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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	6:51
Bathory Aria	(11:04)
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	Lustmord And Wargasm (The Relicking Of Cadaverous Wounds)	7:48
10	Black Metal Written-By – Bray*, Lant*, Dunn*	3:22
11	Hallowed Be Thy Name (Shallow Be My Grave) Written-By – Harris*	7:07
12	Sodomy & Lust Written-By – Sodom, T. Angelripper*	4:44
13	Twisting Further Nails (The Cruci-Fiction Mix) Remix [Hung Out To Die] – Clarke*, Smith*, Drake*, Ship Of Fools Remix [Twisted Further] – Cradle Of Filth	5:32

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Rough Trade – RTD GAS 211.9242.2
• Printed By – Pozzoli
• Recorded At – DEP International Studios
• 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 By] – Dan Sprigg* (tracks: 1 to 8c)
• Guitar [Carnivorous Licks] – Gian*
• Guitar [Infernal Overkill] – Stuart*
• Keyboards [Unbiblical Chords / Torture Chamber Music] – Lecter*
• Lyrics By – Dani* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Management [Band Tyrrangement] – Mistress Fay Woolven*, Paul Loasby
• Management [Invasion Plans And Concert Booking Minion] – Paul Bolton
• Management [Nasty Legal Dilemmas And Serial Murder Charges Sorted By] – Tim Northrop
• Music By – Cradle Of Filth (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Other [Administered Wounds And All-round Bloody Mess] – Charmaine Fuller, Jo Allen
• Other [Hair] – Andrew Minarik
• Other [Make-up] – Correna Bullen
• Other [Model, Dying Swans] – Correna Bullen, Linda Stokes
• Other [Model, Elizabeth Bathory] – Luisa Morando
• Photography By [All Nightmare Visions And/ Or Sexual Fantasies] – Stu Williamson
• Photography By [Death Scene Voyeurism] – Doralba Picerno
• Photography By [Laudanum Stained Cemetary Shot] – Simon Marsden
• Producer – Mark Harwood (tracks: 9 to 13)
• Producer [Production Mercilessly Butchered By] – Cradle Of Filth (tracks: 1 to 8c), Jan Peter Genkel (tracks: 1 to 8c)
• Recorded By [Solo Orchestral Movements] – Mark Harwood
• Technician [Various Production, Corruption & Eruption Credits] – Mike Exeter (tracks: 1 to 8c)
• Vocals [Oral Pleasures] – Dani Filth

Notes

Released as a die-cut celtic cross-shaped digipak, including a 28-page booklet and an insert, all housed in a clear PVC jacket.

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

Tracks 9-13 are previously unreleased.
The above abominations were rent from the starless voids on a molotov of opium and absinthe at Springvale Studios, Ipswich, ☽☍☉☍☿-☽☍☉♊☉ MCMXCVIII E.H.

Made in England.
Printed in Italy by Pozzoli spa.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 5 016583 124205
• Barcode (String): 5016583124205
• Matrix / Runout: CDMFNX242 P3304
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L212
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 3702
• Label Code: LC 8541

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDMFN 242	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album)	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

Tracklist

1	Once Upon Atrocity	01:43
2	Thirteen Autumns and a Widow	07:14
3	Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids	07:18
4	Beneath the Howling Stars	07:42
5	Venus in Fear	02:20
6	Desire in Violent Overture	04:16
7	The Twisted Nails of Faith	06:50
8	Bathory Aria: Benighted like Usher, a Murder of Ravens in Fugue, Eyes That Witnessed Madness	11:02
9	Portrait of the Dead Countess	02:52
10	Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)	07:30
11	Black Metal (Venom Cover)	3:27
12	Hallowed be thy Name (Iron Maiden Cover)	07:10
13	Sodomy and Lust (Sodom Cover)	04:47

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: BR0001

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDMFN 242	Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty And The Beast ‎(CD, Album)	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, Promo)	Music For Nations	CDMFN 242	UK	1998