Tristania: The Best of... (1998-2007) | A gothic metal playlist

OUT NOW! The Best of Tristania, the full career: In honor of Tristania’s disbandment last year, I’ve decided to put together this playlist highlighting the best of these Norwegian (black and doom metal-tinged) gothic metal giants’ material, spanning their first five studio albums (the Veland/Stene/Bergøy-era, if you will). I do have plans to make a second playlist/compilation for the band’s entire career, but believe it or no, I’m still missing one of their releases in my collection, so stay tuned for that sometime next year. Anyway, this one’s a long one because it was hard to narrow down what material I wanted to include, let’s be real, this band was ICONIC in the realm of gothic metal. Tristania, from 1998 to 2007, was: Anders Høyvik Hidle - Guitar, Vocals, Choir (1996-2022) Einar Moen - Keyboards, Programming (1996-2022) Kenneth Olsson - Drums, Choir (1996-2010) Rune Østerhus - Bass (1996-2009) Morten Veland - Guitar, Vocals, Choir (1996-2000) Vibeke Stene - Vocals, Choir (1997-2007) Østen Bergøy - Vocals (2001-2010) Kjetil Ingebrethsen - Vocals (2001-2005) Svein Terje Solvang - Guitar, Vocals (2004-2005, live; 2005-2008) Guest Musicians Østen Bergøy - Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18) J. K. Barkved - Vocals (10, 21) Pete Johansen - Violin on Widow’s Weeds, Beyond the Veil, World of Glass Hans Josef Groh - Cello (track 20) Vorph - Vocals (tracks 3, 9) Hilde T. Bommen, Hilde Egeland, Marita Herikstad, Østen Bergøy: Choir on Widow’s Weeds Hilde T. Bommen, Maiken Stene, Sissel B. Stene, Jeanett Johannessen, Rino A. Kolstø, Østen Bergøy, J. K. Barkved - Choir on Beyond the Veil Sandrine Lachapelle, Emilie Lesbros, Johanna Giraud, Damien Surian, Hubert Piazzola - Choir on World of Glass Petra Stalz, Heike Haushalter, Monika Malek, Gesa Gangen - String quartet on Illumination Live Musicians: Kjell Rune Hagen - Bass (2005-2008) Tarald Lie - Drums (2005-2010) Jonathan A. Perez - Drums (2005-2006, 2010) Tracklist: 01. Beyond the Veil | 00:00 02. Wormwood | 06:34 03. The Ravens | 12:29 04. My Lost Lenore | 17:26 05. Sacrilege | 23:47 06. Libre | 28:01 07. Preludium | 32:29 08. Evenfall | 33:17 09. Mercyside | 40:07 10. Heretique | 44:42 11. World of Glass | 49:32 12. Cure | 54:54 13. Lotus | 01:00:54 14. Angellore | 01:05:56 15. A Sequel of Decay | 01:13:15 16. Circus | 01:19:13 17. The Shining Path | 01:23:51 18. ...of Ruins and Red Nightfall | 01:30:28 19. Deadlands | 01:36:49 20. Endogenisis | 01:43:27 21. Crushed Dreams | 01:51:03 I do not own any of the music/artwork. Rights go to artists/labels. Please support the official release. Homepage: Facebook: Napalm Records store: Bandcamp (Napalm Records): Instagram: Spotify: iTunes: #gothicmetal #doommetal #symphonicmetal