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| Velvet Darkness They Fear | ||||
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| Released | 18 August 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Commusication Studio, Beindersheim, Germany, July 1996 | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal, death-doom, symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 52:00 | |||
| Language | English, Early Modern English, German | |||
| Label | Massacre | |||
| Producer | Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos |   [2] |
Velvet Darkness They Fear is the second studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy. It was released in 1996 by Massacre Records. The album was issued in the US by Century Media Records in 1997.
In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 14th best symphonic metal album of all time.[3]
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Azevedo, Pedro (4 February 1997). "Theatre of Tragedy - _Velvet Darkness They Fear_". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Davies, Hywel; Dome, Malcolm; Goodman, Eleanor; Chantler, Chris; Gordon, Connie; Grady, Spencer; Rees, Adam; Selzer, Jonathan (17 November 2021). "The 25 best symphonic metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2022.