CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Says IRS May Keep Bands Away From U.S.

March 11, 2011

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH told the Artisan News Service that the IRS may keep fans in the U.S. from seeing their favorite bands.

"The monetary problems everybody is going through [as part of the] worldwide recession has caught up with a lot of bands," he said. "There's a lot of bands turning away from America, in fact now, 'cause the IRS are trying to get a 30 percent tax off everybody. . . It's going to be lucky for people to see European bands from now on."

CRADLE OF FILTH's North American "Creatures From The Black Abyss" headlining tour kicked off in Houston on February 1. The 31-city trek featured support from NACHTMYSTIUM, TURISAS and DANIEL LIONEYE.

CRADLE OF FILTH's new album, "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", sold 5,800 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", opened with a little over 11,000 copies back in November 2008 to debut at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This was slightly less than the first-week tally registered by 2006's "Thornography", which shifted nearly 13,000 copies the first week out to enter The Billboard chart at No. 66, and "Nymphetamine", which premiered with almost 14,000 copies back in October 2004.

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