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Stavanger, Norway (1996 – present)
Tristania is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in the end of 1996 by Morten Veland (male vocals/guitars), Einar Moen (keyboards), and Kenneth Olsson (drums). Soon thereafter, the band’s original lineup was fleshed out further with the addition of guitarist Anders Hidle, bassist Rune Østerhus (who was recently replaced by Ole Vistnes), and vocalist Vibeke Stene (who has been replaced by Mariangela Demurtas).
The band’s music is usually classified as gothic metal, due to its strong ties with the genre’s history in addition to the band’s use of styles and traits stereotypical of the genre. However, they pride themselves on their musical diversity, as evidenced by the evolution of their music over the course of their five studio albums.
Tristania’s earlier albums Widow’s Weeds and Beyond the Veil put a lot of focus around classical like female vocals, haunting choruses and classical instruments such as pipe organ, flutes and violins. The leading voice on many of their songs was the menacing harsh vocals of Morten Veland. The atmosphere is also achieved by quite unique sounding guitar effects.
Morten Veland left in 2000 for “musical and social differences” to form the band Sirenia.
With the release of the World of Glass album in 2001, Veland’s growls were replaced by guest vocalist Ronny Thorsen from Trail of Tears, and clean male vocals were provided by veteran guests Østen Bergøy and Jan Barkverd. Despite the new lineup and a slightly changed style that turned off some fans, the album received critical acclaim.
The band’s music is usually classified as gothic metal, due to its strong ties with the genre’s history in addition to the band’s use of styles and traits stereotypical of the genre. However, they pride themselves on their musical diversity, as evidenced by the evolution of their music over the course of their five studio albums.
Tristania’s earlier albums Widow’s Weeds and Beyond the Veil put a lot of focus around classical like female vocals, haunting choruses and classical instruments such as pipe organ, flutes and violins. The leading voice on many of their songs was the menacing harsh vocals of Morten Veland. The atmosphere is also achieved by quite unique sounding guitar effects.
Morten Veland left in 2000 for “musical and social differences” to form the band Sirenia.
With the release of the World of Glass album in 2001, Veland’s growls were replaced by guest vocalist Ronny Thorsen from Trail of Tears, and clean male vocals were provided by veteran guests Østen Bergøy and Jan Barkverd. Despite the new lineup and a slightly changed style that turned off some fans, the album received critical acclaim.
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Ennobxi wrote:
Rofl, these charts.
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Drostanxxx wrote:
fart metal roolz \m/
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CGholy wrote:
Nothing like a good old fart.
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gelya-byaka wrote:
прекрасно!
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zia88 wrote:
Haha. If this is your argument, surely you are a fart ;)
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Drone_bitch wrote:
Rubicon is fresh and great, the rest is for gothic farts. Enjoy your trueness.
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zia88 wrote:
All Tristania's albums with Vibeke are fabulous ! They all have their sound, their specificities and their ambiance. They proove us Tristania could always go ahead and being evolutive. Vibeke's voice is SO unique. Pure & sincere. That's why she is so much loved ♥
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CGholy wrote:
All albums are underrated.
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hclairvoyant wrote:
v nop.
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vegheadwill wrote:
Beyond the Veil is so overrated, World of Glass is way better.
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Drostanxxx wrote:
every Tristania album is a masterpiece, SpiritualBeggar, with only one exception, that last one - what was it called?
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BauglirMorgoth wrote:
A former Sugababe on stage. She got kicked out 'cause she could not dance. [3]
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SpiritualBeggar wrote:
Widow's Weeds and Beyond The Veil are masterpieces, the others are forgettable
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Pieerrot wrote:
Karaokeania. ♥
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Drostanxxx wrote:
fair enough, i hears you, we're talking about Tristania - been listening to Beyond the Veil and World of Glass again and the lineup that did Rubicon doesn't come within light years >_<
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spikedylacid wrote:
Ino I sound bitter or stuck-in-the-past but it's Tristania man! Tristania!
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spikedylacid wrote:
They sound like a karaoke tribute band. Why can't they just change their name? Einar and anders have clearly lost their spark. If they're not going to at least make an effort to surpass the previous albums they why even bother? Oh right, money yh? Why didn't they start a hard rock band or something. If they want money they could have at least chosen a genre where there is a wider audience rather than fucking up the flawless legacy they once had.
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Drostanxxx wrote:
uh, einar and anders are the main music writers and have been in the lineup since widow's weeds days - methinks you exaggerate spikey :P
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spikedylacid wrote:
I like it when a band retains all of it's members rather than completely changing it's entire line up and pretending to be the previous band rather than renaming themselves.
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Drostanxxx wrote:
i agree neighbour, you want bands to put out new stuff but you hope the new stuff's better or at least at the same standard - there are no new musical ideas
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