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Theatres des Vampires

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Theatres des Vampires
Performing in 2006
Performing in 2006
Background information
OriginRome, Italy
Genres
Years active1994–present
Labels
  • Scarlet
  • Aural Music
  • Dreamcell
  • Plastic Head
  • Blackend
  • Garden of Grief
Members
  • Gabriel Valerio
  • Zimon Lijoi
  • Sonya Scarlet
  • Flavio Gianello
  • Fabian Varesi
Past members
  • Alessandro Nunziati
  • Robert Cufaro
  • Enrico de Dominicis
  • Karlenstein
  • Justine Consuelo
  • Alessandro Pallotta
  • Strigoi
  • Mortifer
  • Stephan Benfante
  • Giorgio Ferrante

Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band,[3] noted for their lyrics about vampirism. The band's early material was labeled as melodic black metal or symphonic black metal. The group abandoned black metal by the mid-2000s.[1] Theatres des Vampires have released eleven full-length albums.

History and background

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Alessandro "Lord Vampyr" Nunziati formed Theatres des Vampires in 1994 after leaving VII Arcano because of artistic differences. They are named after the vampire-based theatre coven from Interview with the Vampire. Nunziati single-handedly recorded the first full-length studio album, Vampyrìsme, Nècrophilie, Nècrosadisme, Nècrophagie (1996), due to line-up problems.

By 1999, the band had a stable line-up and recorded The Vampire Chronicles, named after Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire series. Theatres des Vampires used movie effects in their live shows. The band's fascination with vampires earned them themselves and their music the title "vampiric metal" from their contemporaries. The band staged an image of vampirism in their performances, lyrics, and music, which increased their fanbase.[4]

They released third album Bloody Lunatic Asylum in 2001, and played with Iron Maiden, Children of Bodom and In Flames, amongst others.[4]

The band has produced several albums with English label Plastic Head, and has gained more recognition within the metal scene in Europe, South America, and Russia, partially because of 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 2006, Gotham in London in 2004, and Female Voices Festival in Wieze, Belgium in 2006.

In 2003, the band toured Europe with Christian Death, and recorded an album with Valor of Christian Death and Gian Pyres of Cradle of Filth as guests.

Since 2004, former backup singer Sonya Scarlet has been the band's solo vocalist and frontwoman.

Scarlet sometimes cuts herself with razors at performances and lets fans drink her blood. In 2005, several English clubs forbade her bloodletting, because it violates English laws against the incitement to commit suicide.[5]

On 28 November 2005, Aural Music released the album Pleasure and Pain. European distributors bought the album, and it was published with permission in Europe, South America, the US, Russia, and Japan.

On 19 March 2007, they released the double CD Desire of Damnation, with live songs from The Addiction Tour 2006 and new studio songs and remixes.

Guitarist Robert Cufaro ("Morgoth") left the band in 2006 and was replaced with Stephan Benfante.

In May 2008, Aural Music released the album Anima Noir.

On 14 January 2011, Aural Music released the ninth studio, album Moonlight Waltz.

David Bracci, who worked on most of Dario Argento's films in the previous decade, and directed the Lilith Mater Inferorum music video, shot a music video for the song Carmilla on August 28 and 29.[6]

On 14 October 2016, the band released its tenth studio album, Candyland, via Scarlet Records, with a guest appearance by singer Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell.

In 2021, Scarlet Records released the album In Nomine Sanguinis.

Musical style

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Theatres des Vampires in 2011

Theatres des Vampires is noted for the vast spectrum of styles they have encompassed during their career. At the beginning of their career Theatres des Vampires were widely regarded as melodic black metal. On their 1999 album, The Vampire Chronicles they began to introduce a more gothic approach to their music. Along with Moonspell and Cradle of Filth, Theatres des Vampires is often regarded as one of the pioneers in combining gothic and black metal. Over time the black metal influences decreased, being dropped completely on the 2004 studio album Nightbreed of Macabria, which is symphonic/gothic metal. The 2008 album, Anima Noir saw the biggest change in the band's style with the introduction of electronic sounds. This album can be regarded as gothic/industrial metal. Their 2011 album Moonlight Waltz took a turn in the symphonic direction, utilising a full orchestra, resulting in the most bombastic sound seen up until that point.

Line-up

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Sonya Scarlet, lead singer of Theatres des Vampires

Current line-up

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  • Sonya Scarlet – female/backing vocals (1999–2004), lead vocals (2004–present)
  • Zimon Lijoi – bass (1994–present)
  • Gabriel Valerio – drums (1997–present)
  • Flavio Gianello - guitars (2017–present)

Former members

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  • "Agaharet" (Enrico De Dominicis) – drums (1994–1996)
  • "Incubus" (Alessandro Pallotta) – guitars (1999–2002)
  • "Strigoi" – guitars (1999–2001)
  • "Mortifer" – guitars (2001)
  • "Justine" (Anna Consuelo Cerichelli) – female, backing vocals (1999–2002)
  • "Lord Vampyr" – guitars (1994–1998), vocals (1994–2004)
  • "Count Morgoth" (Roberto Cufaro) – keyboards (1994–1996), guitars (2002–2006)
  • Stephan Benfante - guitars (2006–2016)
  • Giorgio Ferrante – guitars (2016–2017)

Timeline

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Discography

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Full-length albums

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Other releases

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  • Nosferatu, eine Simphonie des Gravens (demo, 1995)
  • Iubilaeum Anno Dracula 2001 (EP, 2001)
  • The Blackend Collection (boxed set, 2004)
  • The Addiction Tour 2006 (live DVD, 2006)
  • Desire of Damnation (Double CD live&remixes compilation, 2007)
  • Moonlight Waltz Tour 2011 (Live CD and DVD, 2012)

Movie soundtracks

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  • The Edge of Darkness (DVD, 2004)
  • Mornau the Vampire (DVD, 2006)
  • The Vampires of Bloody Island (Theatrical, 2009. DVD, 2010)
  • The Cult of Lamia (TBA, 2012)

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Theatres des Vampires". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  2. ↑ Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Sepolcrum". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Theatres des Vampires". Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  4. 1 2 "TDV Biography". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Fabian and Sonya Scarlet". Rock eyez. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  6. ↑ Theatres des Vampires announce Moonlight Waltz Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
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