Enslavement of Beauty is a symphonic black metal band from

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. Enslavement of Beauty was formed in January 1995 by Ole Alexander Myrholt (vocals & lyrics) and Tony Eugene Tunheim (guitars & composing). The band spent the subsequent years composing and recording material and thereby developed their expression. In the summer of 1998, Enslavement of Beauty recorded the demo CD " Devilry & Temptation" which gained them a deal with

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. This resulted in the 1999 release " Traces O' Red" which received very positive response. In November 2000, they recorded their second album, " Megalomania", accompanied by drummer

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(Borknagar/Spiral Architect) and bass player Hans-Aage Holmen. In 2007 the third album, "

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" has been released with the I.N.R.I. Unlimited label. Lyrically, Enslavement of Beauty is highly influenced by the works of

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and Marquis de Sade.

Demo

*1998 – ''Devilry and Temptation'' All music by Tony Eugene Tunheim. Lyrics by Ole Alexander Myrholt, except for "Sonnet #CXLIV" by

. Track listing # The Masquerade of Rhapsody - 3:33 # Colleen - 1:54 # Sonnet #CXLIV - 4:26 # And to Temptation's Darkness Forever Abide - 5:59 # Scarlet - 3:38 Length 20:00

Albums

*'' Traces o' Red'' (

, 1999) *'' Megalomania'' (

, 2001) *''

'' ( INRI Recordings, 2007) *'' The Perdition EP'' (2009) *'' And Still We Wither'' (compilation, 2018)

External links

Official MySpace page
Norwegian symphonic black metal musical groups Norwegian musical duos Heavy metal duos Musical groups established in 1995 1995 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Norway with local place of origin missing {{Norway-band-stub