Sombre Romantic

Sombre Romantic is the debut studio album from Australian gothic metal band Virgin Black. The album was originally released on 14 October 2000 in a very limited pressing within Australia only by Crestfallen Records. It was then re-released on 12 February 2001 on The End Records in the United States and in Europe by German label Massacre Records. A 2002 re-pressing of this album by The End also included the Trance EP as a bonus disk. In 2021, Virgin Black signed the first official worldwide streaming release of Sombre Romantic with the Australian distributor Dark Escapes Music.

Track listing

 * 1) "Opera de Romanci I. - Stare" - 3:57
 * 2) "Opera de Romanci II. - Embrace" - 3:52
 * 3) "Walk Without Limbs" - 4:26
 * 4) "Of Your Beauty" - 4:00
 * 5) "Drink the Midnight Hymn" - 5:14
 * 6) "Museum of Iscariot" - 7:41
 * 7) "Lamenting Kiss" - 5:25
 * 8) "Weep for Me" - 1:52
 * 9) "I Sleep with the Emperor" - 2:40
 * 10) "A Poet's Tears of Porcelain" - 5:20
 * 11) "Outro" - 0:11 *

* hidden track

Credits

 * Samantha Escarbe - lead guitar
 * Rowan London - lead vocals, keyboards, piano
 * Craig Edis - vocals, guitar
 * Dino Cielo - drums
 * Ian Miller - bass, vocals
 * Aaron Nicholls - bass
 * Chris Handley (guest) - cello