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
Dominions
Theatres Des Vampires Lyrics
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We pray the Moon and the dark lord
Against the light,against the sun
We are the sons of the dark,we are the sons of an unknown mother
Revelation from the underground!Sensation of supreme pleasure!
Power of the dark,age of eternal pleasure
We pray his majesty the king Belial
Oath of blood,blood for life
Believers of a pagan faith
We are the black heart of an ancient legion
I can all woman...
Flood me with your vaginal blood
Wound in your dark mantel,suck my penis and immerse our body
On this bed of thorns that trasude blood
Open your legs so that trees without branches can enter in this forest!
Power of the dark,age of eternal war
We pray his majesty the king Lucifer
Oath of blood,eternal life,necromantical love
Blood bath...blood bath!
Immolation of unholy bodies! Sacrifical ceremony!
The song "Dominions" by Theatres Des Vampires is a dark and intense representation of the power and influence of the dark lord and his followers. The lyrics speak of the eternal fear, pleasure, and war that define the age of darkness. The song emphasises the belief held by the followers of the dark lord, in their faith in the unknown mother, and kings Belial and Lucifer. Through the lyrics, they offer a revelation of their underground society and the experience of supreme pleasure in their belief system.
The song also focuses on the sexual and violent nature of these beliefs, with references to blood, wounds, penises, and vaginal blood consumption. The lyrics also describe the dark and bloody atmosphere, with beds of thorns transuding blood, and the dark mantels of the followers. The emphasis on the sexual and violent nature of their beliefs highlights the extreme intensity and dedication of these followers and the intense power of their faith.
In conclusion, "Dominions" is a powerful and intense expression of the belief system of the followers of the dark lord, with its dark and violent nature depicting the intensity and power of their faith.
Line by Line Meaning
Power of the dark,age of eternal fear
We believe in the power of the dark, an era characterized by the feeling of eternal fear.
We pray the Moon and the dark lord
Our faith resides in the Moon and the dark lord as we worship them.
Against the light,against the sun
We are constantly against the light and the sun, as we believe in the power of the dark.
We are the sons of the dark,we are the sons of an unknown mother
We identify ourselves as the sons of the dark, and our mother remains unknown.
Revelation from the underground!Sensation of supreme pleasure!
We have found a revelation from the underground, a sensation of supreme pleasure.
Power of the dark,age of eternal pleasure
We embrace the power of the dark, an era characterized by the feeling of eternal pleasure.
We pray his majesty the king Belial
Our worship is directed towards King Belial, as he is our king.
Oath of blood,blood for life
We have pledged an oath of blood, signifying our commitment to this way of life.
Believers of a pagan faith
Our faith is that of paganism, as we are believers in pagan customs.
We are the black heart of an ancient legion
We are the black heart, representing an ancient legion of dark believers.
I can all woman...
I have the ability to control any woman.
Flood me with your vaginal blood
I request that you release your vaginal blood onto me.
Wound in your dark mantel,suck my penis and immerse our body
We engage in sexual acts, with me being wrapped in your dark cloak, as we orally pleasure each other and our bodies become intertwined.
On this bed of thorns that trasude blood
We are on a bed of thorns, which produces bleeding wounds.
Open your legs so that trees without branches can enter in this forest!
I ask you to open your legs so that I may enter you, using the metaphor of trees without branches entering a forest.
Power of the dark,age of eternal war
We embrace the power of the dark, an era characterized by the feeling of eternal war.
We pray his majesty the king Lucifer
Our worship is directed towards King Lucifer, as he is our king.
Oath of blood,eternal life,necromantical love
We have pledged an oath of blood, committing to eternal life and embracing necromantic love.
Blood bath...blood bath!
We engage in a blood bath, immersing ourselves in blood.
Immolation of unholy bodies! Sacrificial ceremony!
We engage in a ceremonial act of sacrificing unholy bodies.
Contributed by Sadie T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
efndmetal
The perfect blend of symphonic black metal and goth rock.
TankLlama
The red head looks like BreeEssrig, the Youtuber on here!!!!