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Tristania
Background information
Origin	Stavanger, Norway
Genre(s)	Gothic metal
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Napalm Records SPV
Website	Official website
Members
Mariangela Demurtas Østen Bergøy Anders Høyvik Hidle Rune Østerhus Einar Moen Kenneth Ølsson Svein Terje Solvang
Former members
Vibeke Stene Morten Veland Kjetil Ingebrethsen

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Music

Tristania's music is usually classified as gothic metal with death/doom influences (especially on the early albums), due to its strong ties with the goth metal's history. Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. ... Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ...

On their first releases the band had a sound based on melodic death metal riffs with dominant eerie keyboard and powerful drums, and choirs. A strong influence in their music is also doom metal, which can be heard in the slow, melancholic riffing. Tristania put a lot of focus around operatic female vocals, haunting choruses and classical instruments such as pipe organ, flutes and violins. There was a bigger focus also on the death vocals of Morten Veland. This combination of death vocals with female operatics and majestic gothic choruses is believed by many fans to have reached its pinnacle on their Beyond the Veil album. Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Doom metal is a form of extreme metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ... For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... The baroque organ in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by forcing pressurized air (referred to as wind) through a series of pipes. ... For other uses, see Flute (disambiguation). ... For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... Death grunts, also referred to as death growls, death vocals or harsh vocals[1], is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genre, but is also occasionally used in a variety of other heavy metal sub-genres. ... Morten Veland (born December 4, 1977) was one of the founding members of the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Beyond the Veil is the second full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ...

In recent years Tristania stepped back from the bombastic layer-over-layer productions and focused more on balancing the various vocal styles and progressing their sound without losing the overall feeling.

On their fourth album Ashes the vocal duties were done by the following: Ashes is the fourth full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ...

• (Operatic) female vocals - provided by Vibeke Stene.
• Death Vocals (grunts, growls and screams) - done by Kjetil Ingebrethsen and guitarist Anders Høyvik Hidle.
• Clean vocals (hollow baritone) - provided by Østen Bergøy.

Their newest album, Illumination, featured the same vocalists minus Kjetil. There are fewer grunts on the new album compared to their previous work, and the ones that do appear are courtesy of Vorph from the band Samael. Vibeke Stene ( said VIH-BEH-KIE) (born August 17, 1978) was a vocalist in the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Death grunts, also referred to as death growls, death vocals or harsh vocals[1], is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genre, but is also occasionally used in a variety of other heavy metal sub-genres. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Illumination is the fifth full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Samael is a heavy metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland. ...

Biography

Tristania was formed at the end of 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson from the remains of their previous band Uzi Suicide. Later, Anders H. Hidle and Vibeke Stene joined the band, along with bassist Rune Østerhus. In May 1997 their first EP, Tristania, was released. The same year Tristania released its first full length album, Widow's Weeds. A year later, following the Angina single, they recorded their second full length album, titled Beyond the Veil, which is thought by many fans to be not only the finest Tristania project but also the album which best represents the band's sound. The music is considered very atmospheric and full of deep melodic passion. Veland composed most of their works, wrote lyrics, played guitar and sang growling vocals. He was fired (according to his version of events) from the band after the release of Beyond the Veil due to what the remaining members refer to only as "musical and social differences". Morten Veland (born December 4, 1977) was one of the founding members of the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Einar Moen (July 4th, 1977) is one of the founding members of Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Kenneth Olsson (July 19, 1977) is a drummer in a Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Vibeke Stene ( said VIH-BEH-KIE) (born August 17, 1978) was a vocalist in the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Tristania is a gothic metal band from Norway, formed in the end of 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Tristania is an EP from a Norwegian goth metal band Tristania. ... Widows Weeds was released in 1998. ... Beyond the Veil is the second full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Death grunts, also referred to as death growls, death vocals or harsh vocals[1], is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genre, but is also occasionally used in a variety of other heavy metal sub-genres. ... Beyond the Veil is the second full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ...

In 2001 their third album, World of Glass was released. The absence of Veland was significant, and consequently this album was a departure from their previous sound. The growling vocals on this album were sung by Ronny Thorsen, a member of Trail of Tears, and the clean vocals were sung by Jan Kenneth Barkved and Østen Bergøy. Bergøy then joined the band as a permanent member, and so did Kjetil Ingebrethsen, who was in charge of singing death vocals. World of Glass is the third full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Trail of Tears was a Norwegian gothic metal band originally formed in 1994 under the name of Natt. ... Østen Bergøy is one of the singers in the gothic metal band, Tristania. ...

The band's fourth album – Ashes (2005) – was the first of Tristania's albums on the SPV label after their contract with Napalm Records expired. The choirs are gone, as are the more challenging vocal parts reminiscent of World of Glass and Beyond the Veil. Hidle and Einar Moen add their vocals to certain tracks on the album. Two of the songs were actually written by the Tristania.com webmaster, Kjartan Hermansen ("Libre" and "Circus") while the song "The Wretched" is based on "Ascending: Descending" – a poem by Hermansen. Also on Ashes, the violins of Pete Johansen – which so often accompanied the previous Tristania albums – were replaced by the cello melodies of Hans Josef Groh. The album marked a lyrical and musical simplification of the band from the days of Morten Veland, more so than the first album without Veland, World of Glass. Ashes is the fourth full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Napalm Records is an Austrian music publisher focused on underground Metal and Gothic music. ... A webmaster is a person responsible for designing, developing, marketing, or maintaining Web site(s). ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... This article is about the stringed musical instrument. ...

The Ashes Tour in Europe (minus Einar Moen, who remained at home to work on more material for the band, but is still an active member) brought about another change for the band, the addition of a second guitarist – Svein Terje Solvang – who previously played with the band for touring purposes. His addition to the band as a permanent member in May 2005 marked the first time Tristania has had a two-guitarist team since Beyond the Veil.

In April 2006, Kjetil Ingebrethsen left Tristania to embark on a lower level musical career.

On February 27 2007, Vibeke Stene left the band to teach singing. Vibeke Stene ( said VIH-BEH-KIE) (born August 17, 1978) was a vocalist in the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ...

On October 19 2007, Italian singer Mariangela Demurtas (ex-Reel Fiction, Alight) is announced as the new female singer. Her strong voice (very different from Vibeke's) seems to foreshadow deeper changes in the style of the band.

Discography

• Tristania (EP) (1997)
• Widow's Weeds (1998)
• Beyond the Veil (1999)
• Midwintertears/Angina (2001)
• World of Glass (2001)
• Ashes (2005)
• Illumination (2007)

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Band members

Current members

• Østen Bergøy - Clean Vocals
• Mariangela Demurtas - Female Vocals
• Anders Høyvik Hidle - Guitars, Growling vocals
• Rune Østerhus - Bass (not on tour right now)
• Einar Moen - Keyboards, Programming (not on tour right now)
• Kenneth Olsson - Drums (not on tour right now)

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Former members

• Morten Veland - Guitars, Growling Vocals (left to form a new band, Sirenia)
• Kjetil Ingebrethsen - Growling vocals (left in April 2006)
• Vibeke Stene - Female Vocals (left in February 2007)
• Svein Terje Solvang - Guitars, Growling (left in May 2008)

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External links

Official websites

• Official website
• Official forum
• Italian fan website
• Tristania (band) at MySpace
• Kjetil Ingebrethsen's message regarding his departure
• Tristania at Napalm Records

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Tristania at online databases

• Tristania discography at MusicBrainz
• Tristania at Last.fm
• Tristania at Discogs
• Tristania at Encyclopaedia Metallum