Dani Filth the lead singer of heavy metal band Cradle Of Filth has hinted at a possible future collaboration with Ed Sheeran after the singer-songwriter revealed that he was “really into death metal as a kid”.
Sheeran made these comments during a recent interview with the Sun where he stated that he’d “never thought about” taking his own music in that direction of metal. Although, it was “something I would not be opposed to creating”.
Now, Filth has revealed that the unlikely collaborators have been in contact with one another. He told Kerrang! Radio backstage at Bloodstock Festival 2021 that “I’ve actually been emailing with him,”
It turns out there’s actually a grain of truth in the rumours that @CradleofFilth might be working with @edsheeran…@iamsophiek caught up with Dani Filth backstage at @BLOODSTOCKFEST and got the full lowdown.https://t.co/BGfygP0Whh
— Kerrang! Radio (@KerrangRadio) August 14, 2021
The host Sophie K jokingly questioned his sincerity to which he insisted “No no, it’s true! He actually touched base with me. I’ve been invited up to his place. Well, he said he could come down to mine, but I pointed out to him that I don’t own my own bar or village, and it’d be better if I went there. He said he’d do anything. Quite literally. He said he’s a massive fan. He seems like a genuinely very nice guy actually.”
He continued “I think the Ed Sheeran collaboration would be great fun. I think it’d be great if we did it for charity because at least it would bring a bit of credibility to it. Because obviously to his public, it’d be like ‘Oh my god, he’s got this weird comical guy’, and to my public, it’d be like ‘Oh my god, this is a bit weird, isn’t it?’ But I think that sort of thing, nowadays, works.”
Filth at first responded to Sheeran’s comments about potentially stepping into the metal world last month by saying: “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Though he then added, “Fellow Suffolk lad could come good in the end, Dracula’s Castle On The Hill’ anyone?”
