Rating: - A good introduction to black metal!
The first Cradle of Filth album I bought was 'Midian', which I was very impressed by. After reading some reviews I decided to buy 'Cruelty And The Beast'. However, due to a mix up I received this album instead. So I thought "What the hell? I might aswell listen to it!". Little did I know that my taste in music would be changed so dramatically by this album.
The first thing I noticed was the contrast between the production on this album and on Midian. The "wall of sound" on Midian ... Read More
Rating: - I love...
...Dusk and Her Embrace and Cruelty and the Beast, but this will always be the first and the best. Of Mist and Midnight Skies, To Eve the Art of Witchcraft, The Forest Whispers my Name, Summers Dying Fast, Black Goddess Rises, each and every song of this is at once both haunting and ear burningly brutal. I have to agree with the other comments I have read, a completely outstanding album
Rating: - many have passed but it's still the best
Take it from a man who has listened to not just all types of metal, but all types of music, intensely, for many many years..... this is one of the best albums you will find.
Up there with Carcass' Necrotism and Anathema's Serenades, if you do not have this album your collection has an almighty gap in it.
Rating: - Dark and sinister, Cradle at their best!
This is how Cradle should sound. The aggresion and brutality of this record make it an instant classic, the highlights being:
The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh - True classic. Great riffs, great screaming vocals. Brilliant. Although recorded again for 'Bitter Suites To Succubi', I believe that the rawness of it on this record makes it the classic that it is.
The Forest Whispers My Name - Amazing. A more melodic track, but it's still very brutal in places. Outstanding.
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Rating: - 1 of their best !!!!
Cradle of filth's first album is definetely 1 of their best. Ever since i first got this album I have been listening to it for ages. Veteran COF fans will notice that Dani's vocals are different-they are more raspy and menacing than his later work. here are a run-down of the songs :
1.Darkness our bride(jugular wedding)= A nice opener but a bit weak as far as COF intros are concerned. 2.The principle of evil made flesh= 1 of the best on here. heavy-as-hell !! 3.The forest whispers ... Read More