Track Listing

1. Cassandra
2. Lorelei
3. Ang�lique
4. Aoede
5. Siren
6. Venus
7. Poppaea
8. Bacchante

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52137 in Music
• Released on: 1998-08-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

melodic goth-metal?!
Yes, curious reader, this IS melodic goth-metal!
Aside from some harsh guitar riffs and some rough, sinister growling, the beautiful siren of Liv Kristi croons to the beast with some neo-classical as the soft voice of Raymond I. Rohonyi (who also happens to provide us with the rumbling snarls) sings in the not-too-far distance as he darkens her natural, free-flowing grace... Of course there's also some melodic, almost trance-like beats (thanks, no doubt, to the synthesizer) which swirls around some infectious guitar, bass, and drum playing by the other band members, whom seem to battle with their need of the hypnotic and the abrasive... It might seem absurd to some who may be reading this - wondering how it's possible to converse goth and metal into something that's angelic and pure, but this fusion really does work well together...

If only radio would get rid of that god-awful nu-metal junk (not to mention candy pop) and extend groups like Theatre Of Tragedy to a wider audience would albums such as this have the chance to open the door to infinite possibilies for it's very likely to appeal to a broad reach of people with varied musical tastes...

This is my introduction to the genre but, from the other reviews I've read, 'Aegis' by TOT ranks way up there with some other great artists of an equal caliber and is already considered a classic in my list of favorites!

I am now looking forward to buying 'Velvet Darkness They Fear', as well as their other albums in the coming future...

Modern classic.
ToT's third full-album release is definitely their most outstanding. While the first two albums were good in their own right, with harsh male grunting contrasted with sweet female chanting, "Aegis" follows the same general concept without the harsh male vocal, instead, opting to substitute an ear-pleasing baritone. Although there are only eight songs, the entire CD runs only one second under fifty minutes and is a delightful journey. The production is tighter than the first two releases and the emphasis is now placed even more heavily (it was possible?) on the melody and its effect on the overall appearance of the music. Very touching, extremely beautiful, definitely five stars.

beauty and beast,angel and devil,i was shocked heavily.
before i got this album, i was staying in heavy metal.dot laugh at me, my nationality is china.you know in china is very difficult to get a foreign album, as there are no sales of foreign rock'n'roll records.i was lucky to get one and i was shocked very very heavily when i heard the beautiful liv voice along with the death metal male voice.a new music style for me.i have necer heard any bands can display the beautest sides of gothic metal so perfect.'venus',every time when i heard this song, my heart begin to beat fast.it was too eautiful to discribe in words....