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The second release from the
Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy sounds a little different from their first
one. The music is slower and slightly heavier and the whole album seems to be
generally darker. The lyrics are also about the three d's - the devil,
darkness and death. Musically this album is not as melodic as the previous one
- you really start to miss the fine piano play from Lorentz Aspen on a couple
of the songs, which is also what I miss the most on their latest release
Aégis, where it has been replaced completely by electronical keyboard sounds.
It all starts off well with a very nice song called "Fair and 'Guiling
Death" that has a great vocal duet between Raymond and Liv. Unfortunately
the album sort of looses its charm after a couple song. The soprano vocals by
Liv are still nice but the songs are too monotonous and it becomes a little
boring at the end. Still, this is a nice recording that is really worth
listening to, especially if you like this type of music. The record was
recorded at Communication Studio, Germany, and engineered by Gerhard Magin and
Pete Coleman. It was also produced, mixed and mastered by these two guys. The
band dedicated this album to one of their members, Tommy Lindal, who had
recovered from a serious illness.
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1. Velvet |
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Darkness they Fear 2. Fair and 'Guiling Copesmate Death 3. |
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Bring Forth ye Shadow 4. Seraphic Deviltry 5. And when He |
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Falleth 6. Der Tanz der Schatten 7. Black as the Devil |
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Painteth 8. On whom the Moon doth Shine 9. The Masquerader and |
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Phoenix |
: 52.10
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