Musical-Character Relationships In Tanz der Vampire - Part 4

(Remember to check Part 1 if you aren't sure what these essays are about.)

Now, it’s time to come to that “group” I mentioned a long time back – the one that is similar to Alfred? It may seem odd, but they actually are: The graveyard vampires.

Obviously, Alfred and the non-von Krolock vampires are very different. However, they all do one thing: Not masking themselves. Alfred is very open about what he wants, and so are the vampires. The difference is what those wants actually are: The vampires want to make humans suffer to get revenge for their own miserable existence.

Someone could argue that they’re putting up a front in “Carpe Noctem”, in which they tell Alfred that being a vampire will free him and is wonderful. Originally, I thought this too. However, after taking a closer look at the translation (thank Gods for translations) I realized that, once again, I was wrong. The vampires aren’t telling him that their lives are fun – they’re telling him that the power they have to do wrong and torment people is fun. (Once again, everything comes back to power.) To quote from the fan translation: “Out of graves and ruins, the dead will rise again. And all fears will come true, and all hope must die. Our order is chaos…We want to live for our greed, and belong to the predators.”

            So, they’re actually pretty darn honest with him: Eternity sucks, big time, but it’s fun when you can make humans suffer! 
            To me, one of the best examples of character being shown through music is that big "Eternity sucks" number, "Ewigkeit". In the song, they sing about how things will never change for them, they're doomed to repeat a dull existence forever. And the music those lyrics are sung to? An unchanging, repetitive rhythm, repeated identically throughout the entire song. (I believe it's a Bolero rhythm, but I'm not 100% sure.) Not a very subtle connection, perhaps, but still effective.