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Their first three albums featured [[GutturalGrowler growled vocals]] and lyrics written predominantly in Early Modern English. From ''Musique'' onwards, the band abandoned Early Modern English lyrics and death grunts, also switching to industrial rock for two albums. They returned to GothicMetal on ''Storm'', though it was more modern-sounding than their first three albums and still had modern English lyrics. Their final album, ''Forever Is the World'' pays tribute to all the styles they had played, while still giving them a more contemporary Gothic Metal sound.

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Their first three albums featured [[GutturalGrowler growled vocals]] vocals and lyrics written predominantly in Early Modern English. From ''Musique'' onwards, the band abandoned Early Modern English lyrics and death grunts, also switching to industrial rock for two albums. They returned to GothicMetal on ''Storm'', though it was more modern-sounding than their first three albums and still had modern English lyrics. Their final album, ''Forever Is the World'' pays tribute to all the styles they had played, while still giving them a more contemporary Gothic Metal sound.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Given the use of FloweryElizabethanEnglish, several titles include accents or other special characters and are thus rarely spelled correctly online, epecially in the Anglosphere. These include: "Hollow-Heartéd, Heart-Departéd", "Mïre", "Monotonë", " The Masquerader And Phœnix", "Angélique", "Aœde", "Poppæa", and ''Aégis'' itself. There are some inconsistencies even on the band's official website!
** Other frequent victims are songs with punctuation in the titles, such as "Dying - I Only Feel Apathy", "...A Distance There Is...", "Fair And 'Guiling Copesmate Death" (see the apostrophe?), and "Crash/Concrete".
** Is it ''Musique'', with the song "Space Age"? Or ''['mju:zik]'' with "Космическая Эра"?
** Raymond ''István'' Rohonyi and Liv Kristine ''Espenæs'' get that a lot, too.
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* UncommonTime: "Senseless" is written in septuple metre. To complete the RuleOfSeven, it's the seventh track on ''Storm'' (on the regular edition, at least) and was originally titled "Seven" while in demo phase.

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!!Tropes about the band:

* TheBandMinusTheFace: According to Liv Kristine's fans after her firing; Nell's fans [[BrokenBase beg to differ]].
* BarbarianLonghair: As befitting a Norwegian metal band, especially in the early days. ''All'' the boys have had hair past their shoulders at some point, with Raymond and Hein sporting it for the longest time.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A variation between the frontwomen. Liv is platinum blonde, Nell has been both a brunette (during the ''Storm'' era) and a redhead (during the ''Forever Is The World'' one).
* HairstyleInertia: Raymond's got a nearly perfect score, being the only male member that kept his hair long and dark, metalhead style, for almost his entire tenue in the band, only [[ImportantHaircut cutting it short]] after shooting the ''Forever Is The World'' promo photos, by which point he couldn't wait for the tour (and the band) to be over. He even kept it long during the ''Musique'' and ''Assembly'' eras, when even Hein first bleached his own platinum and then cut it to a [[NinetiesHair Nineties curtain style]]).
** Downplayed with both Liv and Nell. The former changed many styles and lengths, but always kept her trademark platinum blonde colour. The latter has changed colours and worn it down in a few photos, but has most often sported her trademark half updo with a side part and a loose, teased out bun atop her head (the ''Last Curtain Call'' DVD being a notable exception).
* HellBentForLeather: Many looks of Liv Kristine. Her [[LadyInRed red leather ensemble]] from the "Machine" videoclip and ''Musique'' promo pics is particularly iconic.
* LadyInRed: Liv had her iconic [[HellBentForLeather red leather jacket and trousers]] during the ''Musique'' era, Nell her trademark [[OfCorsetsSexy red corset]] during the Forever Is The [=WorldTour=].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Vegard when he wore his hair long.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Both Liv and Nell, as befitting the frontwomen of one of the pioneering bands of GothicMetal. Nell wears [[LadyInRed a red one]] on ''[[GrandFinale Last Curtain Call]]''.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Sorry, Liv.



* TheBandMinusTheFace: According to Liv Kristine's fans after her firing; Nell's fans [[BrokenBase beg to differ]].
* BarbarianLonghair: As befitting a Norwegian metal band, especially in the early days. ''All'' the boys have had hair past their shoulders at some point, with Raymond and Hein sporting it for the longest time.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A variation between the frontwomen. Liv is platinum blonde, Nell has been both a brunette (during the ''Storm'' era) and a redhead (during the ''Forever Is The World'' one).



* HairstyleInertia: Raymond's got a nearly perfect score, being the only male member that kept his hair long and dark, metalhead style, for almost his entire tenue in the band, only [[ImportantHaircut cutting it short]] after shooting the ''Forever Is The World'' promo photos, by which point he couldn't wait for the tour (and the band) to be over. He even kept it long during the ''Musique'' and ''Assembly'' eras, when even Hein first bleached his own platinum and then cut it to a [[NinetiesHair Nineties curtain style]]).
** Downplayed with both Liv and Nell. The former changed many styles and lengths, but always kept her trademark platinum blonde colour. The latter has changed colours and worn it down in a few photos, but has most often sported her trademark half updo with a side part and a loose, teased out bun atop her head (the ''Last Curtain Call'' DVD being a notable exception).
* HellBentForLeather: Many looks of Liv Kristine. Her [[LadyInRed red leather ensemble]] from the "Machine" videoclip and ''Musique'' promo pics is particularly iconic.



* LadyInRed: Liv had her iconic [[HellBentForLeather red leather jacket and trousers]] during the ''Musique'' era, Nell her trademark [[OfCorsetsSexy red corset]] during the Forever Is The [=WorldTour=].



* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Vegard when he wore his hair long.



* NeonCity: "City Of Lights" has all the hallmarks, from the shiny exterior to the less savoury interior.



* OfCorsetsSexy: Both Liv and Nell, as befitting the frontwomen of one of the pioneering bands of GothicMetal. Nell wears [[LadyInRed a red one]] on ''[[GrandFinale Last Curtain Call]]''.



* YoungerThanTheyLook: Sorry, Liv.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Sorry, Liv.
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* CurbstompBattle: "Crash/Concrete" details one from the receiving end.
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* ''Aégis'', 1998

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* ''Aégis'', ''[[NewSoundAlbum Aégis]]'', 1998



** ''Aégis'' compared to the first two albums.
** ''Storm'' and ''Forever Is the World'' too, when the band [[RevisitingTheRoots Revisited The Roots]].

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** ''Aégis'' compared to the first two albums.
albums: it was the first to do away with growls in favour of soft-spoken male vocals.
** ''Storm'' and ''Forever Is the World'' too, when the band [[RevisitingTheRoots Revisited The Roots]].
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* ReligionRantSong: "And When He Falleth".
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: After the firing of Liv Kristine.

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* TheBandMinusTheFace: After the firing of According to Liv Kristine.Kristine's fans after her firing; Nell's fans [[BrokenBase beg to differ]].
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Liv had her moments, Nell ''[[UpToEleven loved]]'' having fun with that when writing her own vocal lines.

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* SelfBackingVocalist: Liv had her moments, Nell ''[[UpToEleven loved]]'' ''loved'' having fun with that when writing her own vocal lines.



* UnusualEuphemism: "Sweet Art Thou" [[UpToEleven is made of this trope]]:

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* UnusualEuphemism: "Sweet Art Thou" [[UpToEleven is made of this trope]]:trope:

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