- Record Label: Nuclear Blast
- Release Date: Oct 30, 2012
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Dec 10, 2012COF achieve a victory here. It rocks.
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Dec 10, 2012It's more fun than 2010's Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, but with a slightly less lurid and lingering "oomph" than classic Cradle of Filth.
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Kerrang!Dec 10, 2012There's nothing here that Cradle of Filth haven't done much better elsewhere. [10 Nov 2012, p.55]
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Dec 10, 2012Silly? Indisputably, although Dani Filth's theatrical vocals ensure that 'The Abhorrent' is every bit as grandiose and ridiculous as a classic Hammer horror.
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Jan 18, 2013The Manticore and Other Horrors is a scathing return to form that gives the band its credibility back, and certifies that Cradle of Filth deserve to be classed as a British extreme metal institution.