Tristania
Formed: 1996
From:
Stavanger,
Norway
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Tristania News
Below is our complete Tristania news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Sirenia Finish Mastering New Album
SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, has finished mixing and mastering its new album, "Nine Destinies and a Downfall", due in early 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records.
"Nine Destinies and a Downfall" was recorded at Jailhouse studios in Norway with engineer Hans Eidsgard and Soundsuite studios in France with Terje Refsnes. The CD was mixed and mastered at Antfarm studios in Aarhus, Denmark with Tue Madsen. The cover artwork will be designed by Anthony Clarkson. More...
New Tristania Album Delayed, Euro Tour Cancelled
Tristania have posted the following update at their official website:
"The release of Illumination is, unfortunately, postponed slightly due to technical reasons. We regret this delay, as we are as impatient as you are to get the album released. Hopefully, our fans will understand that this is something that is outside our control. We will return with a new release date as soon as we know what this will be – and samples from Illumination will be published online in the near future.
The September tour is cancelled due to outside issues. Vibeke will be finishing her education as a teacher, in addition to which she will be working as a teacher while studying. Thus, this makes it difficult for her to do long tours at the moment. Finishing off her education is something she has postponed for a long time due to her duties with Tristania – and she feels it is finally time to do it. We, as a band, are sorry for this cancellation, but promise to return in force when the new album is released."
Tristania will however be headlining the Metal Female Voices Fest 4 in Wieze, Belgium on the 21st of October. Other bands playing include Theatre of Tragedy, Lullacry, Midnattsol, Forever Slave, Xandria, Sengir, Visions of Atlantis, Skeptical Minds, Naio Ssaion, The Legion of Hetheria, Anachronia, Theatres Des Vampires and Macbeth.
Tristania Complete Recording Of "Illuminations"
Tristania have finished recording their new album,"Illuminations," and sent the following update about the album and more:
"We are eager to announce that the new album is completely finished. We are all delighted with our latest creation, which has been named Illumination. The planned release is in September.
"Some titles from the album are Sanguine Sky, Open Ground, Lotus, Down and Mercyside, to mention a few. All titles will be revealed at a later date.
"True to tradition, we have made an album with a definite and unmistakably Tristanian sound, but which also brings a lot of new and fresh material. The album is another evolutionary step and lets us explore new areas while staying true to our roots.
"On every track, the moods and elements are plentiful; ranging from doom to industrial, from soothing synthesizer passages to technical metal riffs, from dark ballads to classic goth rock – it's all there. We've used a string quartet on several tracks, which attributed yet another dimension to those songs.
"The collaboration with producer Waldemar Sorychta worked really great; we all worked well together as a team. We are delighted with the production, which is exceedingly powerful. Waldemar also came to Norway, prior to going into studio, for two pre-production sessions. This was a very rewarding process which left us better prepared than ever going into the studio.
"It is hard to describe the individual songs, but as ever, the material is very diverse. In a few weeks time, we will post samples from the album online, to give you an impression of the release. We will also post a video collage from recordings made in Woodhouse Studios, where we have spent quite some time this spring.
"Illumination sports some of the strongest vocal performances from both Vibeke and Østen. The extreme vocals are less frequent, but the parts appearing on the album are truly great. We wanted to get someone special to do these parts, and were lucky to get one of our personal favourites in the field to make a guest appearance on the album; namely Vorph from Samael. His performance is truly of the highest standard.
"The music is written by Anders & Einar, with a couple of tracks co-written with producer Waldemar during the pre-production in Norway. Østen is the main lyricist, although Einar has written words for a few songs. Kjartan Hermansen has also once again shared with us his skills as a lyricist.
"Those of you who will see us on the Evolution Fest in Italy and Mera Luna in Germany this summer will get to listen to some of the new material – that's a promise. A lot of the new tracks will be killer live material. ----TRISTANIA"
"Illuminations" is scheduled for release on August 29th through SPV USA.
Tristania Announce Festival Confirmations
Norwegian gothic metallers TRISTANIA have posted the following message at their official website:
"Appologies for the late notice - but Tristania will be playing both the Evolution Fest and the M'era Luna Festival this summer."
Upcoming Tristania live dates currently include:
July
15 - Brescia, Italy - Evolution Fest
August
12 - Hildesheim, Germany at M'era Luna
September
10 - Paris, France - TBA
11 - Essen, Germany - TBA
12 - Berlin, Germany - TBA
13 - Hamburg, Germany - TBA
14 - Erfurt, Germany - TBA
15 - Leipzig, Germany - TBA
16 - Prague, Czech Republic - TBA
17 - Wien, Austria - TBA
18 - Munich, Germany - TBA
19 - Pratteln, Switzerland - TBA
20 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - TBA
21 - Frankfurt, Germany - TBA
22 - Strasbourg, France - TBA
23 - Antwerpen, Belgium - TBA
24 - Hardenberg, Holland - TBA More...
Tristania Part With Singer
Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA have parted ways with vocalist Kjetil Ingebrethsen.
Commented Kjetil: "After four amazing years, I have decided to leave TRISTANIA. There is no bad blood between us at all, and we are still good friends. This is a choice I had to make, just for my own part, and it was the right time to do it now — before the new album.
"I just want to take the opportunity to thank all the fans I have met, and bands I have shared stage with, during tours and festivals. It's been a blast — you will truly be remembered!
"To the TRISTANIA 'family'; Einar, Vibeke, Kenneth, Anders, Rune, Svein Terje, Østen and Carlo — it's been fantastic to be a part of you these years, thank you so much for everything."
The remaining members of TRISTANIA have issued the following statement regarding Kjetil's departure: More...
Sirenia Announce New Singer
SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, have announced the addition of 27-year-old Danish female singer Monika Pedersen to the group's ranks. "Monika has been dedicated to music all her life, and has loads of experience from from other bands, projects, choirs etc." the group write on their web site. "In addition, she has been working with several professional singing teachers in Luxemburg and Denmark. From now on she will have an important role in SIRENIA's music, and we all look forward to a future collaboration."
Pedersen joins SIRENIA as the replacement for Henriette Bordvik, who quit the band last September.
SIRENIA last year signed a new record deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band have released two successful albums to date (2002's "At Sixes and Sevens" and 2004's "An Elixir for Existence") and in 2004 toured Europe with Tiamat, Pain and Theatre Of Tragedy.
Green Carnation Announce European Tour
Green Carnation have announced that they will be play in France for the first time ever with an appearance at the 9th annual prog/rock/metal festival, Raismes Festival, on September 9th. Green Carnation's drummer, Tommy Jackson had the following to say about the festival: "We have been waiting a long time to play in France, and we’re delighted to be invited to the festival. It will be a great start to what promises to be a good tour for the band."
Other bands featured are Freak Kitchen, Adagio, Andromeda, Watcha, and others. Raismes Fest will take place at Le Château de la Princesse d'Arenberg park on September 9 and 10. Following the show in France, the band will take part in the European Harvest Festival tour. Also appearing on the bill are headliners Tristania, Morgana Lefay, Machine Men, Deranged and one more as-yet-unannounced band. Dates are as follows:
September 10 - Paris, FRA @ TBA
September 11 - Essen, GER @ TBA
September 12 - Berlin, GER @ TBA
September13 - Hamburg, GER @ TBA
September 14 - Erfurt, GER @ TBA
September 15 - Leipzig, GER @ TBA
September 16 - Prague, CZR @ TBA
September 17 - Wien, AUT @ TBA
September 18 - Munich, GER @ TBA
September 19 - Pratteln, SWI @ TBA
September 20 - Ludwigsburg, GER @ TBA
September 21 - Frankfurt, GER @ TBA
September 22 - Strasbourg, FRA @ TBA
September 23 - Antwerpen, BEL @ TBA
September 24 - Hardenberg, NETH @ TBA
This will be Green Carnation's first European tour since 2003.
Green Carnation has a track entitled, "Pile of Doubt," from 2005's "The Quiet Offspring" which is featured on the recently released popular baseball game franchise, Major League Baseball 2K6.
Tristania Begin Recording New Album
Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA have entered Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (LACUNA COIL, MOONSPELL, SAMAEL) to begin recording their new album, tentatively due late August via SPV Records. A headlining tour will follow in September. Tentative dates are as follows:
Sep. 10 - Paris, FRA @ TBA
Sep. 11 - Essen, GER @ TBA
Sep. 12 - Berlin, GER @ TBA
Sep. 13 - Hamburg, GER @ TBA
Sep. 14 - Erfurt, GER @ TBA
Sep. 15 - Leipzig, GER @ TBA
Sep. 16 - Prague, CZR @ TBA
Sep. 17 - Wien, AUT @ TBA
Sep. 18 - Munich, GER @ TBA
Sep. 19 - Pratteln, SWI @ TBA
Sep. 20 - Ludwigsburg, GER @ TBA
Sep. 21 - Frankfurt, GER @ TBA
Sep. 22 - Strasbourg, FRA @ TBA
Sep. 23 - Antwerpen, BEL @ TBA
Sep. 24 - Hardenberg, NETH @ TBA
Tristania Announce New Guitarist
Norwegian metal band TRISTANIA have announced the addition of guitarist Svein Terje Solvang to the group's ranks. Solvang, who has played with the band as a session live guitarist on all TRISTANIA tours this year, is "welcomed as a permanent band member," according to a posting on the group's web site.
TRISTANIA had previously announced plans to shoot a video for the song "Libre", the opening track on their new album, "Ashes", in Stockholm, Sweden. Mats Lundberg, who previously directed the group's video for "Heretique" as a "pet project," was slated to helm the new clip.
Tristania To Shoot New Video
Norway's Tristania have announced that they will shoot a music video for Libre, the opening track on the new album. The shooting will take place in late May, in Stockholm, Sweden. Mats Lundberg, who previously did the video for Heretique as a pet project, will be directing the video.
"This is another project we are really looking forward to. Expect a blood-sodden, torn and holey, rotten through the core ... video", says the band.
Watch Tristania's New Video
Norway's TRISTANIA report that their new video, for the track ‘Equilibrium’ (directed by Ralf Strathmann) can now be seen online via IFilm. You can find the clip here.
‘Equilibrium’ comes from Tristania’s new album, Ashes, available through SPV Records.
Sirenia Sign With Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast has announced the signing of Sirenia.
Having been a staple in the gothic/metal/rock scene for years, the Norwegian band founded in early 2001 by former Tristania mastermind Marten Veland have released two successful albums to date ("At Sixes and Sevens" and "An Elixir for Existence") and recently toured Europe with Tiamat, Pain and Theatre of Tragedy.
Sirenia guitarist Morten Veland comments: "Sirenia are proud to have teamed up with Nuclear Blast. Together we will keep up the flame, and bring out the best music we could possibly offer for many years to come!"
Currently, the three main members of Sirenia - Morten Veland (guitars, growls), Henriette Bordvik (voices) and Jonathan Perez (drums, percussion) - are working on new material for their debüt on Nuclear Blast, as they write on their website:
The last couple of months have been spent on creating new songs alongside our touring-activity. We have tons of ideas to pick from and will most likely spend the next few months on perfecting the best of this material. All the songs are meant for our next full-lenght album that most likely will be out in the beginning of next year.
Did Evanescences's Success Open Doors For Others?
Freelance writer Bryan Reesman has submitted the following report to GRAMMY.com:
If the multi-platinum success of EVANESCENCE proved to narrow-minded rock jocks that female-fronted metal bands were viable, a fresh wave of melodic European headbangers should cement that affirmation, with their distinct blend of heavy guitars, symphonic underpinnings and soaring female vocals. Thanks to the breakthrough of "Fallen", like-minded groups that court gothic and classical influences are starting to find success on American shores.
"For quite a number of years we've personally loved that sound and tried to champion it," declares Marco Barbieri, president of the Century Family of labels that includes Century Media and Nuclear Blast. "We initially liked the European, gothic-inspired stuff that came out of some of the doom and death metal bands of the early '90s. When women started joining these bands, they made it that much more exciting and compelling."
Their sounds are quite distinct. NIGHTWISH blends gothic brooding with intense guitars and classical bombast. Their recent album, "Once", features orchestra, choir and a Native American flute player. LACUNA COIL play gothic-tinged heavy rock that invokes a more aggressive Evanescence (and they have been around much longer). LEAVES' EYES, lead by former THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine, serve up dreamy, medieval-style metal. All of these bands employ lush keyboards and often contrast their beautiful female singing with harsh male growls normally reserved for death metal. That latter concept may not sound commercial, but EVANESCENCE may have paved the way for its acceptance through the male rap-metal exchanges of "Bring Me To Life".
Odin Thompson, label manager for Napalm Records USA and Moribund Records, sees a basic appeal for these groups — they write great music." These bands bring that heavy edge but inject it with melody and arrangements that have been long lost from rock and roll ," he asserts. "They also offer light to the normally dark world of heavy metal, which makes them special amongst their peers." Thompson believes this subgenre has the potential for tremendous commercial success at a major label level, something Napalm has strongly believed in for years with acts like SINS OF THY BELOVED, TRISTANIA and SIRENIA.
"I'm sure the majors are probably working on their own [groups]," surmises Barbieri. "I feared that a lot of manufactured, female-fronted bands would be coming out after the first EVANESCENCE single. Thankfully we've been spared that from the corporations, and it's being done the right way. Those that have been doing it [awhile] are gaining presence and profile."
The most obvious example of such visibility is Italy's LACUNA COIL, whose two-year-old album "Comalies" scanned more than 200,000 units domestically, cracking the Billboard Top 200 for several weeks last year after extensive grassroots development on radio, video play on Fuse and MTV2, and tours with P.O.D. and Ozzfest.
Read the full article at Grammy.com.
Candlemass Confirmed For Wacken Open Air
Reunited Swedish doom legends Candlessmass have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken.
The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: More...
Hammerfall, Equilibrium Added To Wacken Open Air
Hammerfall and Equilibrium are the latest bands to be added to the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, scheduled to take place August 4-6 in Wacken.
Here is the complete roster of confirmed bands thus far: More...
Tristania Confirmed For Wacken Open Air 2005
The 2005 edition of the Wacken Open Air Festival is scheduled to take place August 4th - 6th in Wacken, Germany. The latest acts confirmed for the festival are TRISTANIA, NAGLFAR and SONATA ARCTICA.
A complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: More...
Dark Tranquillity, Caliban To Play Summer Breeze
Dark Tranquillity and Caliban are the latest acts confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Summer Breeze festival, set to be held August 18-20 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. The complete list of artists currently confirmed to appear at the festival is as follows:
Amon Amarth
Atrocity
Barcode
Behemoth
Born from Pain
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Disbelief
Ektomorf
End of Green
Endstille
Final Breath
God Dethroned
Haggard
Impious
J.B.O.
Koroded
Korpiklaani
Krisiun
Lacrimas Profundere
Maroon
Nocte Obducta
Pink Cream 69
Schandmaul
Subway to Sally
Suidakra
Symphorce
The Bones
The Vision Bleak
Therion
Tristania
Dimmu Borgir, Tristania Confirmed For Zillo Fest
The 2005 edition of Germany’s Zillo Festival is scheduled to take place July 22nd - 24th in Loreley, Germany.
The first acts confirmed for the festival are: DIMMU BORGIR, TRISTANIA, ASP and THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE.
More acts will be announced soon.
Tristania Complete Work On New Video
Norwigian Gothic metallers TRISTANIA have posted the following update:
"Tristania has just completed the shooting of a music video for "Equilibrium". Director Ralf Strathmann was flown in from Los Angeles to work on this project, which was recorded in the old Tou Brewery in Stavanger. The material is currently in post production and the whole video should be available by the end of January. The music video shoot was very successful and will tie in nicely with the photographs taken for the Ashes release."
On related news, TRISTANIA have been confirmed for this year's Zillo Festival in Germany. They will play on the main stage for the festival's final day - 24th July. The band has also confirmed 6 dates from their Norwegian tour. For details head here.
Tristania Confirmed For Summer Breeze Festival
Norwegian metal band Tristania are the latest act confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Summer Breeze festival, set to be held August 18-20 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. Also set to appear at the festival are Impious, Krisiun, The Vision Bleak, Suidakra, Ektomorf, Amon Amarth, Maroon, Symphorce, Born From Pain, Endstille, Lacrimas Profundere, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, End of Green, Atrocity, Haggard, Final Breath, God Dethroned, Subway to Sally and The Bones. More confirmations will be announced during the coming days.
Tristania will support Nightwish on a 10-date run through the U.K., Belgium and Germany beginning in mid-February. A South American tour with Dark Tranquillity and Kreator will follow in March.
Tristania's new album, "Ashes", is scheduled for release on January 24, 2005 through SPV Records.