Velvet Darkness They Fear continued Theatre of Tragedy's particular brand of gothic metal, first heard in their first album, Theatre of Tragedy, defined by alternating and occasionally overlapping male death grunts and sung female vocals. This style, which was copied later by many metal bands, is generally known as 'Beauty and the Beast'.
Velvet Darkness They Fear also continued the use of Raymond Rohonyi's Early Modern English lyrics. "Der Tanz der Schatten", which is written in German, is the exception. The songs themselves rarely have a clear story, but death, undeath, demons and similar supernatural elements are all prominent. The lyrics to the songs are referred to within the sleeve notes as 'plays', 'poems' and one 'soliloquy', depending on the parts the singers play.
The fifth track, "And When He Falleth", includes a section of Jane Asher and Vincent Price's dialogue from the film The Masque of the Red Death.
The album sold over 125,000 copies.
The spoken dialogue in "And When He Falleth" is from the 1964 film The Masque of the Red Death, based on the same titled Edgar Allan Poe story. It combines excerpts from three different scenes. The voices are Vincent Price and Jane Asher's.
"A Rose for the Dead" is the bonus track on the Japanese edition.
"A Rose for the Dead" and "And When He Falleth (remix)" are bonus tracks for the Brazilian edition.
Recording information:
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Commusication Studios, Germany.
Strings recorded at MTS Albstadt.
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