Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh

1994 album by Britain's top dark metal band with a hidden & untitled bonus track. 13 tracks total. The cover art features explicit horrific/ pornographic violence. Cuts include 'Darkness Our Bride (Jugular Wedding)', 'The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh' and 'The Black Goddess Rises'.A Cacophonous Records release. The full title is 'The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh'. Album Description

Evil but... not so clear

This is an alright album. Albeit not the best of there work but still nice tolisten to if u don't mind low quality. The recording could have been lots better but its a decent sound April 3, 2008

ill

This is the beast of the cradle. Their self titled album is so dark and blood srricken. Thats all there is to it, a must have if a cradle of filth June 26, 2007

A GREAT CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND!!!!

NOBODY CARES ABOUT SATAN ANYMORE except for Christians. Are you guys a Christian rock band or what??? If you keep quoting the stupid bible in your songs, your gonna end up on 92.3 FM, "THE MUSIC OF THE LORD, BY CRADLE OF FILTH". Once again boys, NOBODY CARES ABOUT SATAN, OR YOUR DUMB SPELLS, OR YOUR GIRLY CLOTHES, OR YOU FANCY LOREAL MAKEUP!!!! TODAY, GUYS, I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO BECOME A REAL BAND:
1) FORGET ABOUT SATAN, ONLY TAMMY FAYE BAKER CARES ABOUT SATAN, NOBODY GIVES A FLYIN' MR. TOADS WET BALLS ABOUT SATAN ANYMORE!!! THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO, SATAN'S DONE NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED. AND STOP QUOTING THE BIBLE, WE DON'T GIVE A PIG'S LEFT NUT ABOUT THE BIBLE.

2) STOP GOING TO THE MALL!!! START GETTING YOUR CLOTHES AT THRIFT STORES. NOBODY GOES TO THE MALL ANYMORE GUYS, NOBODY. MALLS ARE OUT, THRIFT STORES ARE IN.
3)CUT YOUR HAIR UNLESS IT'S REAL, AND IT"S NOT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE OLDER THAN THE DRIED RAT POOP IN MY ATTIC. AND DON'T GO TO THE SALON!!!! GO TO THE BARBER SHOP LIKE REAL MEN!!! SALONS ARE OUT, BARBER SHOPS ARE IN. GET RID OF THE STYX AND MICHAEL BOLTON HAIRCUTS!!!! PLEASE!!!!

4)QUIT IT WITH THE RIDICULOUS SCREAMS ALREADY!!!! SCREAMS WENT OUT OF STYLE 10 YEARS AGO, AND THEY AREN'T RETRO YET. BUT DON'T TRY TO SING EITHER, THAT WOULD BE DUMB, JUST QUIT PLAYING ALTOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE UP TO DATE.

5)QUIT STUFFING YOUR PANTS, PLEASE!!!! STUFFING YOUR PANTS WENT OUT OF STYLE 20 YEARS AGO. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL SCHLONG, SO WHAT!!! THE LAST THING WE WANT TO SEE IS THAT NASTY BULGE COMING OUT OF YOUR PANTS, YOU LOOK LIKE TOM JONES WITH EYE SHADOW AND A WIG.

6)QUIT PLAYING THOSE FANCY GUITARS, JUST GO TO A PAWN SHOP AND BUY AN OLD GUITAR FOR $100. YOU GUYS LOOK DUMB WITH THOSE UGLY GUITARS. GET A REAL GUITAR.

7)MOST OF ALL, QUIT POSING!!!! JUST TAKE A FREAKIN PICTURE WITH YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA AND QUIT POSING FOR SHOTS. POSING HAS BEEN OUT FOR 15 YEARS NOW. DON'T BE LOSERS, DON'T BE POSERS!!!!

8) STOP TRYING TO BE SCARY!!! MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE RICH, AND MAYBE YOU DRIVE NICE CARS, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE BIG HOUSES, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT----AND THAT IS SCARY!!!! YOU ARE NOT NOW, AND NEVER WILL BE SCARY, SO PLEASE GIVE IT UP.
G.G. ALLIN WAS VERY SCARY!!! WILLARD WAS SCARY!!!! ROSEMARY'S BABY WAS PRETTY SCARY!!!! JOAN CRAWFORD WAS VERY SCARY!!!! EVEN MICHAEL JACKSON IS KIND OF SCARY SOMETIMES!!!!! CRADLE OF FILTH IS ABOUT AS SCARY AS A BAG OF CANDY CORNS ON HALLOWEEN. April 17, 2007

This album is fine!

Despite the negative comments certain people have left, I believe this album to be fine. It's very atmospheric and the vocals don't sound too much different. It's a first release, so obviously it isnt as good as some of their later albums but really it isnt that bad. And in response to that comment about the keyboards sounding like carnival music: They definitely do not. Far from carnival music actually. Guess that person doesnt know his sounds very well. February 26, 2007

Absolutely Beautiful

Take no heed to the word of Cradle-haters. I love Emperor, Enslaved, Darkthrone(Blaze thru Transilvanian), and other such "true black metal" bands, but I like them for their music, not how "black" they are.
This album is quite amazing, and is instantly comparable to the subsequent three albums. The production is rather muted, but relatively clear nonetheless. It's more raw than later Cradle, but that is the very attraction behind this album; it provides for just the cold edge the music calls for. There is a huge amount of emotion in the songwriting, which defines its beauty.
Principle falls short of the intricate perfection of Cruelty, Dusk, or Vempire, but fans of those albums will certainly love this. The only reason they wore corpsepaint on Principle is circumstance of the time - anything not black-and-white in 1994 would have been discredited. February 21, 2007

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