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 clean 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.

  • In the first Ashes edition, "The Gate" was absent.
  • Special Enhanced North American Edition includes the videoclip of "Equilibrium".
  • Kjartan Hermansen was Tristania's webmaster at that time.

Charts

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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

  • "Ashes" at discogs