| Vampire Themes | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 72:56 |
| Label | Cleopatra |
Vampire Themes is a various artists compilation album released in 1997 by Cleopatra Records. [1] The album comprises songs from several industrial and gothic rock bands. [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
AllMusic gave Vampire Themes a rating of two and a half out of five possible stars. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | Christopher Lee | Christopher Lee | 2:05 |
| 2. | "Bela Lugosi's Dead" | Bauhaus | 9:34 | |
| 3. | "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Jagger/Richards | The Electric Hellfire Club | 4:58 |
| 4. | "Graveyard Shift" |
| Nosferatu | 6:18 |
| 5. | "Vampire Hunter" | Wojciech Kilar | Leæther Strip | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Beach House" |
| Fahrenheit 451 | 4:35 |
| 7. | "The Damned Testify" (Brimstone Mix) |
| The Damned | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Salem's Demise" | Romell Regulacion | Razed in Black | 4:14 |
| 9. | "Transylvania Twist" | Chuck Cirino | Ex-Vote | 4:46 |
| 10. | "Forever Knight" | Fred Mollin | Bell Book & Candle | 4:58 |
| 11. | "Dracula Rising" | Ed Tomney | Two Witches | 4:18 |
| 12. | "Schubert Trio in E-flat" (Franz Schubert cover) | Franz Schubert | Vampire Rodents | 2:25 |
| 13. | "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (David Bowie cover) | Big Electric Cat | 4:56 | |
| 14. | "Daughters of Darkness" | Erik Christides | Bloodflag | 4:30 |
Adapted from the Vampire Themes liner notes. [4]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1997 | Cleopatra | CD | CLP0003 |
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