Cradle of Filth react to Ed Sheeran's death metal album comments
Dani Filth responds to his fellow Suffolk native
Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth has responded to comments Ed Sheeran made in an interview stating he’s open to recording a death metal album.
Last week, acoustic pop troubadour Ed Sheeran revealed he was a huge Cradle of Filth and Slipknot fan as a child and he couldn’t rule out shifting musical direction to death metal in the future.
“I was really into death metal as a kid. I listened to Cradle of Filth and Slipknot and all that stuff,” Sheeran told Metro. “I’m not saying I could ever step into that world. I learnt all those riffs on guitar as a kid.
“That’s something I’ve never thought about doing – but something I would not be opposed to creating.”
Ed Sheeran’s fellow Suffolk native Dani Filth has now taken to Instagram and joked they could join forces for a song called ‘Dracula’s Castle on the Hill.’
“I’ll believe it when I see it,” Dani wrote. “Fellow Suffolk lad could come good in the end. ‘Dracula’s Castle On The Hill’ anyone?”
Dani then added a number of hashtags, including #suffolklife #suffolklads #ipswich #sadhabit #framlingham #galleryofthegrotesque #unlikelycollaborators.
In August 2019, Slipknot knocked Ed Sheeran’s ‘No.6 Collaborations Project’ from the Number 1 spot with their sixth studio album ‘We Are Not Your Kind.’
Cradle of Filth play the Ronnie James Dio stage at Bloodstock Open Air at Catton Park in Derbyshire on Saturday 14th August.
They appear on a weekend bill that boasts Devin Townsend, Kreator, Judas Priest, Skindred, Paradise Lost, Diamond Head, Therapy?, Venom Prison, Jinjer, Vio-Lence, Saxon, The Wildhearts and many more.
Limited tickets are on sale from Kerrang! Radio Tickets now.
The real names of famous rock stars, including Dani Filth:
Edward Louis Severson III (Eddie Vedder)
William Bruce Rose (Axl Rose)
Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury)
Michael Peter Balzary (Flea)
Perry Bernstein (Perry Farrell)
Robert Deal (Mick Mars)
Frank Ferrano (Nikki Sixx)
Frank Edwin Wright III (Tré Cool)
Courtney Michelle Harrison (Courtney Love)
Georg Albert Ruthenberg (Pat Smear)
Chaim Klein Witz (Gene Simmons)
James Newell Osterberg, JR. (Iggy Pop)
Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper)
Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman)
Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin)
Saul Hudson (Slash)
Michael Ryan Pritchard (Mike Dirnt)
Ronald James Padavona (Ronnie James Dio)
Bree Joanna Alice Robinson (Brody Dalle)
Chad Robert Turton (Chad Kroeger)
Kim Bendix Petersen (King Diamond)
Glenn Allen Anzalone (Glenn Danzig)
James Owen Sullivan (The Rev)
Richard Allan Ream (Rikki Rockett)
Anthony Scott Flippen (Scott Stapp)
Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. (Synyster Gates)
Deborah Anne Dyer (Skin)
Nicholas Jones (Nicky Wire)
Andrew Fetterly Wilkes Krier (Andrew W.K.)
Zachary James Baker (Zacky Vengeance)
Amy Lynn Hartzler (Amy Lee)
Robert James Ritchie (Kid Rock)
William Perks (Bill Wyman)
Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (Joey Tempest)
Jeffrey Isbell (Izzy Stradlin)
Stanley Eisen (Paul Stanley)
Henry Garfield (Henry Rollins)
Colin Flooks (Cozy Powell)
Richard Harrison (Rick Parfitt)
Vincent Neil Wharton (Vince Neil)
Michael McKagan (Duff McKagan)
Ian Kilmister (Lemmy)
John Baldwin (John Paul Jones)
Joan Larkin (Joan Jett)
Peter Byford (Biff Byford)
Ray Burns (Captain Sensible)
Keith Palmer (Maxim Reality)
Peter Baker (Ginger Baker)
Darrell Abbott (Dimebag Darrell)
William Michael Albert Broad (Billy Idol)
Eric Patrick Clapp (Eric Clapton)
Susan Janet Ballion (Siouxsie Sioux)
David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones (David Bowie)
Richard Wayne Penniman (Little Richard)
John Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious)
Paul Daniel Frehley (Ace Frehley)
Sebastian Bierk (Sebastian Bach)
Louis Firbank (Lou Reed)
John Graham Mellor (Joe Strummer)
Robert Bartleh Cummings (Rob Zombie)
Mark Feld (Marc Bolan)
David Howell Evans (The Edge)
Marvin Lee Aday (Meatloaf)
Steven Victor Tallarico (Steven Tyler)
John Michael Osbourne (Ozzy Osbourne)
John Francis Bongiovi (Jon Bon Jovi)
John Anthony Gillis (Jack White)
Paul David Hewson (Bono)
Dominic Richard Harrison (Yungblud)
Daniel Lloyd Davey (Dani Filth)