They’re actually one of the most well known extreme metal bands lol.

If it piques your interest at all; The albums ‘Dusk and her embrace’ and "Cruelty and the Beast’ are quintessential Cradle (IMO).

Nope, they’re real.

They’re kinda polarizing at times tbh, and there’s three camps of fans: nymphetamine and before, after that, and overall fans but likely to dislike individual albums lol.

I’m in the latter camp myself, with a preference for the earlier stuff.