Only Theatre of Pain

by Christian Death

Only Theatre of Pain cover art

Essentially creating the blueprint for American deathrock, Christian Death's debut album is a bleak, profoundly unsettling marriage of hardcore punk speed and gothic despair. Rozz Williams’ anguished, anti-religious vocals dominate over Rikk Agnew’s gloomy, chorus-laden guitar work, making 'Only Theatre of Pain' an incredibly raw, highly influential, and intensely dark underground classic.

Genres

  • Deathrock

Tracklist

  1. Cavity - First Communion
  2. Figurative Theater
  3. Burnt Offerings
  4. Mysterium Inquitatis
  5. Dream for Mother
  6. Stairs - Uncertain Journey
  7. Spiritual Cramp - 1
  8. Romeo's Distress - 1
  9. Resurrection - Sixth Communion
  10. Prayer
  11. Deathwish
  12. Romeo's Distress - Romeo's Distress 2
  13. Dogs
  14. Desperate Hell
  15. Spiritual Cramp - 2
  16. Cavity