Release date:
December 25, 2025
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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 Bthory. The album features guest narration on certain passages by Ingrid Pitt in-character as Bthory, a role she first played in the Hammer film Countess Dracula in 1971.
Tracklist:
- 1. Once Upon Atrocity
- 2. Thirteen Autumns and a Widow
- 3. Cruelty Brought Thee 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. Portrait of the Dead Countess
- 10. Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)
- 11. Hallowed Be Thy Name
