Cradle of Filth confirm Ed Sheeran song is on new album set for 2024 release

Fans will finally hear the track this year

Ed Sheeran and Dani Filth
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 15th Jan 2024

Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth has confirmed that their highly anticipated song with Ed Sheeran will appear on their 14th studio album that will tentatively be released later this year.

In a world exclusive backstage at Bloodstock in 2021, Dani Filth told Kerrang! Radio’s Sophie K that an unlikely collaboration with his fellow Suffolk native Ed Sheeran was in the works.

A year later, Filth revealed that Cradle of Filth had commenced recording the track with the flame-haired acoustic pop troubadour, who is an outspoken fan of the band.

In a fresh interview with Poland's Pelna Kulturka, Filth says the Ed Sheeran song is done and dusted and it may well see the light of day before the end of the year.

Commenting on whether there are any “surprises” on the as-yet-untitled record, Filth said: "Well, one of the surprises, obviously, but it's not so much a surprise is that we've got a song that we have Ed Sheeran guesting on.

“People have heard it and loved it. But it is what you imagine — it's Cradle of Filth and it's Ed Sheeran. It sounds like Ed Sheeran, it sounds like Cradle of Filth. There's a blast beat in it.”

Cradle of Filth at Bloodstock 2021

He continued: I think it's gonna surprise a lot of people, the album. But it doesn't necessarily mean the album is commercial. It's a very heavy record. We just upped the game as a band. We moved one step further toward the future from our previous record.

“We see everything as an evolution, everything as an evolutionary step, everything as a necessary link in the chain. And this album's gonna be an important record for us — our first for Napalm Records, if you discount, obviously, the live record.

“But, yeah, we're very much looking forward to this year. And there's no rush. We've got plenty of shows. But expect the first single probably about September, October time."

Filth went on to say the band are “hoping to release (the album) by the end of the year. It's gonna be a big record for us.”

Circling back to working with Ed Sheeran, he went on: “We actually did the song with Ed over a year ago now. And before then, the idea happened off the back of 'Bad Habits', the album.

“So, it's been about two and a half years, and it's probably gonna be three and a half years before anybody actually hears the song. But it is what it is.

“Obviously, he's one of the biggest artists in the world, and we have to kind of abide by his rules because… He's a lovely guy — don't get me wrong — but his management, obviously, have his vested interest at heart. And I think this year he's taking a complete year off. And obviously we want him in the video, so if that's gonna happen, we have to release that single with him on next year. But that's not gonna affect the rest of the album."

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