musikwiese. (Posts about tristania.)https://musikwiese.fontein.de/tag/tristania.atom2019-11-17T10:40:27ZfelixNikolatristania: the early times.https://musikwiese.fontein.de/2011/02/18/tristania-the-early-times/2011-02-18T16:00:16+01:002011-02-18T16:00:16+01:00felix<div><p>today i want to write about the norwegian symphonic gothic metal band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristania_%28band%29">tristania</a>. at least, about its beginning. <i>tristania</i>, founded 1996, combined melodic death metal with keyboards and choirs, creating a highly complex, wonderful gothicesque soundscape. later, the complexity of the songs reduced, and i stopped listening to them.</p>
<p>the first song i want to present already appeared on their demo, called <i>tristania</i>, and was also contained on their debut album, <i>widow’s weeds</i>.</p>
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<p>the second song is from their album <i>beyond the veil</i>, called <i>heretique</i>. a beautiful, complex and highly melodic mixture. never boring, always carrying the listener along.</p>
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<p>the third song is from the same album and is called <i>opus relinque</i>. an interesting soundscape, and similar to <i>heretique</i>, never boring. i think <i>beyond the veil</i> is probably the best <i>tristania</i> album ever.</p>
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<p>the last song is from their 2001 <i>world of glass</i> album, called <i>the shining path</i>. before this album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Veland">morton veland</a> left the band and founded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenia_%28band%29">sirenia</a>, who continued the “old” <i>tristania</i> sound, while <i>tristania</i> started to change their sound.</p>
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