Velvet Darkness They Fear

Infobox Album
Name = Velvet Darkness They Fear
Type = studio
Artist = Theatre of Tragedy


Released = 1996
Recorded = Commusication Studio, Germany
Genre = Gothic metal
Death/Doom| Length = 52:08
Label = Massacre Records
Producer = Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman
Reviews =
*Encyclopaedia Metallum 93% 5 reviews [http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=708]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:obkmu3xjan1k link]
Last album = "Theatre of Tragedy"
(1995)
This album = "Velvet Darkness They Fear"
(1996)
Next album = "Aégis"
(1998)|

"Velvet Darkness They Fear" is the second album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy. It was released in 1996 through Massacre Records.

Music

Velvet Darkness continued Theatre of Tragedy's particular brand of gothic metal, first featured in their self-titled debut album, defined by alternating and occasionally overlapping male death grunts and sung female vocals; a style copied by many metal bands and known generally as 'Beauty and the Beast'.

Velvet Darkness They Fear also continued the use of Raymond Rohonyi's Early Modern English lyrics. "Der Tanz der Schatten" is the exception, which is written in German. The songs themselves rarely have a clear story, but death, undeath, demons and similar supernatural elements are all prominent. The lyrics to the songs are referred to within the sleeve notes as 'plays', 'poems' and one 'soliloquy', depending on the parts the singers play.

The fifth track, "And When He Falleth," includes a section of Jane Asher and Vincent Price's dialogue from the film The Masque of the Red Death.

The album was very successful, selling over 125,000 copies. [http://www.neo-zine.com/livbio.htm]

Track listing

#"Velvet Darkness They Fear" – 1:05
#"Fair and 'Guiling Copesmate Death" – 7:05
#"Bring Forth Ye Shadow" – 6:49
#"Seraphic Deviltry" – 5:17
#"And When He Falleth" – 7:08
#"Der Tanz Der Schatten" – 5:29
#"Black as the Devil Painteth" – 5:26
#"On Whom the Moon Doth Shine" – 6:15
#"The Masquerader and Phoenix" – 7:35

Personnel

*Raymond Rohonyi - vocals
*Liv Kristine - vocals
*Geir Flikkeid - guitars
*Tommy Lindal - guitars
*Eirik T. Saltrø - bass
*Hein Frode Hansen - drums
*Lorentz Aspen - piano, synthesizer

ongwriting

*All music and lyrics by Theatre of Tragedy.

Production

*Produced by Pete Coleman.
*Engineered by Gerhard Magin.
*Recorded and mixed at Commusication Studios.

External links

* [http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/discography.html Discography] at Theatre of Tragedy's official website