Editing Cradle of Filth (section)

=== Move to Roadrunner (2004–2010) ===
[[File:Cradle of Filth Hellfest 2009 04.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Filth and Ellyllon during the band's performance at Hellfest in 2009.]]
2004's ''[[Nymphetamine]]'' was the band's first full album since ''Dusk...and Her Embrace'' to not be based around any sort of overarching concept (although references to the works of [[H. P. Lovecraft]] are made more than once). Cradle's bass guitarist [[Dave Pybus]] described it as an "eclectic mix between the group's ''Damnation'' and ''Cruelty'' albums with a renewed vigour for [[melody]], songmanship {{sic}} and plain fucking weirdness."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17570 |title=Cradle of Filth Sign with Roadrunner Records! |date=22 December 2003 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> ''Nymphetamine'' debuted at No.&nbsp;89 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, selling just under 14,000 copies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=27673 |title=Soundscan Report: Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth, H.I.M., Iommi/Hughes |date=6 October 2004 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=2 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513013151/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=27673 |archive-date=13 May 2009}}</ref> and the band's growing acceptance by the mainstream was confirmed when the album's title track was nominated for a [[Grammy]] award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=30088 |title=Metallica, Cradle of Filth, Motörhead Among Grammy Nominees |date=7 December 2004 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> The album's track "Coffin Fodder" was referenced in an episode of the [[Channel 4]] [[sit-com]] ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' in February 2006.

''[[Thornography]]'' was released in October 2006. According to Dani Filth, the title "represents mankind's obsession with sin and self... an addiction to self-punishment or something equally poisonous... a mania."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleoffilth.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104165704/http://www.cradleoffilth.com/Descriptions.html |archive-date=4 November 2006 |title=Cradle of Filth |website=cradleoffilth.com |access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref> On the subject of the album's musical direction, Filth told ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' magazine, "I'm not saying it's 'experimental', but we're definitely testing the limits of what we can do... A lot of the songs are really rhythmical—[[thrash metal|thrashy]], almost—but they're all also really catchy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/cradle-of-filth-banned-in-the-us/ |title=Cradle of Filth Banned in the US <nowiki>| News |</nowiki> ''Metal Hammer'' |date=22 May 2006 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> A flurry of pre-release controversy saw Samuel Araya's original cover artwork scrapped and replaced in May 2006, although numerous CD booklets had already been printed with the original image.<ref name="MetalEagle.com"/> ''Thornography'' received a similar reception to ''Nymphetamine'', garnering generally positive reviews, but raising a few eyebrows with the inclusion of a cover of [[Heaven 17]]'s "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]"<ref>{{cite journal |date=21 October 2006 |journal=[[Kerrang!]]|title=Cradle of Filth |issue=1130}}</ref><ref name=Terr150>{{cite journal |journal=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|title=Cradle of Filth |issue=150 |date=November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=November 2006 |journal=[[Metal Hammer]]|title=Cradle of Filth |issue=159}}</ref> (featuring guest vocals from [[Dirty Harry (musician)|Dirty Harry]]), which was released as a [[digital single]] and accompanying video shortly before the album. ''Thornography'' entered the Billboard chart at No.&nbsp;66, having sold nearly 13,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60942 |title=Aerosmith, Cradle of Filth First-Week Sales Revealed |date=25 October 2006 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=2 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225231830/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60942 |archive-date=25 December 2008}}</ref>

Long-term drummer [[Adrian Erlandsson]] departed the band in November 2006, with the intention of devoting his energies to his two side projects, Needleye and Nemhain. The official press release from Roadrunner saw Erlandsson state "I have enjoyed my time with Cradle but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high as ''Thornography'' is definitely our best album to date".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?&news_page=621&news_id=48602 |title=Adrian Erlandsson Leaves Cradle of Filth – Roadrunner Records UK |date=12 February 2008 |website=[[Roadrunner Records]] |access-date=10 September 2012 |archive-date=31 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231092416/http://roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News/?&news_page=621&news_id=48602 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was replaced by [[Martin "Marthus" Škaroupka]].

Work on the eighth studio album, released in October 2008 as ''[[Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder]]'', began early that year following a [[GWAR]]-supported tour which took place in Russia, [[Ukraine]], United Kingdom, [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]] and North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2008/07/cradle_of_filth_unveil_new_alb.html |title=''Kerrang!'' Cradle of Filth Unveil New Album Track Listing |date=21 July 2008 |website=[[Kerrang!]] |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> ''Godspeed'' is a concept album based around the legend of [[Gilles de Rais]], a 15th-century French nobleman who fought alongside [[Joan of Arc]] and accumulated great wealth before becoming an [[Occult|occultist]], sexual deviant and murderer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/24268302 |title=Cradle of Filth Video by MySpace Metal – MySpace Video |date=19 December 2007 |website=[[MySpace]] |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' preferred the album to the "relatively weak" ''Thornography'', calling it "grandiose and epic",<ref>{{cite journal |last=Travers |first=Paul |date=25 October 2008 |journal=[[Kerrang!]]|title=Cradle of Filth |issue=1223}}</ref> while ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' said it had "genuine narrative depth and emotional resonance",<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lawson |first=Dom|title=Cradle of Filth |date=November 2008 |journal=[[Metal Hammer]]}}</ref> and ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]'' called it "cohesive, consistent and convincing".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Chantler |first=Chris |date=December 2008 |journal=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|title=Cradle of Filth |issue=177}}</ref> It sold 11,000 copies in its week of release, entering the Billboard 200 at No.&nbsp;48.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108293 |title=Cradle of Filth's <nowiki>'</nowiki>''Godspeed''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Cracks U.S. Top 50 |date=5 November 2008 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref>