Monday 5th January bears irrevocable witness to CRADLE OF FILTH's Richard Shaw - Guitarist entering Grindstone studios in deepest, darkest Suffolk, England, to add his carnivorous licks to the forthcoming Cradle album; codename 'Hammer Of The Witches'.
So far Martin 'Marthus' Skaroupka and Marek 'Ashok' Smerda have delivered their all to the dark cacophonous brew, now Richard's time has come to shine like a well-polished retaliatory nuclear strike button.
The album is sounding amazing thus far, and should sound even fuller by the end of next week, when Richard finishes his guitar parts and vacates the luxurious werewolf-assailed country barn pad to make way for bassist Daniel Firth Music to rally forth from bonny Scotland.
Album excretion date: 26th June via Nuclear Blast Records.