History Music / TheatreOfTragedy

* 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'']].

* ContinuityNod: As their final studio album, the cover artwork of ''Forever Is The World'' features visual elements from all the previous albums: the [[TheTragicRose crossed roses]], one fresh and one withered, from the self-titled; velvet from ''Velvet Darkness They Fear''; fire from ''Aégis''; a gas mask from ''Musique''; nautilus shells from ''Assembly''; the stylised logo from ''Storm''.

--->''"There hath past away a glore fro the Earth;''
--->''A glore that in the hearts and minds of men,''
--->''Men dementéd - blindfoldéd by light,''
--->''Nourisheth as weed in their well-groom'd garths."''

* TitleTrack: ''Musique'', ''Storm'' and ''Forever Is The World'' all have one.

* {{Sampling}}: "And When He Falleth" has a lenghyt instrumental interlude featuring almost an entire dialogue from ''Film/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath''.

* SopranoAndGravel: Their first three albums popularised this technique; their later stuff keeps the style, but does it slightly differently (i.e. male vocals are mostly spoken or sung softly, except for a few growled lines on ''Forever Is the World'').

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* ContinuityNod: As their final release, the cover artwork of ''Forever Is The World'' features visual elements from all the previous albums: the [[TheTragicRose crossed roses]], one fresh and one withered, from the self-titled; velvet from ''Velvet Darkness They Fear''; fire from ''Aégis''; a gas mask from ''Musique''; nautilus shells from ''Assembly''; the stylised logo from ''Storm''.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Storm'' and ''Forever Is the World'' when compared to the much darker first three albums.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: After Liv Kristine's departure.

* VampiresAreSexGods: Again, on ''VelvetDarknessTheyFear''.

* Nell Sigland - Vocals

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their first two albums range from 4 to 9; ''Aégis'' veers between 4 and 6; the latter four albums are all around 6.

The band split on October 2nd, 2010, 17 years after forming.

* ''Musique'', 2000

* ''Storm'', 2006 (Nell Sigland's first album with the band)
* ''Forever is the World'', 2009

* EpicRocking: A fair amount of the songs from their first three albums. From ''Musique'' onwards the longer songs would reach a mere five minutes.
* GenreShift: From GothicMetal to IndustrialMetal.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Storm'' and ''Forever is the World'' when compared to the much darker first three albums.

* SopranoAndGravel: Their first three albums popularised this technique; their later stuff keeps the style, but does it slightly differently (eg. no growling).

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Final lineup:

Former members:

Studio albums:

Tropes that apply to Theatre of Tragedy:

* TheBandMinusTheFace - After Liv Kristine's departure.
* DoomMetal / DeathMetal - Their first two albums, at least, are part of the "death/doom" genre (death metal + doom metal). In fact, when Theatre of Tragedy first started (before Liv Kristine was a permanent member), they almost exclusively used death growls.
* EpicRocking - A fair amount of the songs from their first three albums. From ''Musique'' onwards the longer songs would reach a mere five minutes.
* GenreShift - From GothicMetal to IndustrialMetal.
* GothicMetal - One of the most influential bands of the genre, though they moved away from it on ''Musique'' and ''Assembly''.
* LighterAndSofter - ''Storm'' and ''Forever is the World'' when compared to the much darker first three albums.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Their first two albums range from 4 to 9; ''Aégis'' veers between 4 and 6; the latter four albums are all around 6.
* SelfTitledAlbum - Their debut, as seen above.
* SopranoAndGravel - Their first three albums popularised this technique; their later stuff keeps the style, but does it slightly differently (eg. no growling).

Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian metal band originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which are among the most important albums of the GothicMetal genre. They also helped pioneer the technique of SopranoAndGravel; they were not the first to use it (Music/CelticFrost, Music/ParadiseLost and The Gathering did it before them), but they were the ones to [[TropeCodifier popularise it]], resulting in the technique being a staple of the genre, possibly to the point of overuse.

Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian metal band originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which are among the most important albums of the GothicMetal genre. They also helped pioneer the technique of SopranoAndGravel; they were not the first to use it (CelticFrost, Music/ParadiseLost and The Gathering did it before them), but they were the ones to [[TropeCodifier popularise it]], resulting in the technique being a staple of the genre, possibly to the point of overuse.

Theatre of Tragedy is a Norwegian metal band originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which are among the most important albums of the GothicMetal genre. They also helped pioneer the technique of SopranoAndGravel; they were not the first to use it (CelticFrost, Music/ParadiseLost and The Gathering did it before them), but they were the ones to [[TropeCodifier popularise it]], resulting in the technique being a staple of the genre, possibly to the point of overuse.

* BrokenBase: Was the GenreShift acceptable? Was Nell Sigland good or a ReplacementScrappy?

* FaceOfTheBand - Liv Kristine.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Few fans of the band will disagree that the first three albums are masterpieces.

* {{Narm}} - Some consider the Early Modern English lyrics of the first three albums to be this.
* ReplacementScrappy - To some, Nell Sigland.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Some people's reactions to ''Musique'', ''Assembly'' and ''Storm''.

* TheBandMinusTheFace - [[YourMileageMayVary Arguably]], after Liv Kristine's departure.

* {{Narm}} - Some consider the Early Modern English lyrics of the first three albums to be this. Of course, [[YourMileageMayVary some]] [[NarmCharm disagree]].