CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth discusses his new book, The Gospel Of Filth, in a new interview with the Heavy Metal Examiner. An excerpt from the discussion is available below:

Q: Why and how exactly did you come to the decision to sit down and begin (and complete) this long, arduous journey of penning a book?

Dani: "The original idea was something that Gavin Baddeley dreamed up. He thought it would work with Cradle because of the imagery and the subject matter we'd embraced as a band over the years. The final product is actually ten times the amount we'd first envisaged, as the beast just kept getting bigger and more in-depth as time slathered on."

Q: Do you think The Gospel of Filth helps to re-place the mysterious veil that CoF had abandoned, or do you see this as holding a mirror up to the world, showing everyone that there is a little “Filth” in all of us?

Dani:"I don't think we've lost that mysterious veil, I just think that people have more of their own perceptions of us lot now. Everybody has an opinion on this band and some people have been jaded by time and exposure. That said, I also agree with the 'mirror' thing. If nothing, this book reveals that there has always been a deep fascination with all things dark, taboo and occult, from the lowliest mind to the heights of Kings and scholars, and that it's man's nature to wander from the path given him, and to sometimes relish it's darker corners and delights."

Q: Have your wife and child yet been lured into the "Twilight Hypnosis?" And have you ever attempted to read the books or see the movie?

Dani: "My daughter Luna is sailing the perimeters of this whirlpool at the moment. It's more an American thing I think, as it's so far closer to your culture than ours. It's obvious that Interview with the Vampire would happen for the current age's hot-blooded teens and to an extent I quite like it. Vampires are far preferable in all their guises to high school musicals and Hannah Montana!"

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