Until 2016, very few people had access to the original version of Cradle of Filth's follow-up to their hugely successful debut album 'The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh'.
Entangled in legal problems with their former label and with few of their key members about to jump ship to form The Blood Divine, this recording was seemingly doomed to fail. It thus remained locked up in the vault for over twenty-one years, the band having decided ultimately to shelve it and quickly record and release the 'V Empire, Dark Faerytales In Phallustein' EP instead, before committing to tape another version of this album with a revamped line-up and new arrangements.
Having heard the fans’ plea, Dani Filth finally agreed to issue it officially for the first time in 2016 after remastering it with the help of famed producer and longtime collaborator Scott Atkins (Amon Amarth, Vader).
New mastering by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony in January 2025.
Luxurious hardcover Digibook CD with 24-page booklet. New liner-notes by Olivier ‘Zoltar’ Badin.
Tracklisting:
1. Macabre, This Banquet
2. Nocturnal Supremacy
3. Heaven Torn Asunder
4. Dusk And Her Embrace
5. A Gothic Romance
6. The Graveyard By Moonlight
7. Funeral In Carpathia
8. Beauty Slept In Sodom
9. The Haunted Shores Of Avalon
10. Carmilla’s Masque
11. A Gothic Romance (Demo)
12. Nocturnal Supremacy (Demo)
