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.

Disc 1
1. Once Upon Atrocity – Cradle of Filth (1.43)
2. Thirteen Autumns and a Widow – Cradle of Filth (7.14)
3. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids – Cradle of Filth (7.18)
4. Beneath the Howling Stars – Cradle of Filth (7.42)
5. Venus in Fear – Cradle of Filth (2.20)
6. Desire in Violent Overture – Cradle of Filth (4.16)
7. The Twisted Nails of Faith – Cradle of Filth (6.50)
8. Bathory Aria: Benighted Like Usher/A Murder of Ravens in Fugue/Eyes That Witnessed Madness – Cradle of Filth (11.02)
9. Portrait of the Dead Countess – Cradle of Filth (2.52)
10. Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick Carnivorous Winds) – Cradle of Filth (7.30)