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Kristiansand, Norway (1994 – present)
Trail of Tears is a gothic metal/melodic death metal band (with death metal and black metal 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.
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.
Top Albums
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A New Dimension of Might
Trail of Tears
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Existentia
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Free Fall Into Fear
Trail of Tears Buy- Download Album
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- Buy Album
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Bloodstained Endurance
Trail of Tears Buy- Download Album
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The Feverish Alliance
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Deceptive Mirrors
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Bloodstained Endurance
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My Comfort
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Empty Room
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Liquid View
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Crashing Down
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Ecstatic
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Triumphant Gleam
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A Fate Sealed In Red
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Venom Inside My Veins
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Dead End Gaze
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In the Valley of Ashes
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Joyless Trance of Winter
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Denial And Pride
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Shoutbox
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Lahiri wrote:
Merry Xmas! Listen to this http://www.last.fm/music/And+This+Again
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Ultra-Freak wrote:
Yay, thank you in advance for playing on Metal camp (:
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downhand wrote:
Still no shows in Finland. Not fair.
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PhAntOmEttA wrote:
previous avt was better +((((((((((((((((
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albv wrote:
They are great ! Existentia is more than amazing :D
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patricio_ wrote:
I've got my copy of Bloodstained Endurance, finally!!! :D I'm so happy
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my_eyes_burn wrote:
I'm not surprised, they are so nice ! Especially Ronny and Cathrine ^^
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LS500 wrote:
hehe, i saw them in berlin yesterday. awesome guys! been drinking beer with ronny.
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my_eyes_burn wrote:
Their shows were so amazing ! I want to see them again x_x
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Pearlofdarkness wrote:
Trail of tears first show in Greece http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj9TnqxLVvs
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AvoidInfinity wrote:
Fact: listening to A New Dimension of Might every day makes you a better person.
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antyclub wrote:
nice!
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Pearlofdarkness wrote:
A venue change, The Berlin Show will be @ Knaack Club Berlin, Germany Nov 29 2009 .
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nexopir wrote:
New album is rocking. I'm really loving it, and it's good to see they've picked up the slack. Now just to get some of the older albums again...
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Pearlofdarkness wrote:
I totally agree, The show was great, Can`t wait for the tour! They uploaded some photos: http://trailoftears.no/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&task=view&gallery=2&Itemid=13
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taggart10 wrote:
Trail of Tears absolutely rocked MFVF, mmmmm good!!!
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Pearlofdarkness wrote:
Who is coming to MFVF?
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phoenix_wright wrote:
You are an idiot, if this is pop I listen to Hip Hop oO
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djagga wrote:
I love this band ..want to see u live :)
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DarkSymphony500 wrote:
im liking this band more and more.
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Events
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Jan
7
Epica, Trail of Tears, Morning
Bibelot, Dordrecht, Netherlands
1 shout
| 26 attendees
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Jan
8
Epica
P60, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Add shout
| 30 attendees
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Jan
9
Epica
Hedon, Zwolle, Netherlands
2 shouts
| 17 attendees
News
Welcome to the official Trail of Tears website
11 May 2009 | from www.trailoftears.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=1&layout=blog&Itemid=2
Welcome to the official site of Trail of Tears, your new favourite provider of darkness and disturbia!
New album out now!
Reviews here!
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Recent Activity
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Sonja_Letalis, gothicmoi, cloud_altaria18 and 2 other people added Trail of Tears to their libraries. 19 hours ago
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