Aégis (album)

Aégis is the third studio album by Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and the last album of their musical period defined by gothic stylings and Early Modern English lyrics.

Aégis
Studio album by
Theatre of Tragedy
Released18 August 1998
RecordedWoodhouse Studio, Hagen, Germany
Genre
Length49:45 (Standard Edition)
54:10 (Limited Edition)
LanguageEarly Modern English, Latin
LabelMassacre
ProducerPeter "Pee Wee" Coleman
Theatre of Tragedy chronology
A Rose for the Dead
(1997)		 Aégis
(1998)		 Virago
(1999)
Singles from Aégis
  1. "Cassandra"
    Released: April 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos[2]
Sputnikmusic[3]

Music and lyrics

As with Theatre of Tragedy's previous albums, the lyrics are written in Early Modern English (except "Venus", in Latin) which sounds very different from modern English: Vaunt! - Devil tyne - Wadst thou wane fore'ermae? (from the song "Angélique"). The subject matter is drawn from a range of European folklore and history: Venus and Poppæa are from Roman sources; Aœde, Cassandra, Bacchante and Siren are drawn from Greek mythology; while Lorelei refers to a Nix from German stories, and Angélique is inspired by medieval poem Orlando Furioso.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Cassandra"6:47
2."Lorelei"5:36
3."Angélique"5:45
4."Aœde"6:10
5."Siren"7:27
6."Samantha" (Japanese Limited Edition Bonus Track)4:12
7."Venus"5:32
8."Poppæa"5:46
9."Bacchante"6:42
10."Virago" (Japanese Limited Edition Bonus Track)5:19
Total length:59:16

Personnel

Theatre of Tragedy

Singles

From this period there were 2 releases.

  • "Cassandra" was the only single taken from the album and was released in April 1998. It was released in shorter version called "Cheap Wine Edit" and backed with "Aœde (Edit)"

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak position
German Albums Chart[4] 40
gollark: There are ways to make things continue to work. I don't know if people will actually do them, but still.
gollark: I like having medicine and reliable food and water and computers and such.
gollark: It has some justification, but also why would you ever unleash this hell upon us.
gollark: My favourite aspect of floats (IEEE 754, but ~all float implementations are that) must be how NaN isn't equal to NaN.
gollark: I don't think they don't know how it works, they just think mathematicians should dislike it more than they seem to.

References
  1. Huey, Steve. "Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. Bromley, Adrian (1 October 1998). "Theatre of Tragedy - _Aegis_". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. g, manos (26 August 2014). "Review: CD Theatre Of Tragedy - Aegis Album". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. "Album - Theatre of Tragedy, Aégis". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 14 April 2014.


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