It is known for its compilations, usually collections of cover songs performed by bands signed to the label.

In the mid-1990s, Cleopatra released tribute albums of goth, industrial bands covering artists such as The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, Christian Death, Alien Sex Fiend, Specimen, Sex Gang Children and New Order.

Other goth and industrial acts were compiled to cover songs by AC/DC, Pink Floyd, The Smashing Pumpkins (see: A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins), Guns N' Roses, Dead Can Dance and Skinny Puppy.

Current and previous notable artists include: Gary Numan, Kat Parsons,[6] Electric Hellfire Club, Switchblade Symphony, Leæther Strip, X Marks the Pedwalk, Mephisto Walz, Kill Switch...Klick, Information Society, Heaven 17, Genitorturers, Download, Rozz Williams, Missing Persons, Razed In Black and Blackburner.

Having relegated the tribute albums largely elsewhere, the Cleopatra brand itself is now focusing again on non-cover-oriented compilations and on digging up out-of-print gems of the goth/industrial scene.