Carmilla | ms

A bizarre union between music and theatre, the band took its moniker from the famous Le Fanu’s short story that tells about the deeds of a young, ambiguous and sensual female vampire. Grotesque, post-modern, fairy-like atmospheres, from the 80’s to a remote future, passing through London clubs. The project was born in the year 2000 from the minds of Diego and Elena, respectively musician and singer, then broadening in something more ambitious. The intention was to create a show where all arts will be involved. At least five stage members (mostly women) worked as visual support to electro, techno and...
The band formed in 2005 when a couple of young music students decided to form a project, focused in the Gothic Progressive Metal, which bases in the virtuosity of its members and focusing in a different musical gender. The band goes through the progressive style with songs that have a general structure which cover a melodic part where the voice has so much strength and an instrumental part based on standout virtuosity. The gothic ideology bases on the “vampirism” and precisely in the Italian tale by Sheridan Le Fanu: ''Carmilla'', from where the name is taken: “Carmilla Morte”. That is...