| Midnight in the Labyrinth | ||||
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| Released | 21 April 2012[1] 4 May 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Label | Peaceville Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Kit Woolven Cradle of Filth | |||
| Cradle of Filth chronology | ||||
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| Sputnikmusic |    [2] |
Midnight in the Labyrinth is an orchestral compilation album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth (although "orchestrations" are credited to keyboard player Mark Newby-Robson and no orchestra or string-section is listed in the album's personnel).[3] The re-recorded songs selected are from the band's first four releases. The title comes from the lyrics of "Mistress from the Sucking Pit", a bonus track on some editions of Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa.
The album was released to coincide with Record Store Day on 21 April in participating countries. It was released worldwide on 4 May. Disc One features narration by Dani Filth, plus additional vocals from Sarah Jezebel Deva. Disc Two contains the same recordings minus the vocals. The first disc also includes "Goetia (Invoking the Unclean)", a thirteen-minute "aural séance", recycling the titles of Cradle's abandoned and wiped first album, and first demo.
A demo of the orchestral version of "Summer Dying Fast" appeared as a teaser on the EP Evermore Darkly, and the narrated version of "A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)" was released online, preceding the album on 4 April.
- ^ "MITL – Dani's Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Cradle of Filth". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ Hawks. "Cradle of Filth – Midnight in the Labyrinth (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Midnight in the Labyrinth (CD liner notes Cradle of Filth). Peaceville. 2012.