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Third studio album by the English extreme metal band. 'Cruelty and the Beast' is a concept album based on the legend of the Hungarian 'blood countess' Elizabeth Báthory. The album features guest narration on certain passages by Ingrid Pitt in-character as Báthory, a role she first played in the Hammer film Countess Dracula in 1971.
Tracklist
Side A
1 Once Upon Atrocity
2 Thirteen Autumns and a Widow
3 Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
4 The Twisted Nails of Faith
5 Bathory Aria: Benighted Like Usher/A Murder of Ravens in Fugue/Eyes That Witnessed Madness
6 Portrait of the Dead Countess
7 Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick Carnivorous Winds)
Side B
1 Beneath the Howling Stars
2 Venus in Fear
3 Desire in Violent Overture
Side C
1 The Twisted Nails of Faith
2 Bathory Aria
Side D
1 Portrait of the Dead Countess
2 Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)
3 Hallowed Be Thy Name
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Third studio album by the English extreme metal band. 'Cruelty and the Beast' is a concept album based on the legend of the Hungarian 'blood countess' Elizabeth Báthory. The album features guest narration on certain passages by Ingrid Pitt in-character as Báthory, a role she first played in the Hammer film Countess Dracula in 1971.
Tracklist
Side A
1 Once Upon Atrocity
2 Thirteen Autumns and a Widow
3 Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
4 The Twisted Nails of Faith
5 Bathory Aria: Benighted Like Usher/A Murder of Ravens in Fugue/Eyes That Witnessed Madness
6 Portrait of the Dead Countess
7 Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick Carnivorous Winds)
Side B
1 Beneath the Howling Stars
2 Venus in Fear
3 Desire in Violent Overture
Side C
1 The Twisted Nails of Faith
2 Bathory Aria
Side D
1 Portrait of the Dead Countess
2 Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)
3 Hallowed Be Thy Name
