Cruelty's Heart is a pagan/black metal band with Anglo-Saxon historical and folkloric themes based in Roskilde, Denmark. Originally hailing from Southampton, England, Cruelty’s Heart was formed during an inhumane drunken week at Wacken Open Air 2009 by Bloodletter and Aske. After recruiting another disciple, Simon New, to play bass, the trio began writing and rehearsing over the autumn and roughly recorded some ideas in December that year. The first rough demo tracks were recorded rehearsals of old thrash songs from previous projects which Bloodletter had been involved with. These were rewritten with some added Immortal, Burzum and Gorgoroth influences however soon afterwards an atmospheric, melodic pagan metal sound began to develop which was captured in the 2011 demo, entitled 'Die For Woden'. By the autumn of 2011 though, Aske had drifted away from the project for various, but much clichéd, musical differences. Simon and Bloodletter sought to find a new drummer in order to follow up on the demo, however this seemed impossible within the music scene in Southampton. Eventually Simon left due to commitments to other bands which left Bloodletter the sole remaining member to continue writing and begin recording a new untitled release. In June 2012, Cruelty's Heart signed to Wodfreca Records and the untitled work from the end of the previous year became the 'Rex Anglorvm Saxonvm' EP, which was released in December 2012. In the meantime, the project had been relocated with Bloodletter to Copenhagen, Denmark. The current lineup, as of January 2014, includes Bloodletter on vocals and guitars, Jens Christian Forsberg-Olesen on vocals and bass, Mads O.H. Jensen on vocals and guitars, and Mikael Dupont on drums. Now signed to UKEM Records, Cruelty's Heart released a split album with the band Frostwork on 04/04/14. 'A Dream of Ænglaland' was a track written during the Rex Anglorvm Saxonvm sessions to be used for a compilation album created by Wodfreca Records. The album was released in 2013 but shortly disappeared from existence after the record label closed down.