Cradle of Filth β Dusk... and Her Embrace
- intothewellsabyss
- Aug 19, 2023
- 5 min read
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August 19, 1996 β Cradle of Filth released theirΒ second studio album, Dusk... and Her Embrace via Music For Nations,. (Listen)
It was their first release for the label.
Note: There is some dispute over whether Duskβ¦ was released in August or October of 1996. Dani Filth has posted that the Anniversary was August 19, but fans in the Cradle of Filth - Official group on Facebook argue that he is wrong. Either way, this year is the 27th Anniversary of its release! I am not going to dwell on the drama of βwhoβs rightβ or βwhoβs wrongβ. Happy Anniversary Duskβ¦ β E.N. Wells
Background:
Much of the material for the album was written while the band were still under Cacophonous Records' contract. Speaking to Ryan Bird of Kerrang! in 2008, Dani Filth remembered;
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Filth later told Kerrang! that the tone and content of the record was also partly the result of Cradle's isolation from the European Black Metal scene;
βπ±ππππ ππππππππππ ππππ ππππππππ π΄πππππ ππππππ’ πππππππ ππ [ππππ ππππ πππππ], πππ ππππ ππππ π π ππππ ππππ πππ ππππ πππππππππ ππππ ππ. πππ ππππππ π ππ ππππ π³πππ πππ π·ππ π΄ππππππ π ππ π ππππππππππππππππ’ π±ππππππ πππππ. πΈπ π ππ ππππ π πππ ππππ πππππ. πΈ ππππ ππ ππ π·πππππ π·πππππ... πππ π π π πππ ππππ’ ππππ ππππ ππππππππ ππ πππ πππππππ’ ππ π πππππππππ ππ πππππππ. πππππβπ π πππ ππ πππππππππ ππ’πππππππ’ πππ πππππππππ ππ ππππ ππππ, πππ π π ππππππππππ ππππ ππππ πππ πππππ, π ππππ ππ π ππ’ ππ πππ ππππ ππππ ππ ππππππππ ππππ ππ ππ.β
The album climaxes with a guest speech from Venom's Cronos on the final track, Haunted Shores.
More on the original version of βDuskβ¦β:
As stated above, Dusk... and Her Embrace exists in two versions. It was initially recorded as the band's second album for Cacophonous Records following The Principle of Evil Made Flesh. Cradle's relationship with Cacophonous subsequently collapsed, however: the band accusing the label of contractual and financial mismanagement.
Acrimonious legal proceedings took up most of 1995, and the original version of Dusk was shelved and later re-worked and re-recorded as the eventual 1996 Music For Nations release.
Writing in The Gospel of Filth in 2009, Dani indicated that these early recordings were merely demos, rather than a finished album:
ππ πππππππ π ππππ π πππ π²ππππππππππ π ππππππ’ ππππ’ πππ πππππππ πππππππππ ππππ ππ [π π΄πππππ], πππ ππ ππππππ ππππ’ ππππππ ππ πππππ πππ πππππππ π πβπ ππππππ πππππππππ ππ π πππ ππππ. πππ ππππππππ ππππ π πβπ ππππππ πππ π³πππ πππ π·ππ π΄ππππππ ππππππ πππ πππππ πππ πππππππππ ππ π ππππ πππππ, ππ π π πππππ ππ.
Dani Filth revealed plans for a 20th anniversary release of the original 1995 Cacophonous recordings in 2015, and a release date was officially announced in 2016. Filth told Team Rock:
πππ ππππππππ ππππππππππ ππ π³πππ β π ππππ π πππ πππππππππ’ ππππ πππ πππππππππ ππππ ππ πππππππβπ πππππ β πππ ππππππππ’ πππππ ππ πππ πππ πππππ ππ πππ’. πΈπβπ πππππ ππ ππ π ππππππ’ ππππ ππππ ππ π²πππππ πππππππ’, πππ πππππππππ’ ππππ’βππ πππππ ππππ πππππ ππππππ ππ’ πππ’πππ.
The title for the new release was Dusk... and Her Embrace: The Original Sin. It was released on CD and digital on July 8, 2016. (Listen)
A vinyl version, limited to 666 copies, followed on October 10, 2016.
The liner notes confirm that the lineup for this version was almost the same as for The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, including Paul Allender, Paul Ryan and Benjamin Ryan, but excluding Robin Graves, who was shortly replaced by Jon Kennedy.
Allender, the Ryan brothers and Kennedy all left the band before the 1996 version of Dusk... was recorded.
Track Listing for Dusk and Her Embrace:
1. π·πππππ πΈπππππππ ππ π½ππππππππ (πΈπππππππππππ) (π·:πΈπΉ)
2. π·πππππ ππππ π°ππππππ (π½:πΆπΌ)
3. π΅ππππππ ππ π²ππππππππ (πΎ:πΈπΊ)
4. π° πΆπππππ πππππππ (πππ πππππ πππ πππ π³ππππβπ πππππ) (πΎ:πΉπ»)
5. πΌπππππ πππππππ πππ π»ππππππ πΆππππ (π»:πΉπΆ)
6. π³πππ πππ π·ππ π΄ππππππ (πΌ:πΆπΏ)
7. πππ πΆπππππ’πππ ππ’ πΌππππππππ (πΈπππππππππππ) (πΈ:πΈπΎ)
8. π±πππππ’ πππππ ππ πππππ (πΌ:πΉπΈ)
9. π·ππππππ ππππππ (ππππ. π²πππππ ππ π ππππ) (π½:πΆπΊ)
Bonus Tracks for Coffin Edition:
10. π·πππ π°π ππππ (ππππ’ππ πππππ) (π»:πΊπ·)
11. π²πππππππβπ πΌπππππ (πΈπππππππππππ) (πΈ:π»πΊ)
Leather Digibook Edition Bonus Track:
5. π½ππππππππ πππππππππ’ 'πΏπΌ (π»:π»πΏ)
Lineup for Dusk And Her Embrace (1996):
β’ π³πππ π΅ππππ β π»πππ π πππππ
β’ ππππππ π°πππππ β πΆππππππ
β’ πΆπππ πΏπ’πππ β πΆππππππ (ππππππππ, πππ πππππβπ ππππ’ ππ πππ πππππ), πππππ ππππππ ππ π½ππππππππ πππππππππ’ βπΏπΌ
β’ πππππ πΆπππππ β Bass
β’ π³πππππ πΆππππππ β Keyboards
β’ π½πππππππ π±πππππ β Drums
β’ πππππ πΉππ£ππππ π³πππ β Backing Vocals
Guest Musicians:
β’ π²πππππ β π°πππππππππ π πππππ ππ π·ππππππ ππππππ
β’ π³πππππππ π²ππππππ π²πππππππππ β π±ππππππ π πππππ
Production:
β’ πΊππ πππππππ β πΏπππππππ
β’ π³ππ ππππππ β π΄ππππππππππ
β’ πΌπππ βπ΄π‘ππππππβ π΄π‘ππππ β π΄ππππππππππ
β’ ππππ π³πππππ β π΄ππππππ
β’ π΄πππππ β π²ππππ πΌππππ
β’ π½ππππ ππππππππ β π°ππ π³ππππππππ
β’ πππππ πΌππππππ β πΏππππππππππ’
β’ π²ππππ π±πππ β πΏππππππππππ’
β’ πππππππππ β π°πππ πππ
β’ πΌππ£ β π°πππ πππ, π»ππ’πππ
Track Listing for Original Sin:
1. πΌππππππ, ππππ π±ππππππ (πΈπππππππππππ) (π·:πΉπΉ)
2. π½ππππππππ πππππππππ’ (πΌ:πΆπΊ)
3. π·πππππ ππππ π°ππππππ (πΌ:π»πΌ)
4. π³πππ πππ π·ππ π΄ππππππ (πΌ:π·πΊ)
5. π° πΆπππππ πππππππ (πΎ:πΊπΌ)
6. πππ πΆπππππ’πππ ππ’ πΌππππππππ (πΈπππππππππππ) (πΈ:πΆπΈ)
7. π΅ππππππ ππ π²ππππππππ (πΎ:πΈπ·)
8. π±πππππ’ πππππ ππ πππππ (πΌ:πΉπΌ)
9. πππ π·ππππππ ππππππ ππ π°πππππ (π½:π·πΈ)
10. π²πππππππβπ πΌπππππ (πΈπππππππππππ) (πΈ:π»πΏ)
11. π° πΆπππππ πππππππ (π³πππ π ππππππ) (πΎ:πΈπ»)
12. π½ππππππππ πππππππππ’ (π³πππ π ππππππ) (πΌ:π·π»)
Cradle of Filth lineup for Original Sin:
β’ π³πππ π΅ππππ β π»πππ π πππππ
β’ πΏπππ π°πππππππ β π»πππ πΆπππππ
β’ πΏπππ ππ’ππ β πππ’πππ πΆπππππ
β’ πΉππ πΊππππππ’ β π±πππ
β’ π½πππππππ π±πππππ β π³ππππ
β’ π±πππππππ ππ’ππ β πΊππ’ππππππ
β’ πππππ πΉππ£ππππ π³πππ β π±ππππππ π πππππ
β’ π³πππππππ π²ππππππ π²πππππππππ β π±ππππππ π πππππ
Guest Musicians:
β’ πππππ πΆπππππππ β π πππππ (π°ππππππππ πππππ) ππ π·ππππππ ππππππ
β’ π²πππππ β π πππππ (πππππ π²πππππ ππ π±ππππππ πΌππππππππππ) ππ π·ππππππ ππππππ
Production:
β’ π°πππ’ ππππππ’, πΌπππ π²ππ ππππ, ππππ π±πππππ β πΏπππππππππ, π΄ππππππππππ
β’ πππππ π°πππππ β πΌππππππππ (πΈπΆπ·πΌ)
β’ π³ππππ πΌπππππππ, π΅πππππ π½ππππ, π³πππ π΅ππππ β ππππππ π°ππ, π°ππ π³ππππππππ, π³πππππ πππ π»ππ’πππ
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