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Cradle of Filth

British extreme metal band
Organization musical_group Q487479
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Summary

Cradle of Filth is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: extreme metal[3], gothic metal[4]
  • Record label: Music for Nations[5]
  • Discography: Cradle of Filth discography[6]
  • Commons category: Cradle of Filth[7]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[8]
  • Has part(s): Dani Filth[9], Lindsay Schoolcraft[10], Martin Marthus Škaroupka[11], Daniel Firth[12], Marek Smerda[13], Donny Burbage[14], Zoë Marie Federoff[15], Paul Ryan[16], Benjamin Ryan[17], Robin Eaglestone[18], Was Sarginson[19], Nick Barker[20], Paul Allender[21], Jon Kennedy[22]
  • Inception: 1991[23]
  • Location of formation: Suffolk[24]
  • Official website: https://www.cradleoffilth.com/[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cradle of Filth[26]
  • Commons gallery: Cradle of Filth[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:Cradle of Filth[28]
  • Start of work period: 1991[29]
  • Has list: list of band members of Cradle of Filth[30]
  • Name: Cradle of Filth[31]
  • Member category: Category:Cradle of Filth members[32]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[33]

  • Country: GB[34]

  • Began / founded: 1991[35]

  • Genre(s): black metal, gothic metal, metal, symphonic black metal[36]

  • Community tags: black metal, extreme gothic metal, gothic metal, metal, symphonic black metal[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7e26cbe1-b8f5-4215-af82-e43d5f8ff308[38]

Why It Matters

Cradle of Filth has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Metal Evolution. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Dani Filth, Lindsay Schoolcraft, Martin Marthus Škaroupka +23
    Has parts → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Cradle of Filth
    Record label → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0238921-Cradle-of-Filth-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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