. It is one of the top albums I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. From the artwork, to the story, to the overtures and the emotions, it is in a word, fantastic. This album is filled to the top with amazing music. It is an incredible value for what you will get. Love the orchestral stylings, very well mixed album. Song order is perfect. It is a ride of emotion to the very end. In other words, I liked this album.
eh...good story 
2009-02-28 - im not sure about this album. its got some amazing songs on it. but over all im not sure. but its damn good. if you like cradle and black metal buy this.
The end of Brutality
2007-06-29 - If your into Dark and Menacing Metal with an Extreme side than this will be to your liking. The album begins with an Intro of storms and orchestral epicness(I know its not a word, but it fits). After the Intro you are taken on a ride of fast paced Gothed out Black Metal full of pummeling double bass work and ear slaying guitar riffing. Dani Filth(vocalist) has always used a controversial style of vocals, Ranging from girlish shrieks to low audible baritone and everything in between. The tempo for the most part is fast paced though not mind boggling fast to where the music isn't audible for our more timid metal fans but fast enough to keep you head banging.
Truth be told I believe this is Cradle of Filth's last Extreme album. Compared to everything released after this it is obvious Filth 'n' Co is quickly dissolving away there questionable Black Metal roots in order to gain a larger audience. If your looking for Gothic Metal look else where though theres an obvious Dark aura to Damnation and a Day it's fair from the melodic stylings of the Goth sub genres. If your looking for Dark moody Extreme Metal than this album should be right up your ally.
My Favorite Tracks:
-An Enemy Led The Tempest
-Better To Reign In Hell
-Serpent Tounge
-Babalon A.D.
-Mannequin
-Thank God For The Suffering
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Cradle of Filth's best album.
2007-05-11 - I personally believe this is the best album that Cradle of Filth has produced (at least out of the ones I have owned and heard). I love the storyline that progresses throughout all of the tracks. My favorite song is probably Mannequin, however, I also really like Better to Reign in Hell and Promise of Fever. I think that anybody looking to hear some really good tracks by Cradle of Filth before buying an album should listen to samples of those on this CD.
Low on Gas 
2006-07-16 - While I love Cradle (Namely Vempire/Dusk/Cruelty) and many songs from other albums of theirs, this one just doesn't retain the edge. The album concept and art are interesting and essentially good, production is great, but the music is very flattened. The riffs are rather generic and indolent, the only exceptions being "Hurt and Virtue" and "Mannequin". Also, someone needs to shoot Adrian Erlandsson in the leg. It seems that as soon as the incessant droning of the double-bass ceases for a moment, it immediately starts up again.
This record may be more accessible than others, but it runs out of gas quickly after you first listen to it.
