Defects

Cradle Of Filth’s corpsepainted frontman on his skate punk roots, exploding basketballs, and 11th-century ghosts

With their 2022 debut album, Cardinal Black showed the world how the budding guitar hero in their ranks could thrive in a band environment. Here, Chris Buck explains how its follow-up has taken his playing and songwriting to the next level

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, “hopefully there will be some surprises”.

The Fateful Symmetry MUTE 7/10

Roar Like Thunder EARACHE

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