text: During the tour with Emperor, COF signed with new label Cacophonous Records. Later in 1993, they recorded their debut full-length album The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, which was released early the next year. After touring throughout 1994, COF recorded their planned second album for Cacophonous in 1995, with Sarah Jezebel Deva (real name Sarah Ferridge) taking over from Meyer and bassist Jon Kennedy joining in place of Graves. However, due to legal disputes the album was not released, and the band eventually parted ways with the label, during which time the Ryan brothers, Allender and Kennedy all left the band. The collection was later released as Dusk and Her Embrace: The Original Sin in 2016. During the autumn, guitarist Stuart Anstis, returning bassist Graves, and keyboardist Damien Gregori all joined.
  With their new lineup, COF released V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein on Cacophonous and Dusk and Her Embrace on Music for Nations in 1996. Gian Pyres (real name Gianpiero Piras) took over as second guitarist during the recording of Dusk and Her Embrace, but did not perform on the album. In the summer of 1997, Gregori was dismissed from the group. He was replaced by Les "Lecter" Smith, who debuted along with Pyres on 1998's Cruelty and the Beast.