When it comes to demos, I could care less most of the time. Why would a band want to release demos, besides to add some extra tracks to a “Special Edition”? Tracks that you’ll never really listen to much because they are substandard. What used to be good about demos is that they were pretty close to the original song. They may have been rough recordings, but in the end they were just less tweaked songs. These days the songs in pre-production are usually extremely rough and by the time they get all dissected, injected and molested with Pro-Tools they sound nothing like the demo. Sometimes they don’t sound far from the original and don’t sound like your typical demo. Sometimes the preproduction demo is the song and only a few things are tweaked here and there. It’s a different case than what it used to be. In any case a demo is used to present the label and/or producer with your ideas and says, “This is what we have. What can we do with it?”. I had a point somewhere in here, but I’ve completely lost it.

Some bands are all, “Let’s record this now and we’ll try to figure out later how the hell we’re going to play it live.”. Some bands record with live shows in mind and not relying so much on their back catalogue. The fact is that yes, you should play a lot of new songs from your album as soon as you start touring in support of it. Play the old ones too, but you’re on tour to sell tickets, merch and the new record. Some may not care to hear the new songs right off the line, but they’ll come around.

With all that said and not having much to do with the rest of this post, Cradle Of Filth has released a demo track from their last release Godspeed On The Devil’s Thunder. The demo is for the track Honey And Sulphur. It’s not bad if you like this band and want to hear a song that sounds similar to the one on the album. The reason the title says “Why?” is because they release the album and a special edition, so I really don;t see the point. Perhaps record sales are down and they needed some news to keep them in the stream of things and get people’s attention again. I really don’t know.

You can also check out tour dates for Cradle Of Filth at Brawwords.com Image: Newscom

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They will be touring North America and Mexico in support of their latest album Godspeed On The Devils Thunder…or as I like to call it “Gods Peed On The Devil’s Thunder”.

January

11 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, Mexico **
12 – Café Iguana – Monterrey, Mexico **
13 – tba – Guadalajara, Mexico **
15 – Starland Ballrom – Sayreville, NJ
16 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
17 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC
18 – Capitol Theatre – Quebec City, QC
20 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
21 – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
23 – Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
24 – The EaglesClub – Milwaukee, WI
25 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
26 – First Avenue – Loop Station, MN
28 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
30 – MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB
31 – Edmonton Events Centre – Edmonton, AB

February
2 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
3 – Showbox – Seattle, WA
4 – Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR
10 – The Grand – San Francisco, CA
11 – Henry Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
12 – Grove of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
13 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
14 – House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV **
16 – Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX **
17 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
18 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
20 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
21 – The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
22 – Club Cinema – Pompano Beach, FL **
24 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC **
25 – NorVa – Norfolk, VA
26 – Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
27 – Nokia Theater – NewYork, NY
28 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA

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