Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1-1 | Once Upon Atrocity | 1:43 |
| 1-2 | Thirteen Autumns And A Widow | 7:14 |
| 1-3 | Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids | 7:18 |
| 1-4 | Beneath The Howling Stars | 7:42 |
| 1-5 | Venus In Fear | 2:20 |
| 1-6 | Desire In Violent Overture | 4:16 |
| 1-7 | The Twisted Nails Of FaithVoice [Lady Bathory] – Ingrid Pitt |
6:50 |
| Bathory Aria | (11:02) | |
| 1-8.1 | Benighted Like Usher | |
| 1-8.2 | A Murder Of Ravens In Fugue | |
| 1-8.3 | Eyes That Witnessed MadnessVoice [Lady Bathory] – Ingrid Pitt |
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| 1-9 | Portrait Of The Dead Countess | 2:52 |
| 1-10 | Lustmord And Wargasm (The Lick Of Carnivorous Winds) | 7:30 |
| Special Limited Edition Bonus CD | ||
| 2-1 | Lustmord And Wargasm (The Relicking Of Cadaverous Wounds) | 7:58 |
| 2-2 | Black Metal | 3:27 |
| 2-3 | Hallowed Be Thy Name | 7:10 |
| 2-4 | Sodomy And Lust | 4:47 |
| 2-5 | Twisting Further Nails (The Cruci-Fiction Mix) | 5:32 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Music For Nations
- Copyright (c) – Music For Nations
- Licensed To – Koch Records
- Manufactured By – Cinram, Richmond, IN
Credits
- Artwork [Graphic Violence And Slayout By] – MEZ
- Bass [Nocturnal Pulse] – Robin Graves
- Composed By [Collectively Chewed On, Swallowed And Sicked Back Up Again By] – Cradle Of Filth
- Drums [Zyklon Beats] – Nicholas*
- Engineer – Dan Sprigg*
- Guitar [Carnivorous Licks] – Gian*
- Guitar [Infernal Overkill] – Stuart*
- Keyboards [Unbiblical Chords / Torture Chamber Music] – Lecter*
- Lyrics By [Lyircs And Defloration Of The English Language By] – Dani Filth
- Other [Bathory Dying Sawns In Album Artwork] – Correna Bullen, Linda Stokes
- Other [Elizabeth Bathory In Album Artwork] – Luisa Morando
- Photography By [All Nightmare Visions And / Or Sexual Phantasies Tortuously Photography By] – Stu Williamson
- Producer – Cradle Of Filth, Jan Peter Genkel
- Recorded By [Solo Orchestral Movements] – Mark Harwood
- Technician [Various] – Mike Exeter
- Vocals [Dulcet Ghost Laments] – Sarah Jezebel Deva
- Vocals [Oral Pleasures] – Dani Filth
- Vocals [Sapphic Oration] – Danielle Cneajna Cottington
Notes
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, Ipwich.
Slavemastered at Transfermantion, London.
℗&© 2001, 1998 Music For Nations Ltd.
Exclusively licensed to KOCH Records, a KOCH Entertainment Company.
Printed in the U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 99923 82922 5
- Other (CD1 cat. number): KOC-CD-8292A
- Other (CD2 cat. number): KOC-CD-8292B
- Matrix / Runout (CD1 (mirrored)): L383 9743 KOCCD82921 E20312-21 A
- Mastering SID Code (CD1 ): IFPI L383
- Mould SID Code (CD1 ): IFPI 6100
- Matrix / Runout (CD2 (mirrored)): L383 9743 KOCCD82922 E20312-06 A
- Mastering SID Code (CD2 ): IFPI L383
- Mould SID Code (CD2 ): IFPI 6100
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 |

