Filth responded, pushing back against the allegations made by Federoff against the band\u2019s management as \u201ccompletely unjust and unfounded\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Joining the English black metal stalwarts in 2014, Ashok recorded four albums with the band. Federoff joined in 2022. Both played on Cradle\u2019s most recent album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries.<\/p>\n
Federoff\u2019s statement, posted to her Instagram account, was accompanied by a copy of the contract she and Ashok had received from Cradle of Filth. Federoff says her lawyer called it the \u201cmost psychopathic contract a session musician could ever be handed\u201d.<\/p>\n
Federoff shared a litany of complaints against the band\u2019s management, whom she alleges are working at the behest of Filth (real name Daniel Davey).<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I called them out on this attempted theft of album advance money from Screaming Of The Valkyries, they called me \u2018cancer\u2019 and a \u2018dead horse\u2019 and threatened to fire me,\u201d wrote Federoff. \u201cThe frontman does nothing to stop them and hides behind them while they belittle and steal. We hold the frontman responsible for hiring this management and never advocating for his team, only himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Federoff says the money she and Ashok earned from playing in Cradle Of Filth did not cover the cost of living, and complained of a \u201ctoxic\u201d atmosphere. She lays the blame firmly at Filth\u2019s door.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe might not get his hands dirty, but in the end, he directs them,\u201d says Federoff. \u201cThe atmosphere he creates is threatening and abusive, and he constantly exploits us for very low wages, yet always demands exclusivity to Cradle\u2019s schedule. It is madness to keep people locked in poverty for the ego of one person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashok said that he fully intended to see out the tour with the band, and wished Federoff\u2019s replacement, Kelsey Peters, good luck. But his statement was scathing.<\/p>\n
He echoed Federoff\u2019s sentiments, citing a low pay, high stress environment, and said that for some time they didn\u2019t feel the band cared for its members. \u201cIt has been years of unprofessional behaviour from people above us that led to our decision,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
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