Cradle Of Filth‘s 1998 album “Cruelty And The Beast” will be given a new re-release on November 01st via Music For Nations. Titled “Cruelty And The Beast – Re-Mistressed“, the album sports a new mix and mastering job by Scott Atkins and will also feature a bonus cover of Iron Maiden‘s “Hallowed Be Thy Name“. New artwork done by Stuart Williamson and revised liner notes from frontman Dani Filth and Dayal Patterson are also included.
Filth commented of the release:
“Released on the 5th of May, around the same time as we were arrested at the Vatican, ‘Cruelty and The Beast” had been a painstaking labour of love, a year of intense writing amid ever growing popularity and distraction. The album’s concept of the Hungarian blood countess Elizabeth Bathory -both historically astute and fictionally correct- was to become a dangerous obsession of mine and one that saw many a first light of dawn working on the lyrics, hellbent on making the story worthy of her legend.”
Pre-orders for the outing are available here. As previously reported, the group will be playing the record in full at The London Palladium in London, England on October 19th.
