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1	Once Upon Atrocity	1:43
2	Thirteen Autumns And A Widow	7:14
3	Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids	7:18
4	Beneath The Howling Stars	7:42
5	Venus In Fear	2:20
6	Desire In Violent Overture	4:16
7	The Twisted Nails Of Faith Voice [Lady Bathory] – Ingrid Pitt	6:50
Bathory Aria	(11:02)
8.1	Benighted Like Usher
8.2	A Murder Of Ravens In Fugue
8.3	Eyes That Witnessed Madness Voice [Lady Bathory] – Ingrid Pitt
9	Portrait Of The Dead Countess	2:52
10	Lustmord And Wargasm (The Lick Of Carnivorous Winds)	7:30

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Music For Nations
• Copyright (c) – Music For Nations
• Distributed By – Rough Trade – RTD GAS 211.1242.2
• Recorded At – DEP International Studios
• Recorded At – The Abattoir
• Recorded At – Springvale Studios
• Mastered At – Transfermation
• Published By – Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork [Graphic Violence], Layout [Slayout] – Mez
• Backing Vocals [Dulcet Ghost Laments] – Sarah Jezebel Deva
• Backing Vocals [Sapphic Oration] – Danielle Cneajna Cottington
• Bass [Nocturnal Pulse] – Robin Graves
• Drums [Zyklon Beats] – Nicholas*
• Engineer [Totally Uncivil Engineering] – Dan Sprigg*
• Guitar [Carnivorous Licks] – Gian*
• Guitar [Infernal Overkill] – Stuart*
• Keyboards [Unbiblical Chords, Torture Chamber Music] – Lecter*
• Lyrics By – Dani*
• Management [Band Tyrrangement] – Mistress Fay Woolven*, One Fifteen, Paul Loasby
• Management [Invasion Plans And Concert Booking Minion] – Paul Bolton
• Management [Nasty Legal Dilemmas And Serial Murder Charges Sorted By] – Tim Northrop
• Other [Hair] – Andrew Minarik
• Other [Make-Up] – Correna Bullen
• Other [Model, Dying Swans] – Correna Bullen, Linda Stokes
• Other [Model, Elizabeth Bathory] – Luisa Morando
• Other [Thanks] – Alchemist
• Photography By [All Nightmare Visions And/ Or Sexual Fantasies] – Stu Williamson
• Producer – Jan Peter Genkel, Mike Exeter
• Producer, Music By – Cradle Of Filth
• Recorded By [Solo Orchestral Movements] – Mark Harwood
• Vocals [Oral Pleasures] – Dani Filth

Notes

A concept album based on the legend of the Hungarian "blood countess" Elizabeth Báthory.

The SID codes and matrix go backwards.

Info from the booklet:
Chapter IV, "Cruelty & The Beast", was invoked from the first full moon of January ♑ to the penumbral lunar eclipse of March ♓, at DEP International / Abattoir Studios, Birmingham, 1998, E.H.

Solo orchestral movements summoned by candlelight at Springvale Studios, Ipswich.
Slavemastered at Transfermation, London.

An extra bout of gratitude must be delivered upon Alchemist for the loan of His treasury and the suitably Gothic Alembic Hall.

Info from the inlay (rear):
© 1998 Music For Nations.
℗ 1998 Music For Nations.
Made in England.

Total playing time: 58:55.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 016583 124229
• Matrix / Runout: CDMFN242 : MASTERED BY DOCDATA
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LA31
• Label Code: LC 8541
• Other (Distribution Code): M7.862

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDMFN 242	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Music For Nations	CDMFN 242	UK	1998
11128-2	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album)	Fierce Recordings , Mayhem Records Ltd.	11128-2	US	1998
PCKD00044	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album)	Music For Nations, Ponycanyon Korea	PCKD00044	South Korea	1998
CDMFN 242	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album, RP)	Music For Nations	CDMFN 242	UK	Unknown
CDMFN 242	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album)	Music For Nations, Shock	CDMFN 242	Australia	1998

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