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Trondheim, Norway (1992 – 2005)

The 3rd and the Mortal is an band from Trondheim, Norway since 1992. The band started out as a band mixing distorted guitars and heavy drumming with clean guitars and female vocals from Kari Rueslåtten. The band has since then experimented with genres such as , , , and .

The 3rd and the Mortal were one of the forerunners of the atmospheric metal scene having been one of the first to have a leading female singer, they inspired bands such as The Gathering, Flowing Tears and Nightwish. Their first EP Sorrow was released in 1993 followed by the album Tears Laid in Earth in 1994. After Rueslåtten’s departure in 1995 the band had Ann-Mari Edvardsen join as vocalist. With her the band released full length albums Painting on Glass in 1996 and explored an even more experimental sound in 1997 with In This Room.

After an absence of 5 years and the departure of Edvardsen, the band returned in 2002 with Memoirs, an album with recordings made during previous years. A new female vocalist was found in Kirsti Huke, who is present on the majority of songs, with second vocalist Andreas Elvenes backing her up on a couple of tracks. Memoirs differs from previous albums by being more electronics based and trip-hop influenced. After Memoirs the band did a small tour in september and october 2002, playing eight shows in Germany and one in the Netherlands.
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  • Varkung

    All fans of great Norwegian rock and metal, please join http://www.lastfm.de/group/Norse+Rock+and+Metal+League :)

    22 days ago

  • crownanchor

    Cool feel....

    22 days ago

  • Iamjustapeasant

    gREAT

    26 days ago

  • Gothickque

    You can find here dark / gothic metal songs mostly. And maybe some other gloomy and atmospheric music genres... http://www.facebook.com/GothicMetalCommunion

    last month

  • I-Ellida-I

    That demo from 1993 can still be found on the internet actually, I downloaded it from somewhere a couple of years ago. It contains Death-Hymn, Grevinnens bønn and Ring of Fire. If anyone is interested, send me a PM and I'll upload it somewhere. Or, if you're on vk.com(this goes mostly for Russians), you can find it there in the audio search.

    last month

  • toreriku

    ...and FUNERAL's "tragedies"

    March 2012

  • toreriku

    fans of their earlier albums ("sorrow" through "painting on glass") might want to check out a few of their contemporaries that were also experimenting in a similar musical territory: FLEURETY's "min tid skal komme", IN THE WOODS...' "heart of the ages, VED BUENS ENDE's "written in waters", and to a lesser degree GODSEND's "in the electric mist" and PARADIGMA's first couple of releases.

    March 2012

  • toreriku

    "Hmm. Has anyone heard their demo? (1993)" i used to have the cassette. it had three songs on it, two of which ended up on the "sorrow" ep, and one on the first full-length. they didn't in any way sound radically different from the re-recorded versions, as far as i can remember.

    March 2012
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