The Principle of Evil Made Flesh

The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Studio album by Cradle of Filth
Released	24 February 1994
Recorded	Academy Music Studio, Dewsbury, England, September–November 1993
Genre	Extreme metal
Length	52:34
Label	Cacophonous
Producer	Robert "Mags" Magoolagan
Cradle of Filth chronology
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996)

The Principle of Evil Made Flesh is the debut studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 24 February 1994 through Cacophonous Records, following three demos released between 1991 and 1993. The album's sound is significantly more raw than on subsequent releases, and frontman Dani Filth's vocals differ from his later style and technique. The album is a then-unusual hybrid of gothic metal and black metal.^[1][2] This would be the only album featuring guitarist Paul Ryan and keyboardist Benjamin Ryan; guitarist Paul Allender also left the band at this point, but returned five years later for Midian.

Some of the tracks from this album were later re-recorded for V Empire (1996), Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001), and Midnight in the Labyrinth (2012).