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 Theatres des Vampires
Released	10 November 2005 18 November 2005 28 November 2005 6 December 2005
Genre	Gothic metal
Length	44:44
Label	Dreamcell11/Aural Music
Theatres des Vampires chronology
Nightbreed of Macabria (2004) Pleasure and Pain (2005) The Addiction Tour 2006 (2006)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Pleasure and Pain"	Sonya Scarlet	Fabian Varesi	4:04
2.	"Never Again"	Sonya Scarlet	Robert Cufaro	3:26
3.	"Rosa Mistero"	Sonya Scarlet	Fabian Varesi	4:04
4.	"Solitude"	Sonya Scarlet	Robert Cufaro	3:37
5.	"My Lullaby"	Sonya Scarlet with quotes from Novalis	Robert Cufaro	4:02
6.	"Forever in Death"	Sonya Scarlet	Robert Cufaro	3:49
7.	"Let Me Die"	Sonya Scarlet	Fabian Varesi	4:44
8.	"Black Mirror"	Sonya Scarlet	Fabian Varesi	3:32
9.	"Reason and Sense"	Sonya Scarlet with quotes from Giosuè Carducci	Fabian Varesi	5:32
Total length:				44:44

Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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 Emerson	3:54
11.	"Pleasure and Pain" (Remixed by B. Kramm of Das Ich)	Sonya Scarlet	Fabian Varesi, B. Kramm	3:59
Total length:				44:44

Line-Up

• Sonya Scarlet − vocals
• Fabian Varesi − keyboards, backing vocal
• Gabriel Valerio − drums
• Zimon Lijoi − bass, backing vocal
• Robert Cufaro − guitars

Guest Members

• 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.