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
}}
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
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