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Theatre of Tragedy
> Velvet Darkness They Fear
> 2017, CD, Mazzar Records (Reissue, Remastered, Digipak)
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Velvet Darkness They Fear
Theatre of Tragedy
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- March 21st, 2017
- Catalog ID:
- MZR CD 785
- Version desc.:
- Reissue, Remastered, Digipak
- Label:
- Mazzar Records
- Format:
- CD
- Reviews:
- 8 reviews (avg. 91%)
| 1. | Velvet Darkness They Fear | 01:05 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | Fair and 'Guiling Copesmate Death | 07:05 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | Bring Forth Ye Shadow | 06:49 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | Seraphic Deviltry | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
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| 5. | And When He Falleth | 07:08 | Show lyrics |
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| 6. | Der Tanz der Schatten | 05:29 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Black as the Devil Painteth | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | On Whom the Moon Doth Shine | 06:15 | Show lyrics |
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| 9. | The Masquerader and Phoenix | 07:35 | Show lyrics |
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| 10. | Der Tanz der Schatten (demo) | 06:07 | |
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| 11. | Black as the Devil Painteth (demo) | 05:55 | |
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| 12. | And When He Falleth (demo) | 07:26 | |
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| Original line-up | |
| Band members | |
| Raymond I. Rohonyi | Vocals, Lyrics |
| Hein Frode Hansen | Drums |
| Tommy Lindal | Guitars |
| Liv Kristine Espenæs | Vocals |
| Lorentz Aspen | Keyboards, Piano |
| Eirik T. Saltrø | Bass |
| Geir Flikkeid | Guitars, E-bow |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Klaus Wagenleiter | Engineering (strings) |
| Tom Krüger | Engineering (strings) |
| Johannes Rau | Photography, Cover art |
| Gerhard Magin | Lyrics correcting (track 6), Mixing, Mastering, Engineering |
| Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman | Mixing, Producer, Engineering |
| Higgins | Scans |
| Matthias "Thrash" Herkle | Design, DTP |
| T. Wolff | Lyrics correcting (track 6) |
| Mattis S. Bratlebraaten | Photography |
| Pål Bjåstad | Songwriting (tracks 3, 5, 6) |
| Thomas Hertler | Cover concept |
| Additional line-up | |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Erlend A. Sørbø | DAT transferring (tracks 10-12) |
| Carl Begai | Liner notes |
| Andy Horn | Remastering |
| Original line-up | |
| Raymond I. Rohonyi | Vocals, Lyrics |
| Hein Frode Hansen | Drums |
| Tommy Lindal | Guitars |
| Liv Kristine Espenæs | Vocals |
| Lorentz Aspen | Keyboards, Piano |
| Eirik T. Saltrø | Bass |
| Geir Flikkeid | Guitars, E-bow |
| Original line-up | |
| Klaus Wagenleiter | Engineering (strings) |
| Tom Krüger | Engineering (strings) |
| Johannes Rau | Photography, Cover art |
| Gerhard Magin | Lyrics correcting (track 6), Mixing, Mastering, Engineering |
| Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman | Mixing, Producer, Engineering |
| Higgins | Scans |
| Matthias "Thrash" Herkle | Design, DTP |
| T. Wolff | Lyrics correcting (track 6) |
| Mattis S. Bratlebraaten | Photography |
| Pål Bjåstad | Songwriting (tracks 3, 5, 6) |
| Thomas Hertler | Cover concept |
| Additional line-up | |
| Erlend A. Sørbø | DAT transferring (tracks 10-12) |
| Carl Begai | Liner notes |
| Andy Horn | Remastering |
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The spoken dialogue in "And When He Falleth" is from the 1964 film The Masque of the Red Death, based on the same titled Edgar Allan Poe story. It combines excerpts from three different scenes. The voices are Vincent Price and Jane Asher's.
"A Rose for the Dead" is the bonus track on the Japanese edition.
"A Rose for the Dead" and "And When He Falleth (remix)" are bonus tracks for the Brazilian edition.
Recording information:
Recorded at Commusication Studio, Germany, July 1996.
Mastered at Commusication Studio.
Strings recorded at MTS Albstadt, July the 7th 1996.