Cradle Of Filth & Ed Sheeran Are Writing A Song Together

Dani Filth has revealed that he really is writing a song with Ed Sheeran. 

The Cradle Of Filth bandleader confirmed that the long-rumoured collaboration is genuinely in the works, with Sheeran having "done some of it". 

Filth provided the update on the collaboration between the confessed Cradle Of Filth superfan Sheeran and himself in an interview with Knotfest. 

"We still have yet to finish our song with Ed Sheeran. He's done some of it, but then he had a baby, and then he got obviously sidetracked with that and doing whatever Ed does, which is play massive shows around the globe. He's not at our beck and call. But he is gonna finish it, he assures me. Actually, I spoke to him quite recently. It will be released when it's finished. We don't know when it's coming out."

The stupendously successful singer-songwriter is a noted fan of the heavier end of the musical spectrum, having recently let slip a love for both Slipknot and Cradle Of Filth and has half-jokingly expressed an interest in making a metal record. His metal credentials seem to go further too,  having covered Behemoth's Demigod at least once in a live setting, and made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon where he played an acoustic-pop version of Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff.   Now it seems Ed is ready to step things of a considerable notch with Cradle Of Filth.

Filth first revealed their intentions last year in an interview with Kerrang radio, Dani revealed that the time appeared to be nigh for the two worlds to collide. 

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,” said Dani. “He said he’d do anything, quite literally. He said he’s a massive fan. He seems like a genuinely very nice guy actually.

As for how Dani expects Cradle Of Filth fans to react to any potential release between the two distinctly different Suffolk sons, he in typical Dani Filth style couldn't give a fuck, as long as it does some good for the world. 

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.

 Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon teamed up for a new version of the pop megastar’s 'Bad Habits'.

The singer-songwriter and metalcore icons opened this year’s Brit Awards with a performance of the hit track, complete with pyrotechnics, a slew of dancers and more.

A studio version of the song has also been released.