Ashes is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 band Tristania

Tristania (band)

Tristania is a band from Norway, formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as symphonic gothic metal with doom/death metal influences , due to its strong ties with the goth metal's history...

. The album was released on January 24, 2005 and registers a change in the band's musical style, leaving out the choirs and initiating a heavier sound, with a focus on darker lyrics the pure vocals of Vibeke Stene

Vibeke Stene

Vibeke Stene is a Norwegian soprano singer. She is most often recognized as the former vocalist of the gothic metal band Tristania. Stene met the members of Tristania during her first years in high school. She joined the band shortly before they started recording their self-titled demo...

. This album also introduced Kjetil Ingebrethsen on harsh vocals.

Track listing

• All Music & Lyrics By Tristania, except where noted. (Copyright Control)

1. "Libre" – 4:30 (Lyrics: Kjartan Hermansen)
2. "Equilibrium" – 5:49
3. "The Wretched" – 7:00 (Lyrics: Kjartan Hermansen)
4. "Cure" – 5:59
5. "Circus" – 5:09 (Lyrics: Kjartan Hermansen)
6. "Shadowman" – 6:31
7. "Endogenisis" – 7:37

Bonus Tracks:

• "Bird" – 5:09 (Jewel Case) [last track]
• "The Gate" – 6:45 (Digipack) [includes "Bird" as last track and "The Gate" between "Shadowman" and "Endogenisis"]

• Special Enhanced North American Edition includes the videoclip of "Equilibrium" and an alternative cover with Vibeke on it, plus both bonus tracks.

Tristania

• Vibeke Stene
  Vibeke Stene
  Vibeke Stene is a Norwegian soprano singer. She is most often recognized as the former vocalist of the gothic metal band Tristania. Stene met the members of Tristania during her first years in high school. She joined the band shortly before they started recording their self-titled demo...
  
  – Vocals
• Østen Bergøy – Clean Vocals
• Kjetil Ingebrethsen – Harsh Vocals
• 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" & "Endogenisis" (Recorded in Fagerborg Studio, Norway)

Production

• Produced & Mixed By Tristania & Borge Finstad
• Recorded & Engineered By Borge Finstad & Drajevolitch
• Mastered By Morten Lund