Ashes (Tristania album)

Ashes
Studio album by Tristania
Released	February 1st, 2005
Recorded	April–June and October 2004 at TopRoom Studio in Lunner, Norway
Genre	Gothic metal, death/doom
Length	42:39
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Tristania, Børge Finstad
Tristania chronology
World of Glass (2001) Ashes (2005) Illumination (2007)
Alternative Cover
Special Edition Cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Kerrang!
Sputnik Music	(3.6/5)[2]
Rough Edge	[3]

Ashes is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian 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 pure vocals of Vibeke Stene. This album is the only one Kjetil Ingebrethsen performed harsh vocals on.

Track listing

• All music and lyrics by Tristania, except where noted.

1. "Libre" – 4:30 (lyrics by Kjartan Hermansen)
2. "Equilibrium" – 5:49
3. "The Wretched" – 7:00 (lyrics by Hermansen)
4. "Cure" – 5:59
5. "Circus" – 5:09 (lyrics by Hermansen)
6. "Shadowman" – 6:31
7. "The Gate" – 6:45 (digipak bonus track)
8. "Endogenisis" – 7:37
9. "Bird" – 5:09 (digipak/jewel case bonus track)

• 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.

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
French Albums Chart[4]	184

Personnel

Tristania

• Vibeke Stene – 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

1. "Allmusic review".
2. "Tristania - Ashes (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
3. "Rough Edge: Tristania CD Reviews". Rough Edge. May 27, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
4. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tristania&titel=Ashes&cat=a

External links

• "Ashes" at discogs