Pleasure and Pain (Theatres des Vampires album)

Pleasure and Pain is the seventh studio album by the Italian gothic metal band Theatres des Vampires. It is the first album after Lord Vampyr's departure, and the first to feature Sonya Scarlet as the main vocalist of the band as well as being the last to feature Robert Cufaro on guitar.

Pleasure and Pain
Studio album by
ReleasedUnited Kingdom 10 November 2005
Germany 18 November 2005
European Union 28 November 2005
Russia 6 December 2005
GenreGothic metal
Length44:44
LabelDreamcell11/Aural Music
Theatres des Vampires chronology
Nightbreed of Macabria
(2004)
Pleasure and Pain
(2005)
The Addiction Tour 2006
(2006)

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Pleasure and Pain"Sonya ScarletFabian Varesi4:04
2."Never Again"Sonya ScarletRobert Cufaro3:26
3."Rosa Mistero"Sonya ScarletFabian Varesi4:04
4."Solitude"Sonya ScarletRobert Cufaro3:37
5."My Lullaby"Sonya Scarlet
with quotes from Novalis
Robert Cufaro4:02
6."Forever in Death"Sonya ScarletRobert Cufaro3:49
7."Let Me Die"Sonya ScarletFabian Varesi4:44
8."Black Mirror"Sonya ScarletFabian Varesi3:32
9."Reason and Sense"Sonya Scarlet
with quotes from Giosuè Carducci
Fabian Varesi5:32
Total length:44:44

Bonus Tracks

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
10."Mater Tenebrarum" (Keith Emerson cover, from the soundtrack of the film Inferno by Dario Argento)Keith Emerson, Salmon
with quotes from Thomas de Quincey
Keith Emerson3:54
11."Pleasure and Pain" (Remixed by B. Kramm of Das Ich)Sonya ScarletFabian Varesi, B. Kramm3:59
Total length:44:44

Line-Up

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Guest Members

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  • Flegias (Necrodeath) − male scream on "Forever in Death"
  • Dhilorz (Ancient) − male scream on "Black Mirror"
  • Nicholas (Ensoph) − male clean voice on "Pleasure and Pain"
  • Giampaolo Caprino (Stormlord) − male clean voice on all tracks.