- black metal, symphonic black metal, extreme gothic metal
- 59 min
- 10 tracks
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Cruelty and the Beast is the third studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on 5 May 1998 by Music for Nations. It is a concept album based on the legend of the Hungarian "blood countess" Elizabeth Báthory and features guest narration by actress Ingrid Pitt in-character as Báthory, a role she first played in the Hammer Horror film Countess Dracula in 1971.
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Bleak, grave, epic and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 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
10 tracks, 59 minutes.
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- Cradle of Filth
- Label
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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