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LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT releases new single and video for “CRUCIFIED”

06-11-2025

Former CRADLE OF FILTH keyboardist and vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft returns with her most emotionally charged and sonically powerful single to date, “Crucified”. 

Watch “Crucified” below.

Lindsay says of the track, “‘Crucified’ is the heaviest sounding and most lyrically honest track written to date. At the time of Its creation it was the song I didn’t know I needed. As my guitarist Cody, along with our drummer Dylan, worked on the track the lyrics and melodies started pouring out of me suddenly. I was mad. Betrayed. Still. Realising the level of how wronged I was and by people I once loved and trusted. Clearly this was still affecting me and needed to heal even more. Around the same time we were writing this track I found the art piece I wanted to use for our album cover and the undertow of religious themes made sense in connecting this art piece to the lyrics and story. This combination went on to inspire the whole look for the music video. 

This song touches on the abuse of power. How those who have power use it to use others. To lie, twist things, get what they want and sometimes and in some sickly way, deep down they find entertainment in it. But eventually there are more victims than the abuser and there’s a ticking deadline coming their way for their malicious reign to end. Justice eventually prevails. 

Those who get it, get it. If you’ve been hurt and tangled up in this vile behaviour and were lucky enough to get out of it and survive, this song is for you.”

Visually, the “Crucified” music video brings the song’s intensity to life through potent symbolism and religious undertones. The imagery of the sword and sand timer reflects these themes — the sword embodying truth and reckoning, the sand timer representing the inevitable countdown to justice. Together, they capture the song’s exploration of abuse of power and the idea that those who manipulate and exploit others eventually face the consequences of their actions. 

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