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Dusk... and Her Embrace
Studio album by Cradle of Filth
Released	January 21, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Debated
Length	53:12
Label	Music For Nations Fierce Records (USA)
Producer(s)	Kit Woolven Cradle of Filth
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Cradle of Filth chronology
V Empire (or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein) (1996)	Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996)	Cruelty and the Beast (1998)
Alternate Cover
Limited Edition Coffin Packaging

Cradle of Filth's third release and second full-length album, Dusk and Her Embrace differs greatly from the band's previous two releases in terms of sound. The music is faster and more accomplished, and Dani Filth's vocal gymnastics are at their most extreme. The album is loosely inspired by the writing of Sheridan Le Fanu and many of the songs hint at vampirism, although vampires are not mentioned by name. Some versions of the album include three extra tracks: a cover of Slayer's "Hell Awaits", the instrumental "Carmilla's Masque", and a reworking of a V Empire track, "Nocturnal Supremacy '96".

Orchestral sounds (although mostly synthesized) are more fully integrated into the arrangements here than on the previous two releases, although there are fewer purely instrumental tracks than on the previous full album The Principle of Evil Made Flesh. The album climaxes with a guest speech from Venom's Cronos on the final track, "Haunted Shores".

Dusk's is the only album sleeve to depict the band wearing little or no corpse paint.

All music written by Cradle of Filth

All lyrics by Dani

1. "Humana Inspired to Nightmare" – 1:23
2. "Heaven Torn Asunder" – 7:04
3. "Funeral in Carpathia" – 8:24
4. "A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)" – 8:35
5. "Malice Through the Looking Glass" – 5:30
6. "Dusk and Her Embrace" – 6:09
7. "The Graveyard by Moonlight" – 2:28
8. "Beauty Slept in Sodom" – 6:32
9. "Haunted Shores" – 7:04

The two extra tracks that came with the special edition Coffin Box Set are
10. "Hell Awaits" (Slayer Cover) – 5:38
11. "Carmilla's Masque" – 2:54

The Digipack version has the extra track between track 4 and 5
5. "Nocturnal Supremacy '96" - 5:58

• Dani Filth - Vocals
• Stuart Antsis - Guitar
• Damien Gregori - Keyboards
• Robin Eaglestone - Bass
• Nicholas Barker - Drums
• Gian Pyres - Guitar

• Official Website

Cradle of Filth
Dani Filth | Paul Allender | Dave Pybus | Charles Hedger | Sarah Jezebel Deva | Martin Škaroupka | Rosie Smith
Discography
Albums and EPs: The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) | V Empire (or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein) (1996) | Dusk and Her Embrace (1997) | Cruelty and the Beast (1998) | From the Cradle to Enslave (1999) | Midian (2000) | Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) | Lovecraft and Witch Hearts (2002) | Live Bait for the Dead (2002) | Damnation and a Day (2003) | Nymphetamine (2004) | Thornography (2006)
Demos: A Pungent And Sexual Miasma (1992) | Invoking the Unclean (1992) | Orgiastic Pleasures (1992) | The Black Goddess Rises (1992) | Goetia (1992) | Total Fucking Darkness (1993)
DVDs: PanDaemonAeon (1999) | Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2002) | Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness) (2003) | Mannequin (2003) | Peace Through Superior Firepower (2005)
Singles: Temptation (2006)
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