blood sisters: women in heavy music: theatre of tragedy

< THEATRE OF TRAGEDY >

Stavanger, Norway
1993-

the band
Liv Kristine Espenaes: vocals
Raymond I. Rohonniy: vocals
Hein Frode Hansen: drums
Lorentz Aspen: keyboards
Frank Claussen: guitar

partial discography
Theatre of Tragedy full-length (Massacre 1995)
Velvet Darkness They Fear full-length (Massacre 1996)
Der Tanz Der Schatten single (Massacre 1996)
A Rose for the Dead EP (Massacre 1997)
Cassandra single (Massacre 1998)
Aégis full-length (Massacre 1998)
Theatre of Tragedy shape CD (Massacre 1999)
Velvet Darkness They Fear ltd. ed. gatefold vinyl (Massacre 1999)
Image single (Nuclear Blast/EastWest 2000)
Musique full-length (Nuclear Blast/EastWest 2000)
Inperspective EP (2000)
Machine single (2001)

further reading
http://www.theatreoftragedy.com
The Pages of Tragedy - occasionally confusing but good info here.

an opinion on Musique
from the Crass Menagerie - review by Dave:
"Last I heard from THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, 'Aegis' was a brand new album and one of the first I ever reviewed for the Crass Menagerie. It was also the only goth rock album I ever liked (and still is), due to the excellent "angelic" female vocals, lush recording and simple but cleverly arranged songs. To this day 'Aegis' remains the only album in my entire collection that could be accused of having "pop sensibilities." It makes me kinda sad to report that 'Musique' is a step in the wrong direction. Like many rock bands that think they're being very original and groundbreaking, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY "experiments" with sampled drum beats and other trademarks of electronic music and it sounds just as hackneyed as any "electronic" music you'd find on MTV. They're trying to convey a message about technology, but it's so convoluted I wonder why they even bothered. Like 'Aegis' the vocals and production are great, but this time around the songs seem needlessly complex. Some bands experiment with their sound and the results are brilliant. Others do it and you wonder what the hell they were thinking. This album is proof THEATRE OF TRAGEDY should return to the formula they used on 'Aegis.'"