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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY BAND PAGE
 THEATRE OF TRAGEDY
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CURRENT NAME
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Theatre Of Tragedy | |
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FORMER NAMES
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Le Reine Noir Suffering Grief |
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ORIGIN
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Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway | |
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STATUS
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Disbanded (since 2010) | |
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FORMED IN
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1993 | |
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GENRE
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Doom metal; Gothic metal | |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2006-05-12, 18:10 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2010-09-12, 04:31 | |
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| Band biography |
Since 1994 TOT has released four full-length albums - Theatre of Tragedy (1995), Velvet darkness they fear (1996), Aégis (1998) and Musique (2000). Their music has developed a lot during these years. The first album has many melodic piano parts from Lorentz as well as death metal growling vocals from Raymond. The second one is a little heavier with more guitars and less melodic piano but the growling is still there. Aégis is very different from the first two albums and is perhaps their best album so far (at least their best seller). The music is a lot more electronic but still very melodic. The vocals are softer and more emotional. Theatre of Tragedy has developed very well, they play very melodic emotional music with great old English lyrics. The only thing you may miss from their early years is the melodic piano which mostly has been replaced by keyboards. The latest album "Musique" was a real disappointment to me. It is not bad but they have completely abandoned their old emotional and beautiful music and the old Shakespearian English has been replaced with modern futuristic texts - the things that once made the band unique in the world of music. The band might still be unique, modern and creative but they have now started their journey out of the metal world. In 1999 guitarist Tommy Olsson decided to leave the band to concentrate on his other band Elusive and his family. In the year 2000 the band also parted way with their bassist Eirik T. Saltrø. In January 2001 their long-time session guitarist Vegard K. Thorsen became a permanent member of the band.
In September 2005 the band signed a new contract with the German label AFM Records.
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