Total Fucking Darkness

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{{Infobox album

| name = Total Fucking Darkness

| type = demo

| artist = Cradle of Filth

| cover = Total_Fucking_Darkness.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 2014 reissue cover art by Daniel P. Carter

| released = 2 November 1992
19 May 2014 (Remastered)

| recorded = 1992

| venue =

| studio = Springvale Studios, Ipswich
Portacabin Studios, Westerfield, Suffolk

| genre = Extreme metal

| length = 23:54
57:32 (Remastered)

| label = Self-released
Mordgrimm (Remastered)

| producer = Dani Filth, Paul Ryan, Frater Nihil

| prev_title = Orgiastic Pleasures Foul

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = The Principle of Evil Made Flesh

| next_year = 1994

}}

{{album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/total-fucking-darkness-mw0002636225 |title=Total Fucking Darkness – Cradle of Filth | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |last=Jurek |first=Thom |website=AllMusic |accessdate=29 June 2016}}

}}

Total Fucking Darkness is the third demo by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, recorded in 1992 and released commercially in remastered form in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cradle-of-filths-1993-demo-total-fking-darkness-released-on-vinyl/ |title=Cradle of Filth's 1993 Demo 'Total F**king Darkness' Released on Vinyl – Blabbermouth.net |date=20 February 2014 |website=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=29 June 2016}} The remastered release includes "Spattered in Faeces", the only surviving track from the band's abandoned first album Goetia, along with four tracks recorded at a rehearsal session in October 1992.{{cite web |url=http://theorderofthedragon.com/notes/Total_Fucking_Darkness |title=Total Fucking Darkness - Cradle of Filth |accessdate=2015-01-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023411/http://theorderofthedragon.com/notes/Total_Fucking_Darkness |archivedate=2014-12-13 }}

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Original version

| title1 = The Black Goddess Rises

| length1 = 6:26

| title2 = Unbridled at Dusk

| length2 = 7:13

| title3 = The Raping of Faith

| length3 = 5:44

| title4 = As Deep as Any Burial

| length4 = 5:44

| title5 = Fraternally Yours, 666 (Outro)

| length5 = 0:27

| total_length = 23:54

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Remastered version

| title1 = Spattered in Faeces

| length1 = 5:46

| title2 = The Black Goddess Rises

| length2 = 6:46

| title3 = As Deep as Any Burial

| length3 = 4:25

| title4 = Unbridled at Dusk

| length4 = 7:59

| title5 = The Raping of Faith

| length5 = 6:25

| title6 = Fraternally Yours, 666 (Outro)

| length6 = 1:22

| title7 = Devil Mayfair (Advocatus Diaboli)

| length7 = 5:07

| title8 = The Black Goddess Rises

| length8 = 6:23

| title9 = The Raping of Faith

| length9 = 5:55

| title10 = Unbridled at Dusk

| length10 = 7:24

| total_length = 57:32

}}

  • Track 1 recorded at Springvale Studios in 1992.
  • Tracks 2–6 recorded and mixed in three days at Portacabin Studios, Westerfield, Suffolk on 4 tracks.
  • Tracks 7–10 recorded during rehearsal, Springvale Studios, Samhain 1992.

Personnel

Cradle of Filth

  • Dani Filth – vocals
  • Paul Allender – lead guitar
  • Paul Ryan – rhythm guitar
  • Benjamin Ryan – keyboards
  • Robin Graves – bass
  • Darren Gardner – drums

Production

  • Dani Filth – production, lyrics, artwork
  • Paul Ryan – production, assistant engineering
  • Jim Partridge – engineering
  • Alan Bint – recording, mixing on "Spattered in Faeces"
  • Mark Bint – recording, mixing on "Spattered in Faeces"
  • Frater Nihil – producer, layout, design
  • Tim Turan – remastering
  • Daniel P. Carter – artwork

References