Although it had a very troubled birth, all detailed in the liner notes included with those different versions here, CRADLE OF FILTH almost-album-length 1996 EP V Empire, Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein proved to be a superb triumph over adversity.
Despite all their legal problems, line-up changes and insane pressure after the gigantic success of their debut album, the Brits nevertheless managed to write and record a slab of new even grander songs, next to a new version of the already classic ‘The Forest Whispers My Name’, some would argue even bettering their debut in the process.
Another undeniable 90s symphonic black metal masterpiece, available again for the first time officially since 2017!
Luxurious hardcover digibook-CD with 24-page booklet. New liner-notes by Olivier ‘Zoltar’ Badin.
Remastered from the original 1996 DAT by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in January 2025.
1. Ebony Dressed For Sunset
2. The Forest Whispers My Name
3. Queen Of Winter, Throned
4. Nocturnal Supremacy
5. She Mourns A Lengthening Shadow
6. The Rape And Ruin Of Angels