Snuffed tapers sighed
As Death left impressing
His crest of cold tears on the Countess

Benighted like ill-fated Usher
The House of Bathory shrouded
'Neath griefs dark facade

If only I could have wept
In mourning by Her side
I would have clasped Her so tight
Like storm-beached Aphrodite
Drowned on Kytherean tides

And Kissed Her
For from Her alone
My lips would have known
Enigmas of shadowy vistas

Where pleasures took flesh
And pain, remorseless
Came freezing the breath
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Rating : 91.8 / 100
Votes : 82

Band	Cradle of Filth
Album	Cruelty and the Beast
Type	Album (Studio full-length)
Released	April 27, 1998
Genres	Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal
Labels	Music for Nations
Length	58:48

1.	Once upon Atrocity	1:43
2.	Thirteen Autumns and a Widow Audio Audio	7:14
3.	Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids Audio Audio	7:18
4.	Beneath the Howling Stars Audio	7:42
5.	Venus in Fear	2:20
6.	Desire in Violent Overture Audio	4:16
7.	The Twisted Nails of Faith Audio	6:50
8.	Bathory Aria ▶ Audio Audio	11:02
9.	Portrait of the Dead Countess	2:52
10.	Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds) Audio	7:30

Koch Records' 2001 two-disc edition bonus disc
1.	Lustmord and Wargasm (The Relicking of Cadaverous Wounds)	7:58
2.	Black Metal (Venom cover)	3:27
3.	Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden cover) Audio	7:10
4.	Sodomy & Lust (Sodom cover)	4:47
5.	Twisting Further Nails (The Cruci-Fiction Mix)	5:33