this boards perception of THEATRE OF TRAGEDY ........?

[BoogieMk1]

so far ive positively gushed over bands such as:

In Flames
Charon
Nightwish
Sinergy
Children of Bodom

another band that has caught my interest is theatre of tragedy......i think they are very very interesting, i really dig the slant they have in their music, a nice blend of electronica fused with heavy guitars and good vocal ability.

i admit, i really like what ive heard so far, its kinda different and makes me want to hear more.

just outta curiousity......how highly or lowly regarded are they here ?

 

[UNDEROATH777]

What CD's of theirs did you listen too? I loved the first 3 Cds (as most do) But dont like ANYTHING after that. Idk, they just changed real fast and not in a good way either. But if you havent checked out their first 3, they are perhaps some of the most beautiful albums available.

 

[LuminousAether]

Here's my view on ToT:

Awesome first two albums.

Fairly good third album.

Ok fourth album.

Boring fifth album.

The bulk of their music is a style of metal called B&B metal (Beauty and the beast metal, a reference to the vocal styles). This style is made up of male grunted death vocals, female vocals, and a kind of gothy doomy death metal. Others in the style include Tristania, The Sins of thy Beloved, Trail of Tears, Odes of Ecstasy, Sirenia, etc.

 

[Brent]

The Velvet Darkness They Fear is a fucking great album. Only heard some of their new stuff but it really isn't that bad..that whole doom metal meets techno thing is weird but cool. It's got a good vibe.

 

[Psychonaut]

I'm pretty much on board with LuminousAether although I like the fifth more than the fourth. When they changed their style, I liked it as a guilty pleasure of bubble-gum pop/goth but it got boring in a hurry. I started listening to them when they put out Velvet Darkness They Fear and loved it. I think the style change was too much too fast and it shook a lot of fans loose. Now that Liv Kristine is no longer in the group, I think both Liv's solo (which is a bit boring) and Theatre will go a bit more downhill and not be as nice a break as Morten leaving Tristania (and forming Sirenia) but time will tell...