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Ed Sheeran and Cradle of Filth is happening! - Nik discusses his thoughts on the recent post in which Dani Filth and Ed Sheeran have posted regarding their collaboration.
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[@NikNocturnalTwitchClips]

*What are your thoughts on this collaboration? Do you think it's good for the metal scene or do you dislike it? Sound off in the comments below!*

[@sciencetranslated950]

this will be great for the metal scene! Ed Sherran is huge

[@vukvucicevic5263]

I like it, i love dumb cool shit like this, emagine Ed throwing down some screams on a concert, and they start forming a mosh pit, and some innocent pop fan is like,, what the hell is this?" And the pit just fuck's him up.

[@Bodybuildingberserkir]

I love it…shit it could be a song I don’t even like but who the fuck cares I just need more of my normie friends to finally join the party…for instance not a fan of 5 fingers newer stuff…but now my dad is into heavier music and open to screams and growls so I can finally talk about metal newer than 80s stuff with him lol

[@digitalmortality2001]

I'm just wondering what metal scene are you talking about.

[@trowabarton222]

Sheeran of Filth. I really dont know what to think about this. Im not against it, just confused. Guess we will see what happens.

[@trowabarton222]

The guy in the middle of the picture is a producer named Scott Atkins. Hes produced music for Cradle of Filth, Sylosis, Behemoth, etc. Its gonna be metal.

[@taj1997]

I’m in love with the shape of her ghost in the fog

[@RandomNorsePagen]

I’m in love with the shape of *YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUIU*

[@piratesbayne]

Naw, he's in love with the shape of her guilded c***

[@Am0nM0nr0e]

Now my coffin smells like you

[@johnyang799]

@@RandomNorsePagen YOUUUUUU

[@joturna1]

Bruh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I literally shit my pants

[@andreasagheddu]

"Hey, you know the last song Ed Sheeran released?" "No, which one?" "It's this one" *breakdown with screaming vocals*

[@shona5512]

Ed has a mini series of doing Collaborations projects with the genres of music he grew up on. In 2011, he did an EP called No.5 Collaborations Project, collaborating with Grime artists. Then in 2019 he made an album No.6 Collaborations Project, collaborating with Rap and hip hop figures. Ed typically releases albums or EPs every 2 years. Could we possibly be getting a No.7 Collaboration Project with various Metal artists? Please let this be a thing.

[@Valp85]

That sounds very similar to how some hollywood actors roll. "One project to pay the bills and feed the career, and one project for the love of the art"

[@Jakereisman11111]

Ed Sheeran colab with cannibal corpse incoming

[@shona5512]

@@Jakereisman11111 *Ed gets the hair straighteners out and performs a windmill with Corpsegrinder*

[@Jakereisman11111]

@@shona5512 hammer smashed face in the shape of you

[@lout9231]

His grime collaborations album was sick, it’s how I discovered him and was all downhill from there lol

[@Gary_a_normal_human_being]

An Ed Sheeran song with Dani‘s Pterodactyl vocals would be hilarious

[@LaughingGhastly]

God I hope so

[@PleaseForgiveYourself]

TMDWU

[@diode_wow]

Now imagine if it's a Cradle song and we get Ed Sheeran throwing out some bleghs and some reeee's.

[@calebbean1384]

Have you guys ever listened to metal?

[@diode_wow]

@@calebbean1384 Sure, the sounds depend on how big the piece is. Sometimes metal just "klings" sometimes it "klangs"

[@jonathanrynjah]

There no Blegh and Ree on black metal.

[@diode_wow]

@@jonathanrynjah There's no Ed Sheeran either yet here we are

[@jonathanrynjah]

@@diode_wow still no sign of the Ree and Blegh tho..

[@phaaaze9984]

Ed Sheeran was honestly one of the most impressive live acts I’ve ever seen. Got dragged there since I’m not really a fan but was blown away. Dude is super talented

[@thefourthwritedjentleman3643]

The dude is an absolute monster

[@poopenfartenofficial]

@@thefourthwritedjentleman3643 dude is an abdolute unit

[@liamashdown7955]

this metal and other genres collab thing is never getting old. ever since nu metal really started hitting the scene it seems like this genre blend is becoming a lot more common. good time to be a metalhead with access to the internet. im all for a weird collab.

[@GreekHighlander]

The guy in the middle is Scott Atkins, the brain behind Grindstone Studios. He has produced a lot of CoF albums, along with albums from Sylosis, Romeo must die, Amon Amarth, Monument and Behemoth. He knows his metal quite well... Happy New Year y'all!

[@cloudymoon2494]

Thank you for clearing this up. I knew him, I saw him a couple of times during behind the scenes footage - but his name was lost. Gone. Out of my mind. Have a great day!

[@MotoHikes]

Bro i can't wait for Cradle of Ed. This has actually been teased for a couple of years now

[@NikNocturnalTwitchClips]

Looks like it's finally happening 'Phrost

[@thecrimsonace3032]

I'd be really excited to see a collab like that, Ed has done some really interesting cross-genre collabs before, and I really think if anyone could pull off something this huge, it'd be him.

[@PossiblyABird]

I can't wait for the Lorna Shore and Ariana Grande Colab.

[@loris6719]

Cannibal Corpse and Katy Perry should collab too. Such kick ass artists

[@PossiblyABird]

Yeah then Chelsea Grin and Taylor swift

[@jonathanbouthillette753]

I can see Will listening to Ariana

[@plantifulalexandra]

@@jonathanbouthillette753 definitely

[@spectorial]

the guitar hero ''don't play it, play a real guitar'' was actually a thing that happened

[@ElementalWisdom]

Cradle has been my favorite band since 02

[@alfieshaw2931]

Cradle Of Filth are my favourite band, so I’m actually quite eager to see how this collaboration turns out.😂🤘🏼

[@Werewolf914]

I love Cradle of Filth they're amazing, Her Ghost In The Fog is in my Top 5 favorite songs of all time. Also curious what genre you call them I've always called them Gothic Black Metal

[@witchlynproductions753]

@@Werewolf914 I'd call them Theatric Black Metal, similar to Carach Angren but more well known.

[@AvB.83]

100% agreed, this needs to happen! "Bad habits" with Bmth was great and you could see how much fun they were having, and Ed Sheeran is 100% in the position to do whatever tf makes him happy + if he actually was to have Dani shrieking on a song or just put some CoF synths and blast beats in it, that would absolutely blow TikTok to pieces. (and it would be absolutely hilarious if Ed would pull kind of a reverse Linkin Park and start to go more guitary/heavy on each coming record 😅 )

[@XACTIC_Valour]

Honestly people just forgot that art is art, and that any sort of boundary breaking is not only a good thing, but NECESSARY for it to grow and to stay interesting. I'm all for pop artists starting to recognize that. Call it capitalizing, I say it's a long time coming

[@Kidcrowley]

I would agree if the pop scene wasnt so focused on clout chasing and pumping out the same album for money, i’m all for metal growing but i think it makes more sense for it to happen with artists like ghostemane, pouya (which they have collabed with underoath and volumes) the suicideboys, city morgue, shit that actually makes sense.

[@XACTIC_Valour]

@@Kidcrowley oh 100% agree with you on that, the intent of the music also matters greatly to me.

[@TNDeacon]

CoF is who got me into metal waaay back in middle school - Midian is still a banger album. I am definitely intrigued; this just seems so bizarre but I'm here for it.

[@colinhawks2469]

Ed is a fantastic musician and songwriter and I’m excited for whatever comes out of this! Honestly, the BMTH collab was one of my favorite songs of this year

[@lout9231]

That headline triggered me. “Death metal band” “cradle of filth”

[@Dantedeth]

Ed sheeran making a metal album with guest appearances everywhere 😂

[@Bodybuildingberserkir]

I hate that you are spot on with this…it could be the hardest fucking darkest coldest iciest black metal song ever and if it was a cradle song ft Ed the fans would loose their shit…other way not so much lol

[@InFamous_Asylum6]

I’m with you, Nik! You literally took all my thoughts and vocalized them for me lol

[@chrisheeran]

The ultimate gothic pop ballad from a tiny village in England is upon us!

[@9409114]

Shape of you I Shape of you II Shape of you III

[@blinkandkornlover]

They are from the same town in England and there was recently an award for person of the year or something and both of them were nominated. Dani won

[@blinkandkornlover]

@Nik_nooturnaltwitchclips sounds dirty

[@brennuvargr4638]

The guy in the middle is metal producer Scott Atkins, of Grindstone Studios (and guitarist of legendary metallic hardcore band Stampin' Ground). Given that it's Scott Atkins, it's blatantly gonna be a Cradle of Filth song featuring Ed Sheeran... Which is mental!!!

[@Blyeat2]

I’ve been waiting for this to happen since the first interview with Ed talking about wanting to do some metal shit came out! And actually, I didn’t think that this will get any continuation because pretty much time passed by since then But wow my God, I believe it will happen. I believe we will get their feature song!

[@omgvague]

Speaking about metal rising due to outside influences, there's definitely a bunch of kids that got into metal because Pantera was on Spongebob so if Ed can bring more in through CoF then that's just more metal fans and that's not a bad thing.

[@Shsjier]

I loved pantera and spongebob and never knew that

[@talibanParade]

@@Shsjier Prehibernation Week

[@jdeutsch337]

I'm pretty sure from an article a couple months ago, the project was delayed slightly because of Ed Sheeran having a baby, but it's a CoF project with Ed Sheeran!

[@BaneBurden]

Ed Sheeran is a cool ass dude, he did a mixtape with Yelawolf forever ago and despite it being pretty bad, it's cool to see him doing collabs with people despite how big he gets.

[@Matt_Nor]

This is great and not a moment for gatekeepers to whine about *anything* Like Finn McKenty says "This crossover will make one or more people curious, perhaps even furthering the possibilities or inspire for upcoming bands and or artists to push the boundaries of art while also increasing the chances of your favourite band or artist to grow even more. The more exposure, the better".

[@minedude33]

Not to discredit that quote, because its a good piece of advice, but Finn has also said some of the stupidest shit ever in the world before, so.

[@Kataxu]

@@minedude33 You're right, but Finn is 110% correct here, and his track record of shit takes doesn't make any truths he speaks somehow untrue.

[@Thwumbo]

Finn McKenty is my second favorite voice in the punk/metal world. I respect the hell out of him.

[@Matt_Nor]

@@Thwumbo Nik and Finn are my go to source. It's how stay updated for old and new.

[@calebbean1384]

Pushing the boundaries is not getting a pop guy to collab with a mid tier band

[@humanthenarrator]

Ed seems like the friendliest dude on earth

[@FUHDAHSHII]

Fun, totally, 100%, fact: Ed Sheeran only became famous because he wanted to hear bands cover his songs on Pop Goes Punk. He secretly wrote them as metal songs so it would be easier.

[@rosea3497]

Cradle of Filth is my favorite band and I love this 💗

[@MatthewMan]

Bring Me The Horizon ft Dani Filth happened, Ed Sheeran ft Bring Me The Horizon happened, now it might be Dani Filth ft Ed Sheeran.

[@MrEjm93]

Im actually very excited for this haha, the curiosity is killing me 😂

[@TylerPilizota]

Anything that gets metal additional recognition and love is fine in my book. This is cool

[@cjtraywick]

I had the pleasure of working with Cradle as a local audio tech. They were such nice guys to work with.

[@Hipno702]

Nobody: Nik: *CRADLE AND FILTH*

[@monerboat]

Guitar hero/rock band is the reason I bought my 1st drum set in 2010. Still play to this day

[@selenicamusic]

I forgot that Ed Sheeran said this was gonna happen... and now it's actually happening

[@KeithCrockerMusic]

Ed Sheeran writing a heavy Drop D song on guitar, tracking guitar himself and providing lyrics and just having Dani to get into the booth and do whatevertheheck he wants to do is my bet

[@lefloeck]

I think for the whole Rock / Metal / Alternative Scene these kind of things are the best what can happen. But yeah, a lot of Metalheads will only give hate or simply ignore their existence. As Lars would say "Sad, but true."

[@azedk418]

Cradle got me into metal when I was 11 and when I was in my early 20’s it’s was Ed Sheeran that sparked my interest in other genres again, because I really enjoyed I See Fire and the Divided album! So this is pure gold to me! If anything fun as Hell and I’m all for it ✊

[@jeremyn1763]

Can't wait to see Ed Sheeran wearing a Cradle of Filth 'Vestal' T-Shirt in public

[@TheStrykerProject]

I'm definitely curious, especially to see how 'blackened' Ed will go (or be allowed to). I'm fine with their collab and think it's a net positive; metal will gain new fans, though I doubt metalheads will become pop fans. 😉

[@leileiyam]

It's been a year, is it still happening?

[@LeadGRuaidri]

My favourite Heavy Funk bank collabing with Sheeran? I'm here for it \m/

[@cakewalkbaby]

Dude in the middle is Scott Atkins. He's CoF's record producer since 2010

[@zcrossguitar9888]

Next we should have infant annihilator colab with bts

[@hex_a_lexa]

Honestly I have mixed feelings about this. For popularity sake, it's great. More ppl know about it, the more they will all sell. Theoretically. But bringing THAT crowd into our little corner could mean that there's more metal music with mindless lyrics and rap music mixed with it. I DESPISE rap music with the general lyrics they have. "Money and cars and b*tches and hoes, secs and oooh I like your body" ugh! I feel dumber just listening to 10 seconds of it. Well rap music with meaningful lyrics is not the worst. But that's not the case with most of it. That's the kind of stuff that would spill over into the metal scene. I'm worried about it becoming TOO mainstream honestly.

[@Ryo7_7]

This is gonna be epic bruv. 🤘🏾

[@bendooley550]

Still waiting for the sleep token and weeknd collab. It would be the cleanest transition of all time.

[@nickshepley2566]

I straight up left the video I was watching (David Lee Roth on Van Halen via Rock Feed) to come watch this

[@alecjasper]

Ed sheeran collaborating with cradle of filth: so glad for the madness!

[@Werewolf914]

I'm not really an Ed Sheeran fan but bringing in Pop Stars for Metal Collabs is pretty awesome because maybe Pop fans who enjoy his music and have an open mind might give Metal a chance, not sure they'd be fan of Dani doing his kind of vocals, but still maybe there's hope for this to bring in new Metal fans, even though Elitists like to gate keep and don't want anyone else to listen to Metal.

[@jamesmcgarvey3]

"I'm not good at Guitar Hero, you know, because I play ***ACTUAL*** guitar." was certainly a prevalent attitude.

[@Satanicdrummer]

This is sick! Time to bring Black Metal to the masses lol

[@digitalmortality2001]

It was brought into the masses the minute Dead painted the walls of that shack with himself.

[@Maialeen]

@Digital Mortality That's such a shit way to talk about a young person who was suffering. Also, it didn't. Things that were happening in that scene in Norway then were crime on the news. They didn't bring black metal as music to the worldwide masses which is what the original commenter meant

[@digitalmortality2001]

@@Maialeen He was suffering because his bandmates (Euronymous) treated him like shit, they're the whole reason why he killed himself. Plus, it did. The crimes being reported to the news is exposure to black metal. It's a way to let people know what music the artists played and eventually lead them to check it out. I have no idea what the other guy meant by bringing black metal to the masses when it's already extremely known within metal circles and fans.

[@duckduckling7844]

Kanye should do a collab with Varg

[@gwaptiva]

Gary Holt appears excited

[@pattohorne]

Pretty stoked to hear this collaboration

[@TheLAGamer1]

5:44 was so dame funny lol 😂😅

[@mltproductionstudio]

If it pisses everyone off I’ll love it even more 😊

[@digitalmortality2001]

I'm sure nobody will care

[@alftusha6295]

blackened pop?

[@TheWRCS]

Dude I low key want more metal artists to collab with artists outside of their comfort zone

[@TheMrHaerion]

The guy in the middle is Scott Atkins, a producer.

[@jamiecatir3722]

Ed can try new styles and genres of music, hope it is awesome!

[@pawspawlisko4025]

The Guy in the middle is Jason Statham - He's always ready

[@catnipmurphy5971]

OMG 01:28 It's Nik Van Dyke (ask your grandparents)

[@vera_n500]

I think its gonna be smth like Baronic man with V.Valo just CoF song with a very very sweet and melodic part of Ed

[@Garthydude12]

It's crazy how long Ed Sheeran has stuck around for! I never really understood what was so special about him back in the day when he first made his breakthrough, but I'm not 'one of them' so probably never will 😂

[@Viper-dz2kw]

Cause he does stuff like this the dude is constantly reinventing himself it’s crazy

[@Garthydude12]

@@Viper-dz2kw I did like the "You need me man I don't need you" song. That was pretty decent tbf to him.

[@ClusterOfAtoms77]

Saw the title and immediately knew I had to watch!

[@permafrostprod1]

I feel like if they do a song in the black metal direction, it will probably be something more in the line of Myrkur song more than a trve cult one, which will be totally fine, while making a lot more sense.

[@joelwall4493]

So happy I love you so much Nik❤!

[@Marta1Buck]

The last time I heard cradle of filth was when I was in primary school early 20's.

[@Rab1dllama]

I’m still waiting for that Slaughter to Prevail/Willie Nelson collab.

[@cloudymoon2494]

Why do I get the feeling of getting Rick Rolled by them? Maybe they plotted this for ages... 😂

[@PsychoticFemboySlvt]

I hate modern pop music and this makes me want to throw up, But this would definitely be a great way to get more pop fans into metal. So ultimately this is an amazing idea.

[@Viper-dz2kw]

That BMTH collab awoke a desire to do metalcore in Ed Sheeran lmfao

[@bythewaybrian3894]

You have Jim Carrey & Cannibal Corpse, we have Ed Sheeran & Cradle of Filth. We are not the same

[@calebbean1384]

Thank god, Carrey and Corpse are way better lmao

[@sentenced03]

Dani did a song with rappers twizted so it isnt unheard of for him to branch out.

[@1fox3]

That's cool. Ed is a pioneer in that sense, having feats with Stormzy and Eminem.. Why not bridge to other genres aswell. Dani is not that far from a mainstream celebrity in the UK - it almost makes sense. It's a W regardless.

[@Valp85]

I'll say the same thing I said when some Kardashian were running around in a Slayer shirt: If it lures over some kids to the metal side it's a good thing. A win is a win

[@bolillo5013]

Just like I don’t enjoy the sound of the BMTH x Ed, I might not like the sound of this crossover, but I love that it’s bringing metal to the mainstream more.

[@spacemagic581c5]

I would like to see it… pop and metal/rock should emerge. Need more crossover songs to new genres of music… at the end it’s all music.

[@Pyromat]

I came for the collab. I must say my guitar hero experience with friends and family is more positive than you think. By the way on Christmas eve my younger brother made me realized that i didn't missed a single vibrato for the whole.night !! and finaly anybody else feel like a 3yo with that new KZbin guideline.

[@Pyromat]

Hahaha!! Loser!!

[@InkAndPoet]

I don't know if it will be the biggest crossover, but it will certainly be one of the oddest.

[@RissaDotExe]

What about the song 'Temptation' tho? Thats a pop song, a pop cover as it was originally by the synth-pop band HEAVEN 17. Cradle Of Filth have branched over to other genres before, it's nothing really new (and when I say branched, picture a rotten tree growing and climbing towards pop infecting the scene) and as far as I hear people liked that song...

[@gabrielmadison9316]

Yoooooo this is wild

[@NikNocturnalTwitchClips]

Definitely wild! 'Phrost

[@gabrielmadison9316]

Ong

[@rem10823]

Dude how is nik able to pull off any color I’m jealous😭

[@SATOhara3173]

Well that's the first time I've ever seen Dani without makeup

[@Amanda-1985]

Maybe they'll merge as one and be called Cradle of Eds or Ed's of Filth! :D Joking.

[@heather2503]

Filthy ed

[@ThatsAndrew2]

I'm intrigued for sure! Not the biggest fan of Ed Sheeran but if it helps bring in more people too listen to Metal I'm down. Especially the more extreme Metal side.

[@TheInfiniteNine]

Let's go!

[@randywissler9923]

I honestly don't know which I love better, Joe Rogan doing animal noises or Nik doing metal noises!! 😂😂🤘🤘🤘

[@usmankhalid2480]

The godfather of funk is back

[@meci6625]

one guy in the comments suggesteda Kanye and Phil Anselmo collab 💀

[@beautifuldreamer0811]

Can confirm that was 100% the mentality for guitar hero. While those same people secretly got really good at it so they could pretend to be better guitarists than they actually were 😅