The band's members expressed a fascination with vampires and anything connected to them, earning themselves and their music the title "vampiric metal" from their contemporaries. The band created a coherent image of vampirism in their stage performance and within the lyrical themes and atmospheres of their music, which contributed heavily to the gaining of their fan-base.
During their career, the band was first primarily influenced by symphonic black metal, but later tended to include differing influences, including: classicalmusic, opera, darkwave, deathrock, gothic rock and several electro-industrial sub-genres. Throughout this stylistic deviation, a few characteristics of the band's music have remained consistent; melancholic atmospheres and lyrics, vocal styles of akin to gothic metal, and their vampiric image.
The band has produced ten albums in ten years with the English label Plastic Head, and has gained more recognition within the metal scene in Europe, South America and Russia, partially due to the band's participation in various festivals around the world. These include: Vampyria III in London in 1999, Gods of Metal in Italy in 2000, Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig in 2003 and in 2006, Gotham in London in 2004, Female Voices Festival in Wieze, Belgium in 2006.
In 2003, the band toured with Christian Death throughout Europe, and recorded an album with Valor of Christian Death and Gian Pyres of Cradle of Filth as special guests.
The band's shows have always seen a reasonable level of attendance, and have become more dramatic over the band's career, incorporating fireworks and "out of line" appearances by Scarlet.
Since 2004, Sonya Scarlet has remained the solo vocalist and front of the band, replacing her previous role as backing vocals.
Scarlet sometimes cuts herself with razors at performances, freely letting fans drink her blood, promising them the gift of immortality. In 2005 several English clubs forbade her performing the display of bloodletting, because it violates English laws against the incitement to commit suicide.
On 28 November 2005, Aural Music released the album Pleasure and Pain. Distributors throughout Europe bought the album and it was published with permission in Europe, South America, the USA, Russia, and Japan.
On 19 March 2007, they released their album Desire of Damnation. Desire of Damnation is a double CD, with live songs from The Addiction tour 2006 and some new studio songs and remixes.
Guitarist Robert "Morgoth" left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Stephan Benfante.
On 2 May 2008, they released their 8th studio album Anima Noir. With this album their sound evolves once again, taking the route of electronic/industrial gothic metal while still retaining vampiric lyrics.
In November, 2008, Theatres des Vampires announced that they would go on a temporary hiatus due to both personal and health related issued of vocalist Sonya Scarlet.
On 14 January 2011 Aural Music released the album Moonlight Waltz, their ninth studio album. A music video for the song "Carmilla" was filmed on August 28 and 29, directed by David Bracci, who worked on most of Dario Argento's films in the past decade, and has also directed the "Lilith Mater Inferorum" music video.
The name "Théâtre des Vampires" was inspired by a fictional location created by Gothic fantasy writer Anne Rice of the same name. Rice's Théâtre des Vampires is a Parisian theater, in which vampires pretend to be mortal actors, their performances consisting of the feeding on mortals disguised as part of a play and staged in front of human audiences. The location is mentioned in several of Rice's books, including Interview With the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat.
Official site: http://www.theatres-des-vampires.net
Carmilla
Theatres Des Vampires Lyrics
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Her pure white dress you can feel her on your breast
You can't stop her in the coils of her sweet spell
You can feel her she's so close to your heart
Every night after tolling of last bell
Silent coming languid, graceful into a trance
No more whispers. no more sorrow no more pain
Carmilla, comes to me
Mircalla, I want you
Carmilla, she comes to you
Mircalla, I want your screams
Now I see you at the foot of my bed
Your pure white dress is a one great scarlet stain
I can't stop you in the coils of your sweet spell
I can feel you, you're so close to my heart
She comes to bring the sorrow
She is like a cold embrace
She murmurs words of madness
She comes to bring the death
"You are mine, you shall be mine "
She says…"love will have its sacrifices.."
"there's a coldness beyond her years,
In her smiling endless melancholy,
The refusal to afford you the least ray of light"
You see her under the moon shadow,
Standing near the feet of your bed,
In her lacy white dress
Bathed, from her chin to her feet,
In one great scarlet stain.
She says again…
"there's no sacrifice without blood"
The song "Carmilla" by Theatres Des Vampires is a haunting and eerie tribute to the character of Carmilla from the Gothic novella of the same name by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. The lyrics evoke the image of a dark and alluring femme fatale who comes to her victims at night, tempting them with her sweet spell and ultimately bringing them sorrow and death. The opening lines describe her black shadow at the foot of her victim's bed and the feeling of her pure white dress pressing against his chest. The victim is powerless to stop her, and soon falls into a trance, captivated by her beauty and mystery.
As the song progresses, the lyrics become more intense and sinister. The repetition of the phrases "Carmilla, comes to me" and "Mircalla, I want you" suggest a desperate desire for Carmilla's attention and affection, even at the cost of one's own life. The imagery of a white dress stained with scarlet blood is a motif throughout the song, symbolizing the seductive and deadly nature of the vampire.
In the final verse, Carmilla speaks directly to her victim, claiming him as her own and proclaiming that love requires sacrifice. The lyrics suggest a kind of fatalistic romance between Carmilla and her victims, whose lives are consumed by her dark powers.
Overall, "Carmilla" is a chilling and atmospheric song that captures the Gothic horror of Le Fanu's original story. Its lyrics are filled with vivid and evocative imagery that draws the listener into its dark and unsettling world.
Line by Line Meaning
Her black shadow at the foot of your bed
The vampire's dark figure looms near the end of your bed
Her pure white dress you can feel her on your breast
Her clothing stands out against the surroundings and her presence is felt strongly
You can't stop her in the coils of her sweet spell
The victim is helpless and entranced by the vampire's powers
You can feel her she's so close to your heart
The vampire's influence is strong and deeply felt
Every night after tolling of last bell
The vampire appears at night, after the striking of the last bell
Silent coming languid, graceful into a trance
The vampire silently appears and gracefully entrances its victim
You can't stop her, no, you can't talk, can't escape
The victim is completely powerless and incapable of escaping the vampire's grasp
No more whispers. no more sorrow no more pain
The vampire's victim is fully under its control, with no more feelings of sadness or pain
Carmilla, comes to me
The vampire Carmilla approaches the singer
Mircalla, I want you
The singer expresses desire for the vampire, who is also known as Mircalla
Carmilla, she comes to you
The vampire approaches the victim
Mircalla, I want your screams
The singer expresses desire to hear screams of pain from the victim
Now I see you at the foot of my bed
The singer now sees the vampire at the end of their bed
Your pure white dress is a one great scarlet stain
The previously white clothing of the vampire is now stained with blood, possibly from previous victims
She comes to bring the sorrow
The vampire brings sadness and despair
She is like a cold embrace
The vampire's presence is chilling and oppressive
She murmurs words of madness
The vampire speaks and acts in irrational ways
She comes to bring the death
The vampire causes death to its victims
"You are mine, you shall be mine "
The vampire claims ownership over its victim and intends to keep them
"love will have its sacrifices.."
The vampire sees its actions as a necessary sacrifice for love
"there's a coldness beyond her years,
In her smiling endless melancholy,
The refusal to afford you the least ray of light"
The vampire is portrayed as emotionally cold and stuck in perpetual sadness, and refuses to show any kindness or light to its victim
You see her under the moon shadow,
Standing near the feet of your bed,
In her lacy white dress
Bathed, from her chin to her feet,
In one great scarlet stain.
The victim sees the vampire standing near their bed, their previously white clothes now covered in blood in the moonlight
She says again…
"there's no sacrifice without blood"
The vampire reminds its victim that blood must be shed for its actions to be carried out
Contributed by Jason W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Mike Lodge
Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. ;D
Sebastian Uzcategui
and lesbian <3
Doyle Perkins
Yes, it is a study in repressed lesbianism, a la the vampire milieu/subculture, much as it is to be found in certain intimations in Coleridge's short but power packed poem, Christabel...
David Toranzo
2020 y lo escucho, como si recien hubiese salido esta cancion!!
gloneck black
2022
Дмитрий Клинских
Поддерживаю полностью!
LonginusTheVampire
Great video. Love her voice. Any reference to one of the greatest vampire stories of all time makes it even better. Le Fanu wrote it twenty years before Stoker wrote Dracula. Unfortunately Carmilla has been overshadowed by the success of Dracula but it still remains one of the best vampire stories.
Kira
1 hafta önce servant tamamen gitti. Ah Jerome, ah theodore, ah carmilla hepsi hepsini o kadar özleyeceğim ki. Bu ficin yokluğu aşırı acıtıyor ;(((
Nialynxs
Katılıyorum..
𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘢
@Habii ben de birinden duyup almıştım PDFini şimdi başladim daha..