Dusk... and Her Embrace is the second studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.

In a way it actually worked in our favour, because after nearly two years of legal battles and non-stop hassle I think the troubles of the times actually came through on the recording.

There's a lot of spiritual mythology and hauntings in that area, and we channelled that into the album, which is why it has that sort of vampiric feel to it.

Cradle's relationship with Cacophonous subsequently collapsed, however, with the band accusing the label of contractual and financial mismanagement.

Acrimonious legal proceedings took up most of 1995,[15] and the original version of Dusk was shelved and later re-worked and re-recorded as the eventual 1996 Music for Nations release.

The material that we'd demoed for Dusk and Her Embrace needed the space and attention of a full album, so we saved it.

Filth told Team Rock: The original recordings of Dusk – which were literally just sat gathering dust on someone's shelf – are actually going to see the light of day.