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Cruelty and the Beast
Cradle of Filth
Released: 1998
Cruelty and the Beast is the third studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 5 May 1998, through Music for Nations. It is a concept album based on the legend of the Hungarian "blood countess" Elizabeth Báthory. The album features guest narration on certain passages by Ingrid Pitt in-character as Báthory, a role she first played in the Hammer film Countess Dracula in 1971. This was the last Cradle of Filth full-length album to feature guitarist and songwriter Stuart Anstis, keyboardist Lecter and drummer Nicholas Barker. The two-disc Special Edition was reissued in 2012 by The End Records.
Track List
1Once Upon Atrocity1:43
2Thirteen Autumns and a Widow7:14
3Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids7:19
4Beneath the Howling Stars7:43
5Venus in Fear2:20
6Desire in Violent Overture4:17
7The Twisted Nails of Faith6:51
8Bathory Aria: Benighted Like Usher / A Murder of Ravens in Fugue / Eyes That Witnessed Madness11:02
9Portrait of the Dead Countess2:53
10Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)7:31
1Lustmord and Wargasm (The Relicking of Cadaverous Wounds)7:59
2Black Metal3:27
3Hallowed Be Thy Name7:11
4Sodomy and Lust4:48
5Twisting Further Nails (The Cruci-Fiction mix)5:33
