Can you see the storm getting closer now?" It is with words like these Nell will capture you with her beautiful, outstanding and powerful voice. "STORM" is Theatre of Tragedy"s latest offering, the sixth album from Norway"s biggest and most influencing Gothic Rock-act. Even though Nell has been with the band for over two years now, this is the first album with her as the front-lady, together with Raymond and the rest of the band. And somehow the whole album is kind of a comeback, although Theatre of Tragedy has never really been away. Theatre of Tragedy made music history in the mid nineties with albums like "Velvet darkness they fear" and "Aegis". Never before had a band combined a dark male voice with enchanting and bright female vocals to this extent. And no-one could have guessed that this mixture would cause such a bright variety of dark and atmospheric shades that has made Gothic Rock/Metal so popular. Theatre of Tragedy will be, and has always been, unique. But a band creating something so ground-breaking can never be a band that does not dare anything. So the Norwegians have always developed and experimented with their talents, being creative and exploring new ways to express themselves. Industrial electronic influences were to follow with their album Musique, there were changes in the line-up, and even shades of pop-music on their following album Assembly. Even though they"ve experimented with different musical styles, you could always find the "Theatre of Tragedy touch" in their music. Theatre of Tragedy parted ways with female singer Liv Kristine in August 2003 and thereby marked an end of their first decade as a band that has dared, gained and achieved more than most of the others. A decade of great creativity and a permanent artistic development draws to a close. And what has been more than clear all the time, is that this was not an conclusive end, but a new beginning. With Nell, their new age has begun. The age of the "Storm", one might say. This is the beginning of which is marked by an album that unites all that the band has ever been loved and adored for: strong, dark melodies, powerful arrangements, haunting lyrics, the charming play between the deep mystical male voice and the pure beauty of female vocals. The unique atmosphere of Theatre of Tragedy is once again alive and breathing, in a new incarnation that will totally blow you away. "Storm" has been produced and recorded by Rico Darum (e.g. Zeromancer, Gothminister, Apoptygma Berzerk) in the famous Toproom Studio in Norway (e.g. Mayhem, Tristania, Extol), and has been mixed and mastered in Canada"s The Green Jacket Studio by no other than Greg Reely (e.g. Paradise Lost, Fear Factory, Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy). "Storm" will be the strong comeback of a band that has never been away. It will be another proof that Theatre of Tragedy has not only influenced the music scene, but that they are still able to do so. And it will be the clear statement that none other than Theatre of Tragedy themselves are better with the style they have established more than ten years ago. So beware the storm - it"s getting closer now!. Phduk.2006