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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.
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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Aegis
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Aoede
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A Rose for the Dead
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A Hamlet for a Slothful Vassal
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Angélique
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A Distance There Is
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Sweet Art Thou
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viviancrist wrote:
is wonderfull, I love!!!!!!
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Oceanheart89 wrote:
I want to see them live, hopefully they will go on tour soon.
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silversadheart wrote:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Go listen to the other female fronted bands, then. :)
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Iucidmind wrote:
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:
I like this photo too Nell looks happy
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korg_ wrote:
image is a hot song *_*
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melodicstanzas wrote:
My favorite picture! ^.^
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zimorodok wrote:
Veri great bands!!!
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Falahk wrote:
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:
Nell has a beautiful voice I love "Storm" [2]
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Scissorman_ wrote:
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:
Velvet darkness they fear > Forever is the world > Aegis > Theatre of Tragedy > Storm >>>>> Musique > Assembly
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DorianVonEden wrote:
Aégis = Forever Is The World > Velvet Darkness Tey Fear > Theatre of Tragedy = Storm > Assembly > Musique
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Oceanheart89 wrote:
Ooh, "Velvet Darkness..." and the first album are on the top here! Good to see! :)
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Anhelitta wrote:
Nell has a beautiful voice I love "Storm"
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russian release
19 Oct 2009 | from www.theatreoftragedy.com/board/
The russian release of "Forever is the world" is now set to october 26th via Soyuz.
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Forever is the World released!!!
19 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/pagesoftragedy
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