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
Delusional Denial
Theatres Des Vampires Lyrics
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He says I need to eat and sleep
I don't want to waste my time
No one can get me back to life
"You're alive, it's a delusion, it's in your mind"
I can't feel it anymore
"You're playing with your own life"
No nerves, no heart, no pain
Among the dead ones
No brain, no breath, no life
None of these words
Delusional they say
It's all in your mind
But what the do they lie
Is something really wrong?
Are they trying to fright me?
Are they trying to warn me?
This syndrome chills to the bones
It lulls me while it swallows me whole
"Don't you want to be fine?
Don't you want to be sane?"
This is my reality
"Be careful what you wish for"
The lyrics of "Delusional Denial" by Theatres Des Vampires delve into the singer's internal struggle with their own mental state. The song opens with the singer feeling pressured by someone to conform to societal norms, such as eating and sleeping regularly. However, they resist this pressure, as they perceive such activities as a waste of time. They feel detached from the world, believing that no one can bring them back to life. The singer hears a voice telling them that their belief in being alive is just a delusion in their mind. They are numb to emotions and physical sensations and feel like they are among the dead. Despite others labeling their experience as delusion and claiming that it's just in their mind, the singer questions the truth of these words.
The lyrics suggest that the singer is grappling with a syndrome that causes them to feel disconnected from reality. They question whether others are deliberately trying to frighten them or perhaps even warn them about the potential dangers of their mindset. The syndrome mentioned in the song haunts and consumes the singer, creating a chilling and suffocating reality. The voice they hear taunts them, asking if they want to be fine and sane, indicating a potential desire for a different state of mind. However, the lyric "be careful what you wish for" implies that the singer should be cautious about what they yearn for, as it might not bring the relief they seek.
Line by Line Meaning
He is trying to make me mad
He is intentionally attempting to drive me insane
He says I need to eat and sleep
He insists that I engage in basic human activities like consuming food and resting
I don't want to waste my time
I have no desire to squander my precious moments
No one can get me back to life
There is nobody capable of restoring vitality within me
"You're alive, it's a delusion, it's in your mind"
"Your existence is a figment of your imagination, a fabrication, purely mental"
I can't feel it anymore
I no longer experience any sensation
"You're playing with your own life"
"You are toying with your very existence"
No nerves, no heart, no pain
Devoid of sensitivity, lacking a beating organ, devoid of suffering
Among the dead ones
Surrounded by deceased individuals
No brain, no breath, no life
Without a functioning brain, absent inhaling and exhaling, deprived of living essence
None of these words
Not a single one of these utterances
Delusional they say
They categorize it as a state of delusion
It's all in your mind
It exists solely within your thoughts
But what the do they lie
Yet, what is their motive to deceive?
Is something really wrong?
Is there truly something amiss?
Are they trying to fright me?
Are they attempting to instill fear in me?
Are they trying to warn me?
Could they be issuing a cautionary message?
This syndrome chills to the bones
This affliction sends a bone-deep chill throughout one's body
It lulls me while it swallows me whole
It lulls me into a false sense of security as it engulfs me entirely
"Don't you want to be fine?
"Are you not desiring to be in a state of well-being?
Don't you want to be sane?"
Do you not wish to possess a sound and rational mind?"
This is my reality
This is the state of existence that I perceive as truth
"Be careful what you wish for"
"Exercise caution in your desires and aspirations"
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Fabio Varesi
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