Originally intended to be an EP,
Bitter Suites to Succubi found
Cradle of Filth inspired to stretch the release into a beast of full-length proportions. With that in mind,
Bitter Suites is, unsurprisingly, a somewhat tossed salad of
Cradle of Filth tracks: four top-shelf new originals (""All Hope in Eclipse,"" ""Born in a Burial Gown,"" ""Suicide and Other Comforts,"" and ""Scorched Earth Erotica"") mingle with three re-recordings of
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh-era cuts (""Summer Dying Fast,"" ""The Principle of Evil Made Flesh,"" and ""The Black Goddess Rises II""), a cover of a
Sisters of Mercy tune (""No Time to Cry""), and two instrumental tracks. Longtime
Cradle-ites will want to grab
Bitter Suites to Succubi to better understand the band's compositional growth (if not for the cleverly punned title alone). ~ John Serba