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In 2000, Darling Violetta released The Kill You EP, and in 2003, the album Parlour.

In 2005, the band composed an extended version of the Angel theme called "The Sanctuary Extended Remix", featured on the soundtrack of the series Live Fast - Die Never.

The style of the band is recognizable for the voice of singer Cami Elen (compared by some critics to that of PJ Harvey), the use of cello and violin, particularly in their early compositions, and lyrics charged with sexual innuendos, dark metaphors and goth references. PJ Harvey in concert. ... A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Innuendo can refer to: For Innuendo as a figure of speech please see Double entendre. ...

Darling Violetta also wrote and produced a song for Activision for their game, "Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption", titled "I Want to Kill You". The meaning of the song has been debated since its release, but most people tend to agree the song is about a ghoul missing her vampiric master. They also wrote another song for the Masquerade Universe which was in "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines" entitled "Smaller God". Activision, Inc. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games and books set in the World of Darkness, a ghoul is a living being (human or animal) that has become a slave to a vampire and addicted to vampiric blood (vitae). ... Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is a role-playing computer game played from the first-person shooter perspective and is developed by Troika Games using Valve Softwares Source engine. ...

Band members

• Cami Elen - Vocals
• Jymm Thomas - Guitar

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• Atto Attie - bass
• Steve McManus - Drums

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• Gerri Suytak - Cello

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Discography

• Parlour (2003)
• The Kill You EP (2000)
• Bath-Water-Flowers (1997)

External links

• The official Darling Violetta Homepage
• MySpace profile