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
Lilith Mater Inferorum
Theatres Des Vampires Lyrics
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Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Mater Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
We are your children, children of Evil
Against the heaven's legion
Lilith's Child will be our guide
In this infernal battle
We will destroys the Christian's legion
We will destroy their statues
We will burns their church
And the cross will be inverted
Mater Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Mater Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
We are the Cainian's Legion
We want blood from the nun's neck
We will snatch the heart of this false prophets
We are start to fight against God
We will destroys the Christian's legion
We will destroy their statues
We will burns their church
And the cross will be inverted
Mater Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Mater Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater
The song "Lilith Mater Inferorum" by Theatres Des Vampires is a dark and intense tribute to Lilith, the legendary figure from Jewish folklore who was believed to be the first wife of Adam before Eve. The repeated lines of "Mater Mater Inferorum" and "Lilith Mater Inferorum" paint Lilith as the ultimate mother and queen of the underworld. The lyrics speak of Lilith's children, who are vampires, demons, and the undead. These beings are pitted against the heavenly legion, or the Christian faith, in a battle that takes place in the infernal realm.
The song glorifies the destruction of Christian symbols, such as statues, churches, and crosses, which are seen as symbols of oppression by Lilith's children. The lyrics reveal the deep hatred and anger towards Christianity and depict a call to arms for the Cainian's Legion, that is seeking to fight against God. The lyrics evoke a sense of power and empowerment, encouraging the listeners to take up arms and join Lilith's army in this infernal battle against the heavens.
Line by Line Meaning
Mater Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
We invoke the mother of the underworld, the queen of darkness, which is the epitome of evil.
Lilith Mater Inferorum Mater Mater
We seek Lilith's guidance and her lead in this infernal battle to come.
We are your children, children of Evil
We pledge allegiance to the forces of darkness, and we are its devoted servants.
Against the heaven's legion
We stand in defiance against the forces of good and its army of angels.
Vampires, Demons, Undead
We are the creatures of the night, the minions of Satan, and the walking dead.
We will destroys the Christian's legion
We will wage war against the Christian faith and its followers.
We will destroy their statues
We will erase any remnants of their religion's symbols and icons.
We will burns their church
We will set fire to the Christian's worship places and institutions.
And the cross will be inverted
We will profane the Christian's most sacred emblem by turning it upside down.
We are the Cainian's Legion
We belong to the first generation of vampires, who share the blood of Cain.
We want blood from the nun's neck
We desire to feast on the blood of the innocent and the holy.
We will snatch the heart of this false prophets
We will kill any religious leader who opposes us or stands in our way.
We are start to fight against God
We declare a war against God and his creation, as well as anyone who is loyal to him.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Fabian Varesi, Gabriel Valerio, Zimon Lijoi, Sonya Scarlet, Justine Consuelo
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Ioannis Athanasiadis
They are pure gothic metal!One of the best in their kind.They combine both goth lyrics and melodies,while they have atmosferique videos! Nothing more to say about TODV
Keith Armstrong
I've been listening to this group since after Halloween this year and I'm impressed by them
Sunset
this song in 2022. haha glad im not the only one
Spooky101 UwU
@Sunset Here. This was the song that got me into Theatres des Vampires, and I’ve been a sucker for them ever since. No pun intended. 🦇
enin dm
@Spooky101 UwU 😢😢😢🎉😢😢😢🎉😢😢😢🎉😢
DoomMantia
Pure vampirism! I love this so much! This is how true gothic metal should sound like!
Millene Márquez
Linda música ❤
Héctor Luna Garza
Lord Vampyr(Alessandro Nunziati), fundador original de Theatres des Vampires
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LunaraDragonDancer
Out of all the songs I've heard by Theatres des Vampires, of all the videos, this has GOT to be my favorite. Love the theme of the video, love the lyrics. The whole thing is just awesome!