Theatre of Tragedy

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Stavanger, Norway (1993 – present)

Theatre of Tragedy is a gothic metal/death doom metal/industrial rock/futurepop band, originally assembled in 1993 in Stavanger, Norway by Hein Frode Hansen, Raymond István Rohonyi and Lorentz Aspen, together with Tommy Lindal, Pål Bjastad, and Liv Kristine.

Their earlier albums have provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. The band was one of the first ones who made use of contrasting vocals - male bass vocals and death growls and female soprano singing.

On their first three albums (Theatre of Tragedy, Velvet Darkness They Fear, Aégis) Theatre of Tragedy presented lyrics written predominantly in a form of Olde English, an early form of the language prior to Shakespearean times.

Starting from the album Musique, however, the band made drastic changes to their style, which became significantly inspired by electro-rock and electro-pop, abandoning Early Modern English lyrics writing, heavier guitar riffing and death growls in the process. This style change was consequently continued on the following album, Assembly.

After a long break and after changing the female vocalist due to musical differences, and furthermore their management and the record label, Theatre of Tragedy released their new album Storm, the first one with their new singer, Nell Sigland (from The Crest).
On this album, the electronic influences are reduced again in favour of simplicity and naturalism. According to Hein Frode Hansen, Storm is to be seen as the missing link between Aégis and Musique.

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silversadheart wrote:
Tuesday morning

I would say it depends on the listener, if you like dark metal-like music then start with their older stuff and probably Aégis will be too soft for you and and the next stuff too. But if you like relaxed music, atmospheric and if you have problems with much heavier sounds and growling vocals, the new stuff is made for you, btw if you are one of those electronic or electrodark, EBM, etc. listen to everything after Musique that you might like it. They have a varied discography.

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The_Fenix wrote:
Monday evening

http://www.lastfm.es/user/The_Fenix/journal/2009/11/23/36p4nd_2012_and_the_end_of_the_world...?success=1

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Plummad wrote:
Monday evening

I would say just listen to the new stuff first - it's more accessible, then people can go back to their old stuff and electro stuff.

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Liadz wrote:
Monday afternoon

I don't get it. What's wrong in listening to their best album first? And from there, of course, you just got to go back some years for some more epic stuff.

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nDroae wrote:
Saturday evening

Aegis tracks on top = newcomers listen to Aegis first = mostly harmful :-P 'Course if you don't like Liv's or Nell's voice there's no hope any way....

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DorianVonEden wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Go listen to the other female fronted bands, then. :)

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Iucidmind wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Don't understand why people are so crazy abouth them.. i did't find something interesting at all, actually voice sucks. There are plenty of female fronted bands and they're pretty boring.

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Anhelitta wrote:
Saturday morning

I like this photo too Nell looks happy

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korg_ wrote:
last week

image is a hot song *_*

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melodicstanzas wrote:
last week

My favorite picture! ^.^

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zimorodok wrote:
last week

Veri great bands!!!

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Falahk wrote:
last week

Theatre of Tragedy > Assembly > Velvet darkness they fear > Musique > Storm > Aegis > Forever is the world.....i bet the new one still need some time to grow on me, but i just can't get over the feeling that they made the album the fans wanted them to make, rather then what they wanted to do themselves

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igorthe_killers wrote:
last week

Nell has a beautiful voice I love "Storm" [2]

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Scissorman_ wrote:
last week

you might want to check out this band http://www.last.fm/music/hyperdream the music is free so there's nothing to lose, you might even like it :)

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patricio_ wrote:
11 days ago

Velvet darkness they fear > Forever is the world > Aegis > Theatre of Tragedy > Storm >>>>> Musique > Assembly

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DorianVonEden wrote:
12 days ago

Aégis = Forever Is The World > Velvet Darkness Tey Fear > Theatre of Tragedy = Storm > Assembly > Musique

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Oceanheart89 wrote:
12 days ago

Ooh, "Velvet Darkness..." and the first album are on the top here! Good to see! :)

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Anhelitta wrote:
12 days ago

Nell has a beautiful voice I love "Storm"

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silversadheart wrote:
13 days ago

Humm... I understand, people have their own tastes and opinions... but I think is sad that they don't appreciate "Aégis" as much... In my humble opinion I say that this album is a masterpiece, I'm mad about it <3

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nDroae wrote:
13 days ago

Printed on the Forever is the World CD: "Do not copy! Virus danger! The manufacturer is neither liable for computer crashes nor hard drive failures nor data loss!!!" :-P Lol guys, record label. Maybe you could try giving ToT some decent promotion instead? http://club.myce.com/f57/virus-copy-protection-79589/

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