''Ashes'' is the fourth full-length album by the
Norwegian
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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
Vibeke Stene (born 17 August 1978) is a Norwegian soprano and actress. She is best known as a former member of the gothic metal band Tristania, which she joined in 1996 and appears with on five albums. as the band became "one of the world's p ...
. This album is the only one Kjetil Ingebrethsen performed
harsh vocals
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on.
Track listing
All music and lyrics by Tristania, except where noted.
*The first ''Ashes'' edition only contained 7 songs.
*Special Enhanced North American Edition includes the videoclip of "Equilibrium", both bonus tracks and an alternative cover with Vibeke on it.
*Japanese Edition also includes both bonus tracks.
*Kjartan Hermansen was Tristania's webmaster at that time.
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Personnel
Tristania
*
Vibeke Stene
Vibeke Stene (born 17 August 1978) is a Norwegian soprano and actress. She is best known as a former member of the gothic metal band Tristania, which she joined in 1996 and appears with on five albums. as the band became "one of the world's p ...
– 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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2005 albums
Tristania (band) albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums