2000年EP-"From The Cradle To Enslave"以原有黑金属的表演方式，搭配电子节奏般的演出，更令人耳目一新！在您回味EP的同时，COF乘胜追击于2000年10月31日，推出全新大碟"Midian"！ 阵阵的阴风，吹袭着步行于死亡路上的生灵，祈导般的圣乐，夹杂着哀悼悲伤的情感，缓缓导引着灵魄进入"Midian"的门槛！不同于上张EP-"From The Cradle To Enslave"电子气味黑金属的新尝试，"Midian"再度回归COF善长正宗的吸血黑金属乐风－大量键盘乐音的导引，多变的音色，从骤降的死亡气势到缓慢的阴暗气氛与古典歌剧般的走位，搭配失真嘶裂般的吉他音色，在刷扣之中解构出黑金属的原色！主唱Dani嘶哑尖叫般的黑腔，丝毫不减出道时般的凄厉，其中更以黑死双腔的对吼，死腔转至黑腔的变化，在满格的气势中，划下声声深深的裂痕！"Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors"古典歌剧般的编曲，融合黑暗世界里诡谲的音符；"Satanic Mantra"引吸血鬼出没念咒般的魔咒，令人耳目一新！一张融合女声／歌剧／管弦交响式气势与黑暗势力里最鬼魅死亡般吸血文学的专辑作品－"Midian"，已缔造了新黑金属的新生命，誓将再造Vampiric Black Metal旋风！

by Adam Bregman

As satanic as anything need be, Cradle of Filth is a black metal ensemble from Suffolk, England, who's managed to keep it extreme while being wildly popular internationally. They may be the most popular black metal band in the world because they've managed to break away from the genre's relatively small cult following and successfully infect all sorts of disaffected teenagers, especially in Europe. They never veer drastically from the usual black metal staples: movie monster-type vocals, lots of high-pitched screams, indecipherable lyrics, and relentless, punishing riffs. But Midian has its fair share of melody too. (Most of the finest metal does have some element of melody.) Midian begins with a chorus of what sounds like some evil monks chanting. The album is at its very best when the ominous, classical-style keyboards kick in. But most of the record is intense screaming and flailing guitar, and it gets to be grating halfway through. The first half of Midian is as symphonic and satanic-sounding as any black metal before it, but the second half is all filler and no bite. Cradle of Filth, like a lot of black metal bands, seems to have never heard of a chorus or a verse. Perhaps pure evil doesn't need hooks to sell itself. But as Midian gets messier and goes on interminably, even their young satanic fans will want to turn it off in favor of torturing the family cat.