Beyond the Veil
Studio album by
Tristania
Released6 September 1999
RecordedFebruary–April, 1999 at Sound Suite Studio, Marseille, France
GenreGothic metal, symphonic metal
Length52:24
LabelNapalm
ProducerTristania, Terje Refsnes
Tristania chronology
Widow's Weeds
(1998)		 Beyond the Veil
(1999)		 World of Glass
(2001)
Alternative cover
Singles from Beyond the Veil
  1. "Angina"
    Released: 18 May 1999[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos[2]
Metal.de[3]
Metal Storm4.75/5[4]
Rough Edge3.38/4[5]
Rock Hard[6]

Beyond the Veil is the second full-length album by the Norwegian band Tristania. It is the last album to feature the band's former vocalist, guitarist and core songwriter, Morten Veland.

Background and influence

Tristania stood apart from the other bands of the genre with their use of three distinct vocal styles in the "operatic soprano Vibeke Stene, clean-singing counter-tenor Østen Bergøy, and harsh, black metal-style shrieker Morten Veland".[7] Beyond the Veil made use of a ten-member choir and featured violin passages from Pete Johansen of The Sins of Thy Beloved,[8] earning "rave reviews" across Europe.[7] By then, the band had risen to "the top of the gothic metal heap"[9] with their "lush, symphonically enhanced" approach.[7] The album features "tender ethereal female voices" and "the brutality and harshness", making it a promoter on the gothic metal scene.[10] They were "dealt a potentially crippling blow" when singer, guitarist and principal composer Veland left the group to form Sirenia.[7] Tristania has continued to prosper with subsequent releases[11] and has since been "regarded as one of the world's premiere goth metal bands".[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Beyond the Veil"Einar Moen, Morten VelandMoen, Veland6:37
2."Aphelion"VelandVeland7:49
3."A Sequel of Decay"VelandMoen, Veland6:32
4."Opus Relinque"MoenAnders Hidle, Moen6:06
5."Lethean River"VelandMoen, Veland5:55
6."...Of Ruins and a Red Nightfall"VelandVeland6:21
7."Simbelmynë"InstrumentalMoen0:59
8."Angina"VelandVeland4:38
9."Heretique"MoenHidle, Moen4:49
10."Dementia"MoenMoen2:21
Total length:52:24

Personnel

Tristania

  • Vibeke Stene – lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Morten Veland – rhythm guitar, harsh vocals, backing vocals
  • Anders H. Hidle – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rune Østerhus – bass
  • Einar Moen – synth and programming
  • Kenneth Olsson – drums, backing vocals

Session members

  • Østen Bergøy – clean vocals
  • Pete Johansen – violin
  • Jan Kenneth Barkved – clean vocals on "Heretique", choir
  • Hilde T. Bommen Rasmussen, Maiken Stene, Sissel B. Stene, Jeanett Johannessen, Rino A. Kolstø – choir

References

  1. ↑ "Angina - Tristania | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "CoC: Tristania Beyond the Veil". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Tristania Beyond the Veil - Metal.de". Metal.de. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  4. ↑ "Tristania Beyond the Veil". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Rough Edge: Tristania CD Reviews". Rough Edge. May 27, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tristania Beyond the Veil - Rock Hard". Rock Hard. 1999. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tristania". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  8. ↑ Eldefors, Vincent. "Beyond the Veil review". Tartareandesire.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  9. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Sirenia". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  10. ↑ "Tristania - Beyond the Veil review".
  11. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ashes review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
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