The Principle of Evil Made Flesh

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The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh cover
Studio album by Cradle of Filth
Released 1994
Recorded 1993
Genre Black metal (debated)
Length 52:30
Label Cacophonous
Producer(s) Mags @ Academy Studios
Professional reviews
Cradle of Filth chronology
Total Fucking Darkness
(1993)
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
(1994)
V Empire (or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein)
(1996)


The Principle of Evil Made Flesh is Cradle of Filth's first album. It is the most primitive-sounding of all their albums, though the production is slightly more refined than their demos. Dani Filth's vocals here little resemble his now well-established style.

The album is filled with barrages of guitars, drums and keyboards, and has more melodic instrumental tracks than the band's other albums (although Cruelty and the Beast and Damnation and a Day come close). This album is much closer to black metal than any of Cradle's later works, and includes early lyrical examples of the vampirism themes which the band would further develop: particularly on Dusk and Her Embrace. Satanic and anti-religious lyrics are also more in evidence here than subsequently.

Additional vocals on "A Dream of Wolves in the Snow" are performed by Darren White.

Tracks from this album were re-recorded on V Empire (or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein) and Bitter Suites to Succubi.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Darkness Our Bride (Jugular Wedding)" – 2:00
  2. "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" – 4:34
  3. "The Forest Whispers My Name" – 5:06
  4. "Iscariot" – 2:33
  5. "The Black Goddess Rises" – 6:48
  6. "One Final Graven Kiss" – 2:15
  7. "A Crescendo of Passion Bleeding" – 5:30
  8. "To Eve the Art of Witchcraft" – 5:28
  9. "Of Mist and Midnight Skies" – 8:09
  10. "In Secret Love We Drown" – 1:29
  11. "A Dream of Wolves in the Snow" – 2:10
  12. "Summer Dying Fast" – 5:39
  13. "Imperium Tenebrarum" – 0:49 (hidden track)

[edit] Credits

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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