Ashes (Tristania album)
4th studio album by Tristania
Ashes | ||||
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Studio album by Tristania | ||||
Released | February 1st, 2005 | |||
Recorded | April–June and October 2004 at TopRoom Studio in Lunner, Norway | |||
Genre | Gothic metal | |||
Length | 49:18 | |||
Label | SPV/Steamhammer | |||
Producer | Tristania, Børge Finstad | |||
Tristania chronology | ||||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
Special Edition Cover | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Kerrang! | |
Rough Edge | [2] |
Ashes is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian band Tristania. The album registers a change in the band's musical style, leaving out the choirs and initiating a heavier sound, with a focus on darker lyrics and the clean vocals of Vibeke Stene. This album is the only one Kjetil Ingebrethsen performed harsh vocals on.
Track listing
All music and lyrics by Tristania, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Libre" (lyrics by Kjartan Hermansen) | 4:30 |
2. | "Equilibrium" | 5:49 |
3. | "The Wretched" (lyrics by Hermansen) | 7:00 |
4. | "Cure" | 5:59 |
5. | "Circus" (lyrics by Hermansen) | 5:09 |
6. | "Shadowman" | 6:31 |
7. | "The Gate" | 6:45 |
8. | "Endogenisis" | 7:37 |
Total length: | 49:18 |
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Bird" | 5:09 |
Total length: | 54:27 |
- In the first Ashes edition, "The Gate" was absent.
- Special Enhanced North American Edition includes the videoclip of "Equilibrium".
- Kjartan Hermansen was Tristania's webmaster at that time.
Charts
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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French Albums Chart[3] | 184 |
Personnel
Tristania
- Vibeke Stene – vocals
- Østen Bergøy – clean vocals
- Kjetil Ingebrethsen – harsh vocals, aad. guitar, acoustic guitar
- Anders Høyvik Hidle – guitars, additional vocals
- Rune Østerhus – bass
- Einar Moen – synth, programming, additional vocals
- Kenneth Olsson – drums
Session Members
- Hans Josef Groh – Cello on "The Wretched", "Shadowman", and "Endogenisis" (Recorded in Fagerborg Studio, Norway)
Production
- Produced and mixed By Tristania & Borge Finstad
- Recorded and engineered By Borge Finstad & Drajevolitch
- Mastered by Morten Lund
References
External links
- "Ashes" at discogs
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Tristania
- Morten Veland
- Kjetil Ingebrethsen
- Vibeke Stene
- Østen Bergøy
- Svein Terje Solvang
- Rune Østerhus
- Kenneth Olsson
- Mariangela Demurtas
- Kjetil Nordhus
- Anders Høyvik Hidle
- Ole Vistnes
- Einar Moen
- Gyri Smørdal Losnegaard
- Tarald Lie Jr.
- Widow's Weeds
- Beyond the Veil
- World of Glass
- Ashes
- Illumination
- Rubicon
- Darkest White
- Sirenia
- Mortemia