This past weekend, two band members quit Cradle Of Filth, the long-running symphonic black metal band, while they were mid-tour. Singer/keyboardist Zoë M. Federoff was the first to leave, and her guitarist husband Marek “Ashok” Šmerda followed a few days later. Šmerda cited “unprofessional ehavior” from frontman Dani Filth and derided their long-planned Ed Sheeran collab as “foolish clown antics,” while Dani Filth claimed that Šmerda had actually been fired. Now, Federoff has shared her side of the story.
