Theatres Des Vampires - Suicide Vampire - review
Theatres Des Vampires - Suicide Vampire - review
Album
Suicide Vampire Release date
2002 Tracklist
01. Theatre Of Horrors02. Lilith Mater Inferorum
03. La Danse Macabre Du Vampire
04. Queen Of The Damned
05. Bloodlust
06. Tenebra Dentro
07. Suicide Vampire
08. Il Vampiro
09. Der Makabre Tanz Des Vampires [German version]
10. Enthrone The Dark Angel [2002 version]
A review by
Undercraft November 30, 2003
But my review is not going to be of why Theatre Des Vampires are different from CoF, this is a review of Theatre Des Vampires, and it will remain that way.
If this is your first encounter with this Italians, you might wanna know that they're no newcomers in the scene, this is their fifth release since their debut in 1996, and this album we can listen Theatre Des Vampires at their finest hour. All of you "True" Blacksters might want to stay away from this one, since this is Gothic-Black Metal.
Gothic Black? Yes, you won't get here ultra high pitched shrieks, insane drumming and bad production, you'll get haunting keyboards, melodic riffing, shrieks, some clean vocals and choirs a lá Therion. Songs like "Le Danse Macabre Du Vampire" will hook you immediately with their catchy choirs, or the new version of "Enthrone The Dark Angel" which features at the 2.20 mark a very creepy "lalalalala" choir, that reminded me of a Tim Burton/Danny Elfman soundtrack.
Also there are more Gothic songs, more laid down, Like the excellent "Queen Of the Dammed" and the title track "Suicide Vampire", but if you're looking for more straight Black Metal songs, you got the opener "Theatre Of Horrors" and "Bloodlust", this Cd has it all!
The only downpoint is that some of the lyrics are kinda lame, but if you're of the type that lyrics don't matter, or you just don't care, get this one, and if you're of the type that lyrics really matter, get this one too. Recommended for fans of Therion, Penumbra and other Gothic/Black acts. Long live the vampire!
Written by Undercraft | November 30, 2003
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thetres des vampires sure is an interesting band, not really my type, but i can enjoy some of their melodies. Very large songs (not the case of this album) create an epic athmosphere, of course with some suspense and dramaticity. I prefer the instrumental tracks like Il Vampiro.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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