Sombre Romantic is the first album from Australia

Australia

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n gothic metal

Gothic metal

Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...

 band Virgin Black

Virgin Black

Virgin Black is an Australian band that combines gothic-doom and symphonic metal influences. Signed to The End Records and Germany's Massacre Records , the band has released 4 albums and 1 EP...

. The album was originally released in a very limited pressing within Australia only by Crestfallen Records. It was then released on 12 February 2001 on The End Records

The End Records

The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...

 in the US and in Europe

Europe

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 by German

Germany

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 label Massacre Records

Massacre Records

Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal...

. A 2002 re-pressing of this album by The End also included the "Trance

Trance (EP)

Trance is the first official release from Australian gothic metal band Virgin Black. It was an independently funded and released three track EP...

" EP as a bonus disk.

Track listing

1. "Opera de Romanci I. - Stare" - 3:57
2. "Opera de Romanci II. - Embrace" - 3:52
3. "Walk Without Limbs" - 4:26
4. "Of Your Beauty" - 4:00
5. "Drink the Midnight Hymn" - 5:14
6. "Museum of Iscariot" - 7:41
7. "Lamenting Kiss" - 5:25
8. "Weep for Me" - 1:52
9. "I Sleep With the Emperor" - 2:40
10. "A Poet's Tears of Porcelain" - 5:20
11. "Outro" - 0:11

Credits

• Samantha Escarbe - guitar
  Guitar
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• Rowan London - lead vocals, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , piano
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  , violin
  Violin
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• Craig Edis - vocals, guitar
• Dino Cielo - drums
  Drum kit
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• Ian Miller - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Aaron Nicholls - bass
• Chris Handley (guest) - cello
  Cello
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External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum - Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic retrieved 10-1-07