Tristania

Tristania (pictured with former singer Vibeke Stene)

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Tristania was a Norwegian gothic metal band formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as Gothic metal with death influences, due to its strong tie and legacy within the gothic metal history. Their songs largely dealt with dark and sentimental topics, including depression, sadness, suicide, love, absence, and anger.

The band had not had any known activity from 2016 to October 2018, when they announced that they would perform at 70000 Tons of Metal in early 2019. In 2022, they announced they had disbanded.

This is what singer, Anders Høyvik Hidle, said about Evanescence:

Rockdetector: "Ashes" is being launched at a time when the NIGHTWISH / EVANESCENCE / LACUNA COIL factor is very high. Do you have any concerns about that? Anders: "Personally, I don't. TRISTANIA sounds nothing like those bands at all. We have our own style. I don't have a problem with it at all, though. I know some people do have problems with more commercial bands, just because of their success, I guess. I see no point in being disrespectful of someone's music because they do something different to you. We toured with NIGHTWISH and for us it was great because it opened doors and gave us new fans certainly. I see the things in the magazines and TV about EVANESCENCE and NIGHTWISH and I think it's great."

Line-up

Final line-up

• Einar Moen – keyboards, programming (1996–2022)
• Anders Høyvik Hidle – lead guitar (1996–2022), harsh vocals (2006–2022)
• Mariangela Demurtas – female vocals (2007–2022)
• Ole Vistnes – bass, backing vocals (2009–2022, touring member 2008–2009)
• Gyri Smørdal Losnegaard – rhythm guitar (2009–2022)
• Tarald Lie Jr. – drums (2010–2022, touring member 2005–2010)
• Kjetil Nordhus – clean vocals, acoustic guitar (2010–2022, touring member 2009–2010)

Former members

• Morten Veland – harsh vocals, rhythm guitar (1996–2000)
• Rune Østerhus – bass (1996–2009)
• Kenneth Olsson – drums, backing vocals (1996–2010)
• Vibeke Stene – female vocals (1997–2007)
• Kjetil Ingebrethsen – harsh vocals, acoustic guitar (2001–2005)
• Østen Bergøy – clean vocals (2001–2010, session member 1998–2001)
• Svein Terje Solvang – rhythm guitar, harsh vocals (2005–2008, touring member 2004–2005)

Discography

• Tristania EP (1997)
• Widow's Weeds (1998)
• Beyond the Veil (1999)
• World of Glass (2001)
• Ashes (2005)
• Illumination (2007)
• Rubicon (2010)
• Darkest White (2013)