artwork [graphic violence], layout [slayout] Mez backing vocals [dulcet ghost laments] Sarah Jezebel Deva backing vocals [sapphic oration] Danielle Cneajna Cottington bass [nocturnal pulse] Robin Graves drums [zyklon beats] Nicholas Barker tracks 1 to 8c engineer [totally uncivil engineering by] Daniel Sprigg guitar [carnivorous licks] Gian Pyres guitar [infernal overkill] Stuart Anstis keyboards [unbiblical chords / torture chamber music] Lecter tracks 1 to 9 lyrics by Dani Filth management [band tyrrangement] Fay Woolven management [band tyrrangement] Paul Loasby management [invasion plans and concert booking minion] Paul Bolton management [nasty legal dilemmas and serial murder charges sorted by] Tim Northrop tracks 1 to 9 music by Cradle Of Filth photography by [all nightmare visions and/ or sexual fantasies] Stu Williamson photography by [death scene voyeurism] Doralba Picerno photography by [laudanum stained cemetary shot] Simon Marsden tracks 9 to 13 producer Mark Harwood tracks 1 to 8c producer [production mercilessly butchered by] Cradle Of Filth tracks 1 to 8c producer [production mercilessly butchered by] Jan Peter Genkel recorded by [solo orchestral movements] Mark Harwood tracks 1 to 8c technician [various production, corruption & eruption credits] Mike Exeter vocals [oral pleasures] Dani Filth Distributed By Rough Trade Printed By Pozzoli Recorded At DEP International Studios Recorded At Springvale Studios Mastered At Transfermation Published By Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Released as a cardboard die-cut celtic cross-shaped sleeve, with a digipak type anchoring hub. The text to the front is debossed gold foil block detail. Glued inside is a 28-page circular booklet. There is a 24cm x 17cm backing insert, printed on both sides, affixed to which is a large advisory sticker. The components are housed in a clear PVC jacket with a flap, with a black sealing sticker applied.
Chapter IV, Cruelty & The Beast, was invoked from the first full moon of January to the penumbral lunar eclipse of March, at DEP International / Abattoir Studios, Birmingham, E.H. Solo orchestral movements summoned by candlelight at Springvale Studios, Ipswich. Slavemastered at Transfermation, London.
Tracks 9-13 are previously unreleased. The above abominations were rent from the starless voids on a molotov of opium and absinthe at Springvale Studios, Ipswich, ☽☍☉☍☿-☽☍☉♊☉ MCMXCVIII E.H.
Made in England. Printed in Italy by Pozzoli spa. Barcode: 5 016583 124205 (Text) Barcode: 5016583124205 Label Code: LC 8541 Matrix / Runout: CDMFNX242 P3304 Mastering SID Code: IFPI L212 Mould SID Code: IFPI 3702