Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY have issued the following:

"Thursday, October 2nd, Theatre Of Tragedy celebrated the bands 15th birthday! It is 15 years since Hein, Raymond and Lorentz met each other in a smelly old basement to put together the band we know and love.

To mark this occasion keyboard player Lorentz Aspen has issued this statement:

"As the youngest member and spending half of my time on earth as a ToT member, the band and the music has been a great part in my life.

It has been a journey of tremendous emotions, both good and bad that I'd never be without. A great thank you to all of the people in the world that have made all of these things possible for us. I sincerely hope that we will be able to perform for you for years to come. Thank you."

We want to show our appreciation for our fans by offering a special version of the song 'Beauty In Deconstruction' (original version) that has the extra one minute that was cut out of the version from the EP Storm. You can download the track here.

Singer Nell has this to say about her time in Theatre Of Tragedy: "For about four years now I've been in this theatre. No doubt it's been good, and it's been... not always so good. Being forced to deal with 'other issues' instead of focusing on the music, has been kind of frustrating from time to time. I want to say thanks a lot to all of you that's been supportive to the band. Hope to see you all on tour soon! And remember this: Rock is not dead! :-) "

Drummer Hein Frode Hansen has this to say: "To imagine doing what I love the most in this world for so long is incredible! Theatre of Tragedy is in my blood. This will never change. We have been to hell and back and back again and so forth. Nothing can break the bond we have. A million thanks to all the fans out there that have made this possible!"

The band has just finished the preproduction of 12 songs for their upcoming album and are very exited about the material.

Theatre of Tragedy will try to keep you all informed about the progress right here on the website.

Champagne and Jack Daniels will flow tonight!

Here's to the Theatre..."