Description

Cradle of Filth’s third full-length is another slab of uncompromising black metal, a darkly melodramatic opus where the song titles alone (“Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids,” “The Twisted Nails of Faith,” and “Lustmord and Wargasm [The Lick of Carnivorous Winds]”) tell almost the entire story; fans of the genre will embrace Cruelty and the Beast, but the unconverted are likely to find it all rather silly.

Track listing:
1. Upon Atrocity
2. Thirteen Autumns And A Widow
3. Cruelty Brought The Orchids
4. Beneath The Howling Stars
5. Venus In Fear
6. desire In Violent Overture
7. The Twisted Nails Of Faith
8. Bathory Aria
9. Benighted Like Usher
10. A Murder Of Ravens In Fugue
11. Eyes That Witnessed Madness
12. Portrait Of The Dead Countess
13. Lustmord And Wargasm (The Lick Of Carnivorous Winds)