THEATRES DES VAMPIRES — Moonlight Waltz (review)

THEATRES DES VAMPIRES — Moonlight Waltz album cover Album · 2011 · Gothic Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Moonlight Waltz is the ninth studio release from Italian Gothic Metal act Theatres des Vampires, released in 2011. The music I’m hearing here could also be described as Symphonic Metal due to the heavy use of keyboards. This is atmospheric and often haunting music and unlike some groups that play this sort of music this album doesn’t come across as overly commercial in its writing or delivery. The vocals of frontlady Sonya Scarlet are atypical from my experience of Gothic Metal, coming across as quite raspy as times, which adds to the dark vampiric atmosphere that the band creates. Her vocals are very clear at other times, which despite the previous statement does not take away from the record’s atmosphere. Anyone who likes some non-commercial Gothic Metal should lap this band up.

Personally since this is the first and only album by the group I have heard I have nothing to compare Moonlight Waltz to in order to say where it may sit against the group’s previous offerings, but what I’m hearing is pretty strong Gothic Metal with an extreme edge to it that I reckon will please fans of the band and of the genre itself. I especially like the opening track Keeper of Secrets which features some guest vocals from Snowy Shaw and the title track.

Overall this album doesn’t really sound like something that I personally would listen to, but I’m going to rate it based on how I perceive fans of the band and genre will receive it and based on that I find Moonlight Waltz to be a solid release worthy of a respectable 7/10 score. It is both atmospheric and dark, varied vocals from Sonya and the group’s many backing vocalists and guests. There’s enough fresh ideas keep cropping up throughout its fifty-seven minute length that it doesn’t get at all stale.
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