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Kristiansand, Norway (1994 – present)

Trail of Tears is a / band (with and influences) from Kristiansand, Norway. The band was formed in 1994 under the name of Natt (Norwegian for “Night”), but later changed its name to Trail of Tears in 1997, to reflect changes in sound and line-up.

Through most of their career the band emphasized the use of contrasting soprano vocals and death grunt vocals, but with the release of “Free Fall Into Fear” — in 2005 — the band switched this contrast mostly to tenor vocals and death growls, with rare soprano passages. As of 2009 they have released a total of six albums, the most recent being Bloodstained Endurance released May 27, 2009.

Kjetil Nordhus, Runar Hansen, Kjell Rune Hagen, and Jonathan Perez walked out in November 2006 due to bad organisation leading to monetary loss for all the members of the band and posted a statement on the Trail of Tears’ website saying the band had split up. Ronny Thorsen soon issued a statement saying they would in fact be carrying on without them and that they couldn’t have chosen a worse time to leave the band due to the upcoming tour for the album Existentia. All tour dates had to be canceled.

On February 1, 2007 it was stated that former Trail of Tears vocalist Cathrine Paulsen re-joined the band. The band was also confirmed for 2007’s Sweden Rock Festival, which was then followed with an extensive North American headlining tour alongside Echoes of Eternity and Unexpect.
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  • Inamanica

    I prefer Cathrine's earlier vocal style (i.e. A New Dimension of Might) [2]

    5 Jun 3:51pm Reply

  • EsTeBaNBlood

    agree with you @laleelee

    15 May 12:06am Reply

  • laleelee

    I prefer Cathrine's earlier vocal style (i.e. A New Dimension of Might) to her sound on the new album. The production doesn't help matters either, but I feel like she sounds 'shouty' most of the time. While I know she's a talented lady, these songs don't exactly showcase that.

    13 May 7:50am Reply

  • Inamanica

    Oscillation is amazing! 8.5/10

    29 Apr 5:38pm Reply

  • PhAntOmEttA

    http://www.last.fm/music/Trail+of+Tears/+images/88994093 new and very beautiful promo pic - vote plz

    28 Apr 6:11pm Reply

  • breadysoul

    The new album is kinda eh... Middle-of-pack within their discography.

    28 Apr 3:02am Reply

  • michael_yatesy

    love Oscillation (the song). Catherine sounds fantastic and her her chorus soars

    27 Apr 1:08pm Reply

  • Sigoth

    who of you guys can uploud the bonustracks? I only bought the normally cd.

    27 Apr 10:55am Reply

  • vidarth

    The new album is kinda weak, definately not going to listen to it often. Not a single memorable moment. But thats just my opinion. The last one, even though with the same new line-up, was better for sure. Nevertheless I feel sorry that the've disbanded.

    26 Apr 6:29pm Reply

  • Clandestine-Ene

    Yeah surprisingly Catherine sounds a little out of tune here and there. Her delivery in general isn't very pleasant here, which is pretty disappointing after her awsum performance on Bloodstained Endurance. I do like the album though :D Eradicate (Y)

    26 Apr 11:38am Reply

  • Meat_Wolf

    Oscillation is not bad, some nice melodies in there, some songs are pretty messy though. Loved the increased symphonic touch. Vocals have a rawer production this time and it went bad for Cathrine, Ronnie is doing nice. Overall a good final album, a continuation of Bloodstained Endurance ideas. 7/10

    25 Apr 5:08pm Reply

  • flori_hedig

    German review of the new album by metal4.de. "Oscillation" gets solid 7,5 out of 10 ! http://www.metal4.de/review/trail-of-tears-oscillation

    19 Apr 11:12am Reply

  • ikd-sj

    "BLOODSTAINED ENDURANCE" AWESOME ༼•̃͡ ɷ•̃͡༽

    11 Apr 8:26am Reply

  • Lost_Souls_UK

    'Driven Through The Ruins' still packs a punch after all these years.

    15 Mar 9:28am Reply

  • Inamanica

    Oscillation :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wVmN5MUrkk

    25 Feb 11:09pm Reply

  • crownanchor

    yyyeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

    23 Feb 6:32pm Reply

  • patricio_

    What a terrible ending for the band, I hope Oscillation is as good as Bloodstained endurance. The must have a good ending album at least, after all that dramatic ending

    18 Feb 4:49pm Reply

  • czarniak14

    I agree with you. I sometimes listen to those albums, and when I'm doing this I wonder how people can have a hundreds and thousands scrobbles of this albums. ;)

    31 Jan 8:29pm Reply

  • breadysoul

    Yeah, I (partially) agree, to be honest. I don't find the albums unlistenable, but her vocals are definitely my least favorite aspect of those albums.

    31 Jan 1:36am Reply

  • czarniak14

    I don't know how people can listen "Disclosure in Red" and "Pofoundemonium"... The Helena's voice is horrible in that albums, especially on "Profoundemonium".

    28 Jan 12:13pm Reply
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