Velvet Darkness They Fear is the second studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy.

[3] Velvet Darkness They Fear continued Theatre of Tragedy's particular brand of gothic metal, first heard in their first album, Theatre of Tragedy, defined by alternating and occasionally overlapping male death growls and sung female vocals.

[4][5] Velvet Darkness They Fear also continued the use of Raymond Rohonyi's Early Modern English lyrics.

The songs themselves rarely have a clear story, but death, undeath, demons and similar supernatural elements are all prominent.

The fifth track, "And When He Falleth", includes a section of Jane Asher and Vincent Price's dialogue from the film The Masque of the Red Death.