TRACKS:

1.Velvet Darkness they Fear
2.Fair and 'Guiling Copesmate Death
3.Bring Forth ye Shadow
4.Seraphic Deviltry
5.And When He falleth
6.Der Tanz der Schatten
7.Black as the Devil Painteth
8.On Whom the Moon doth Shine
9.The Masquerader and Phoenix

"Velvet Darkness They Fear" is Theatre of Tragedy's second full length album. I
was addicted to this CD when I bought it. Theatre of Tragedy make really nice, 
atmospheric gothic/doom metal. It's difficult to catagorize their music. With the rough 
vocals of Raymond and the pretty female soprano voice of Liv in contrast, Velvet 
Darkness they Fear" makes a very good album. It totals up to around fifty two minutes of 
their entrancing sound. Almost all songs are strong, and interestngly, the lyrics are 
written in old English almost Shakespearian style. "And When He Falleth" contains a 
dialogue from an old movie, "The Masque and the Red Death" (starring Vincent Price).
The album in its entirety is very good, and the production is excellent. I strongly
recomend it.
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