TRISTANIA — Widow's Weeds

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3.34 | 12 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 1998

Filed under Gothic Metal
By TRISTANIA

Tracklist

1. Preludium... (1:11)
2. Evenfall (6:55)
3. Pale Enchantress (6:33)
4. December Elegy (7:33)
5. Midwintertears (8:34)
6. Angellore (7:18)
7. My Lost Lenore (6:25)
8. Wasteland's Caress (7:42)
9. ...Postludium (1:12)

Total Time: 53:26

Line-up/Musicians

- Morten Veland / Vocals, Guitars
- Vibeke Stene / Vocals
- Anders Høyvik Hidle / Guitars, Vocals (choirs)
- Rune Østerhus / Bass
- Einar Moen / Synth, Programming
- Kenneth Olsson / Drums, Vocals (choirs)

with
- Hilde Egeland / Vocals (Choirs)
- Hilde T. Bommen / Vocals (Choirs)
- Østen Bergøy / Vocals (Track 6)
- Pete Johansen / Violin
- Marita Herikstad / Vocals (Choirs)

About this release

Released by Napalm Records, March 9th, 1998

Thanks to DippoMagoo, adg211288 for the updates

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Warthur
A decent gothic metal album here with doomy overtones, enjoyable vocals from Vibeke, and some orchestral flourishes to add a touch of class to proceedings. The album shows a slightly more varied sound than your average Beauty and the Beast-styled Theatre of Tragedy imitator, with Angellore sounding more like an eccentric Fields of the Nephilim or Sisters of Mercy off-cut with guest vocalist Østen Bergøy taking the lead on some Andrew Eldritch-ish clean male vocals (Vibeke switching to backing vocals for one song). (Would that make this "Beauty and the Beauty and the Beast" metal?) Not an album to shake the gothic world to its foundations, but a fun time regardless.

Members reviews

H. Siedler
This is a very dark and beautiful album!

Vibeke is a great singer! Her voice, full of colors, mixing softness and power, is the main thing in here. The instrumental is very simple, and counts with violin solos (which are awesome) instead of guitar solos. I think the better thing about this album is the way it works as a whole. No overreact, no virtuosism, no excess. The lyrics are amazing! The bad side in this work is the lack of surprises. The way it starts is the way it ends.

Do you like sad and dark songs? Do you like simple (but beautiful) arrangements? So listen to this album!

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