| Lovecraft & Witch Hearts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover art by John Coulthart | ||||
| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 13 May 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–2000 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 72:52 | |||
| Label | Music for Nations | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
| Cradle of Filth chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 [2] |
| Exclaim! | favourable [3] |
Lovecraft & Witch Hearts is a compilation album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on 13 May 2002 by record label Music for Nations.
It is described in Dani Filth's sleeve notes as "a favoured grimoire of tracks coupled with the rare and unreleased; rather a 'mess of' than a 'best of'..." It was designed to round off Cradle of Filth's contract with Music for Nations before their short-lived signing to Sony Records.
Disc one (Lovecraft) consists of album tracks from their Music for Nations back catalogue (although the Cruelty and the Beast tracks "Beneath the Howling Stars" and "Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids" are remixes by longtime band studio collaborator Mike Exeter). Disc two (Witch Hearts) consists of extra tracks culled from limited and import editions of their MFN releases (e.g. the two-disc version of Cruelty and the Beast; however, the versions on here are slightly altered), along with some remixes.
Lovecraft & Witch Hearts was released on 13 May 2002. It reached number 95 in the UK Albums Chart. [4]
| No. | Title | Originally from | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Creatures That Kissed in Cold Mirrors" | Midian | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Dusk and Her Embrace" | Dusk... and Her Embrace | 6:08 |
| 3. | "Beneath the Howling Stars" | Cruelty and the Beast | 7:37 |
| 4. | "Her Ghost in the Fog" | Midian | 6:25 |
| 5. | "Funeral in Carpathia (Be Quick or Be Dead Version)" | From the Cradle to Enslave | 8:07 |
| 6. | "The Twisted Nails of Faith" | Cruelty and the Beast | 6:49 |
| 7. | "From the Cradle to Enslave" | From the Cradle to Enslave | 6:34 |
| 8. | "Saffron's Curse" | Midian | 6:22 |
| 9. | "Malice Through the Looking Glass" | Dusk... and Her Embrace | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids" | Cruelty and the Beast | 7:18 |
| 11. | "Lord Abortion" | Midian | 6:51 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Once upon Atrocity" (originally from Cruelty and the Beast) | 1:46 |
| 2. | "Thirteen Autumns and a Widow (Red October Mix)" | 7:14 |
| 3. | "For Those Who Died (Return to the Sabbat Mix)" (Sabbat cover) | 6:15 |
| 4. | "Sodomy and Lust" (Sodom cover) | 4:42 |
| 5. | "Twisting Further Nails (The Cruci-Fiction Mix)" | 5:30 |
| 6. | "Amor e Morte (Lycanthropy Mix)" | 7:14 |
| 7. | "Carmilla's Masque" | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Lustmord and Wargasm II" | 7:46 |
| 9. | "Dawn of Eternity" (Massacre cover) | 6:18 |
| 10. | "Of Dark Blood and Fucking (Stripped to the Bone Mix)" | 5:59 |
| 11. | "Dance Macabre" ("Tortured Soul Asylum" remix) | 4:27 |
| 12. | "Hell Awaits" (Slayer cover) | 5:39 |
| 13. | "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Iron Maiden cover) | 7:10 |
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Top Independent Albums (USA) | 45 [6] |
| German Albums Chart | 96 [7] |
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Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 28 October 2008, through record label Roadrunner. It is the band's fourth concept album, after Cruelty and the Beast (1998), Midian (2000), and Damnation and a Day (2003), dealing with the life of the 15th-century French baron Gilles de Rais.
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa is the ninth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 1 November 2010 by record label Peaceville and is a concept album centred on the demon Lilith. It is Cradle of Filth's only album to feature keyboardist Ashley Ellyllon, and is also the band's final album with Dave Pybus as their bass player and James McIlroy as their second guitar player.
The Manticore and Other Horrors is the tenth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 29 October 2012 in Europe and on 30 October in USA. It is the band's only album as a three-man group rather than its six-man staple. It was also the last release with Paul Allender on guitar, who departed the band for a second time in April 2014.
Hammer of the Witches is the eleventh studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 10 July 2015 and is their first release under record label Nuclear Blast. Hammer of the Witches features the band's new line-up following the departure of Paul Allender and James McIlroy, which includes new guitarists Marek 'Ashok' Šmerda and Richard Shaw and new keyboardist and female vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft.
