Theatre of Tragedy – ‘Velvet Darkness They Fear’ CD

‘Velvet Darkness They Fear’ was the second full-length album by Theatre of Tragedy released in 1996 through Massacre Records.

‘Velvet Darkness They Fear’ used Raymond Rohonyi’s early modern English lyrics. ‘Der Tanz der Schatten’ is the exception, which is written in German. The songs rarely have a straightforward story, but death, undeath, demons, and similar supernatural elements are all prominent.

The song lyrics are referred to within the sleeve notes as plays, poems, and one soliloquy, depending on the parts the singers play.

The fifth track, ‘And When He Falleth,’ includes a section of Jane Asher and Vincent Price’s dialogue from the film ‘The Masque of the Red Death.’