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 "Théùtre des Vampires" was inspired by a fictional location created by Gothic fantasy writer Anne Rice of the same name. Rice's Théùtre 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
Lunatic Asylum
Theatres Des Vampires Lyrics
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I'm closed in this cell from a long time
"If the Damnation is eternal! A man that wants to mutilate himself is really damned,isn't true?
I think to be in Hell, then I'm here!"
"Helpless, naked, piping loud,
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in the nurse's hand
Bound and weary!
In the secret shadow of his chamber:the youth shut up from
The lustful joy shall forget to generate and create an amorous image
In the shadows of his chamber and in the folds of his silent pillow.
Oh sweet goat,here I am, come and lick my white neck;let me pull your soft wool;let me kiss your soft face!"
I'm Satan! I'm God! I'm an Angel! I'm a Vampire!
Liber scritus proferetur
In quod totum continetur
Unde mundus judicetur!
Judex ergo cum sedebit
Quid quid latet apparebit
Nil in ultum remanebit!
The lyrics to Theatres Des Vampires's song Lunatic Asylum seem to depict a person who is imprisoned in a mental institution and has lost touch with reality. The lines, "I have seen Satan and I have seen God" suggest that the person has experienced extreme highs and lows in their life, possibly due to mental illness. They feel trapped in their cell for a long time and question their own damnation, "If the Damnation is eternal! A man that wants to mutilate himself is really damned, isn't true? I think to be in Hell, then I'm here!" This suggests a deep sense of hopelessness and despair.
In the following stanza, the person seems to be experiencing delusions and hallucinations. They describe being "helpless, naked, piping loud" and "struggling in the nurse's hand," suggesting that they may be experiencing a psychotic episode. They refer to themselves as "Satan" and "God" and state that they are an "Angel" and a "Vampire," which could be interpreted as a reflection of their inner turmoil and confusion. The last stanza, "Liber scritus proferetur..." is a Latin phrase that roughly translates to "The book will be brought forth in which all is contained, from which judgment will be pronounced." This could suggest a fear of judgment or punishment for the person's actions or for their mental state.
Line by Line Meaning
I Have seen Satan and I have seen God
I have experienced both good and evil in this world.
I'm closed in this cell from a long time
I have been imprisoned for a significant period of time.
"If the Damnation is eternal! A man that wants to mutilate himself is really damned,isn't true?
I think to be in Hell, then I'm here!"
Being trapped here has made me question the concept of eternal punishment, and whether or not I am already experiencing it.
"Helpless, naked, piping loud,
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in the nurse's hand
Striving against my swadling bands,
Bound and weary!"
I feel powerless and trapped, like a newborn infant struggling against its restraints.
In the secret shadow of his chamber:the youth shut up from
The lustful joy shall forget to generate and create an amorous image
In the shadows of his chamber and in the folds of his silent pillow.
Oh sweet goat,here I am, come and lick my white neck;let me pull your soft wool;let me kiss your soft face!
In the darkness of isolation, the mind can create perverse and forbidden desires.
I'm Satan! I'm God! I'm an Angel! I'm a Vampire!
I am a complex being with both good and evil traits.
Liber scritus proferetur
In quod totum continetur
Unde mundus judicetur!
Judex ergo cum sedebit
Quid quid latet apparebit
Nil in ultum remanebit!
The written book will be brought forth, containing everything by which the world will be judged. When the judge takes his seat, everything hidden will be revealed, and nothing will remain unjudged.
Contributed by Jeremiah F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@RoseBlackGothVampire
Track List:
01 Preludium to Madness 00:00-02:31
02 'Til the Last Drop of Blood 02:32-08:05
03 Une Saison En Enfer 08:06-14:12
04 Dances with Satan 14:13-19:22
05 Lilith's Child 19:23-26:50
06 Pale Religious Letchery 26:51-30:34
07 Altar for the Black Mass 30:35-38:52
08 Lunatic Asylum 38:53-44:41
09 Oath of Supremacy 44:42-51:04
10 Dominions 51:05-56:25
@RoseBlackGothVampire
Track List:
01 Preludium to Madness 00:00-02:31
02 'Til the Last Drop of Blood 02:32-08:05
03 Une Saison En Enfer 08:06-14:12
04 Dances with Satan 14:13-19:22
05 Lilith's Child 19:23-26:50
06 Pale Religious Letchery 26:51-30:34
07 Altar for the Black Mass 30:35-38:52
08 Lunatic Asylum 38:53-44:41
09 Oath of Supremacy 44:42-51:04
10 Dominions 51:05-56:25
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12:25 I wish TDV recorded an entire album like this back in the day. I love the usual heavy electric guitars but this sound is... transcendent!
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I've never listened to this album đ and I'm very glad. Because nothing could make me feel so excited in 2023.
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