Theatre Of Tragedy - Storm

Theatre of Tragedy sounds nothing like they used to on Aegis. I haven't followed this band too closely, but somewhere along the line they started incorporated a lot of synthesizers into their sound and moved towards being more industrial than metal. Liv Kristine, who went on to form Leave's Eyes, provided the angelic voices in this band until being replaced by Nell Sigland, another woman with a similar voice. You can visit their corny named website Pages of Tragedy here. I like a few tracks from the 2001 album Musique, though I completely passed on the last album, Assembly.

The biggest problem with their current sound is the male vocals. He stopped doing death vocals and just does a clean voice now, which is dreadful sounding. The best songs in their current form are ones where he has a minimal, or non-existant, presence. The band needs to eject him, or just stop him from singing and let him write, as it looks like he does the programming for the band. None of his vocal lines contribute positively to the songs. They could either be eliminated from the song or sung by Nell.

With that being said about the male vocals, its still not a bad album, certainly better than Assembly. Its soft industrial rock with female vocals, but many songs are catchy with memorable choruses.