Extreme metal, as Cradle of Filth is classified, is polarizing. It’s easy for instrumentation, such as Donny Burbage and Marek “Ashok” Šmerda’s ripping dual guitars, to get lost in the spectacle.

The post Cradle of Filth Fire Guitarist Ashok “Effective Immediately” After He Slams Band in Exit Letter appeared first on Consequence. Šmerda cited “low pay,” “stress,” and “unprofessional behavior” ...

Keyboardist/backing singer Zoë M. Federoff shockingly left Cradle of Filth while the English extreme metal band is out on tour. Now, her husband, guitarist Marek “Ashok” Šmerda, will also be following ...

This past weekend, two band members quit Cradle Of Filth, the long-running symphonic black metal band, while they were mid-tour. Singer/keyboardist Zoë M. Federoff was the first to leave, and her ...

Cradle Of Filth, the longstanding British metal band, has been metaphorically tipped over this past week, and all the mess has spilled out. It’s been exhausting to keep track of all this, and it may ...