Sombre Romantic
2000 studio album by Virgin Black
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Sombre Romantic is the debut studio album from Australian gothic metal band Virgin Black.[2] The album was originally released on 14 October 2000 in a very limited pressing within Australia only by Crestfallen Records. It was then re-released on 12 February 2001 on The End Records in the United States and in Europe by German label Massacre Records. A 2002 re-pressing of this album by The End also included the Trance EP as a bonus disk. In 2021, Virgin Black signed the first official worldwide streaming release of Sombre Romantic with the Australian distributor Dark Escapes Music.[1]
Released14 October 2000
Recorded2000
Length44:38
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| Released | 14 October 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Doom metal, classical music, opera, gothic metal, industrial metal[1] | |||
| Length | 44:38 | |||
| Label | Crestfallen Records | |||
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Track listing
- "Opera de Romanci I. - Stare" - 3:57
- "Opera de Romanci II. - Embrace" - 3:52
- "Walk Without Limbs" - 4:26
- "Of Your Beauty" - 4:00
- "Drink the Midnight Hymn" - 5:14
- "Museum of Iscariot" - 7:41
- "Lamenting Kiss" - 5:25
- "Weep for Me" - 1:52
- "I Sleep with the Emperor" - 2:40
- "A Poet's Tears of Porcelain" - 5:20
- "Outro" - 0:11 *
* hidden track
Credits
- Samantha Escarbe - lead guitar
- Rowan London - lead vocals, keyboards, piano
- Craig Edis - vocals, guitar
- Dino Cielo - drums
- Ian Miller - bass, vocals
- Aaron Nicholls - bass
- Chris Handley (guest) - cello