Dusk and Her Embrace

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: 28 August 1996 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein1996Cruelty and the Beast1998studioDusk... and Her EmbraceDuskAndHerEmbraceCover.jpgCover design by Nigel WingroveCradle of Filth28 August 1996September–November 1995DEP International Studios, Birmingham, EnglandExtreme metal53:13Music for NationsTemplate:Flatlistx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Music ratings Dusk... and Her Embrace is the second studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 28 August 1996<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is their first release on the label Music for Nations. Template:TOC limit

Background

Much of the material for the album was written while the band were still under Cacophonous Records' contract.<ref name="CoC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Speaking to Ryan Bird of Kerrang! in 2008, Dani Filth remembered:

This was a bit of a weird one. We actually recorded it as our second release, but we then had to take our label to court which meant that most of it was temporarily lost for legal reasons. The next thing I know the band had split into two-halves, and after releasing the V Empire EP my half was able to re-record and finally release the album. In a way it actually worked in our favour, because after nearly two years of legal battles and non-stop hassle I think the troubles of the times actually came through on the recording. We actually worked with Kit Woolven on that one, who most people knew from working with Thin Lizzy, so it had a very lush edge as well as this distinctive, dark vibe. To this day this is the album that a lot of our fans seem to be really drawn to. And it catapulted us into a whole new world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>{{#if:|

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Filth later told Kerrang! that the tone and content of the record were also partly the result of Cradle's isolation from the European black metal scene:

Being segregated from mainland Europe really divided us [from that scene], and over time we felt more and more alienated from it. The result was that Dusk and Her Embrace was a quintessentially British album. It was just what felt right. I grew up on Hammer Horror... and we were very much also immersed in the history of witchcraft in Suffolk. There's a lot of spiritual mythology and hauntings in that area, and we channelled that into the album, which is why it has that sort of vampiric feel to it.<ref>Dani Filth. Kerrang! #1666, 15 April 2017. P. 53</ref>{{#if:|

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The album climaxes with a guest speech from Venom's Cronos on the final track, "Haunted Shores".

Release

Dusk and Her Embrace was released on 28 August 1996 by record label Music for Nations. It charted just outside of the UK top 100, at 107.<ref name="Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical reception

Critical reception of this album has been generally positive. AllMusic wrote: "Dusk and Her Embrace may be [Cradle of Filth's] finest moment."<ref name="AllMusic"/> In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 4th best symphonic metal album of all time.<ref name="MHbestsymph">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.<ref>(1996). "Dusk... and Her Embrace liner notes". In Dusk... and Her Embrace [CD booklet]. Music for Nations.</ref>

Cradle of Filth

• Dani Filth – lead vocals
• Stuart Anstis – guitars
• Gian Pyres – guitars (credited, but doesn't play on the album),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Robin Graves – bass
• Damien Gregori – keyboards
• Nick Barker – drums
• Sarah Jezebel Deva – backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Cronos – additional vocals on "Haunted Shores"
• Danielle Cneajna Cottington – backing vocals

Production

• Kit Woolven – producer
• Dan Sprigg – engineering
• Mike "Exorcist" Exeter – engineering
• Sato Devinn – effects
• Eileen – cover model
• Nigel Wingrove – art direction
• Simon Marsden – photography
• Chris Bell – photography
• Salvatore – artwork
• Mez – artwork, layout

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Finnish Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	24
UK Albums Chart<ref name="Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR"/>	107

Dusk and Her Embrace: The Original Sin

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Dusk... and Her Embrace exists in two versions. It was initially recorded as the band's second album for Cacophonous records following The Principle of Evil Made Flesh. Cradle's relationship with Cacophonous subsequently collapsed, however, with the band accusing the label of contractual and financial mismanagement. Acrimonious legal proceedings took up most of 1995,<ref name="Rockdetector">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the original version of Dusk was shelved and later re-worked and re-recorded as the eventual 1996 Music for Nations release. Writing in The Gospel of Filth in 2009, Dani indicated that these early recordings were merely demos, rather than a finished album:

We reached a deal with Cacophonous whereby they got another recording from us [V Empire], and in return they agreed to cease the dispute we'd become entangled in with them. The material that we'd demoed for Dusk and Her Embrace needed the space and attention of a full album, so we saved it.<ref>Gavin Baddeley & Dani Filth, The Gospel of Filth, Fab Press, 2009, p.92</ref>{{#if:|

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Dani Filth revealed plans for a 20th anniversary release of the original 1995 Cacophonous recordings in 2015, and a release date was officially announced in 2016. Filth told Team Rock:

The original recordings of Dusk – which were literally just sat gathering dust on someone's shelf – are actually going to see the light of day. It's going to be a really cool part of Cradle history, and obviously they've never been heard before by anyone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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The title for the new release was Dusk... and Her Embrace: The Original Sin. It was released on CD and digital on 8 July 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> A vinyl version, limited to 666 copies, followed on 10 October 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The liner notes confirm that the lineup for this version was almost the same as for The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, including Paul Allender, Paul Ryan and Benjamin Ryan, but excluding Robin Graves, who was shortly replaced by Jon Kennedy. Allender, the Ryan brothers and Kennedy all left the band before the 1996 version of Dusk... was recorded.

Personnel

Cradle of Filth

• Dani Filth – lead vocals
• Paul Allender – guitars
• Paul Ryan – guitars
• Jon Kennedy – bass
• Nick Barker – drums
• Benjamin Ryan – keyboards
• Sarah Jezebel Deva – backing vocals
• Danielle Cneajna Cottington – backing vocals

Guest/session musicians

• Steve Grimmett – vocals ("Arthurian Wails") on "Haunted Shores"
• Cronos – vocals ("Rabid Captor of Bestial Malevolence") on "Haunted Shores"

Production

• Andy Reilly, Mike Cowling, Zakk Bajjon – producer, engineer
• Scott Atkins – mastering (2016)
• Drake Mefestta, Frater Nihil, Dani Filth – sleeve art, art direction, design and layout

External links

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