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(although "orchestrations" are credited to

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player Mark Newby-Robson and no orchestra or string-section is listed in the album's personnel). The re-recorded songs selected are from the band's first four releases. The title comes from the lyrics of "Mistress from the Sucking Pit", a bonus track on some editions of ''

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''. The album was released to coincide with

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on 21 April in participating countries. It was released worldwide on 4 May. Disc One features narration by Dani Filth, plus additional vocals from Sarah Jezebel Deva. Disc Two contains the same recordings minus the vocals. The first disc also includes "Goetia (Invoking the Unclean)", a thirteen-minute "aural séance", recycling the titles of Cradle's abandoned and wiped first album, and first demo. A demo of the orchestral version of "Summer Dying Fast" appeared as a teaser on the EP ''

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'', and the narrated version of "A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)" was released online, preceding the album on 4 April.

Production and recording

According to vocalist Dani Filth, the album would "reinvent" tracks from the band's first four albums and include "full soundtrack-quality stuff... with choirs, strings and some narration". Filth wrote in an online update: Guitarist Paul Allender stated in an interview: Sarah Jezebel Deva announced via her Facebook page that she would be re-joining Cradle of Filth for this release:

Track listing

Personnel

* Mark Newby-Robson – orchestration * Dani Filth – male narration * Sarah Jezebel Deva – female narration, additional vocals * Kit Woolven – mixer

References

External links

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