Released 18 August 1996 Producer Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman Release date 18 August 1996 Genres Gothic metal, Death-doom | Length 52:00 Artist Theatre of Tragedy Label Century Media Records | |
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Recorded Commusication Studio, Beindersheim, Germany, July 1996 Language English, Early Modern English, German Velvet Darkness They Fear
(1996) A Rose for the Dead
(1997) Similar Theatre of Tragedy albums, Gothic metal albums | ||
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Velvet Darkness They Fear is the second studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy. It was released in 1996 by Massacre Records. The album was issued in the US by Century Media Records in 1997.
Contents
Theatre of tragedy velvet darkness they fear full album
Music
Velvet Darkness They Fear continued Theatre of Tragedy's particular brand of gothic metal, first heard in their first album, Theatre of Tragedy, defined by alternating and occasionally overlapping male death grunts and sung female vocals. This style, which was copied later by many metal bands, is generally known 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", which is written in German, is the exception. 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 sold over 125,000 copies.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Raymond Rohonyi, except "Der Tanz der Schatten" by Rohonyi, Gerhard Magin and Tilo Wolff; all music composed by Theatre of Tragedy, except where indicated.
Theatre of Tragedy
Additional musicians
Production
Songs
1Velvet Darkness They Fear1:04
2Fair and 'Guiling Copesmate Death7:06
3Bring Forth Ye Shadow6:49