Tragedies is the first 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...

 funeral doom/death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Funeral

Funeral (band)

Funeral are a Norwegian funeral doom band formed in 1991 by Thomas Angell and Anders Eek; soon afterward, Einar Frederiksen joined as bassist and songwriter and Christian Loos joined as guitarist...

. Track one of the album, Taarene is sung in Norwegian, while the other four tracks are sung in English. The album contains three original tracks and two from the Beyond All Sunsets demo. It was originally released through Arctic Serenades

Arctic Serenades

Arctic Serenades was a short-lived record label dealing in metal music that lasted from 1994 to 1997.-Roster:*Ashes You Leave*Bugs B Gone*Confusion Corporation*Cryptal Darkness*Desecration*The Flesh*Funeral*GROMS*Harmony*Malediction*Mordor...

, then rereleased through Firebox Records

Firebox Records

Firebox Records is a Finnish record label based in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia. The label is well known in the underground heavy metal scene. They specialize in doom metal....

, along with the Tristesse demo and three bonus tracks. In 1994, shortly before the release of this album, Funeral recruited a female vocalist named Toril Snyen. Funeral was one of the first doom metal bands to do so. Late in 1995, Funeral would part ways with Toril Snyen. Tragedies was one of the albums that helped form the subgenre of funeral doom.

Track listing

1. Taarene - 12:25
2. Under Ebony Shades - 13:32
3. Demise - 8:43
4. When Nightfall Clasps - 14:20
5. Moment in Black - 9:39

Disc 1 (Tragedies)

1. Taarene - 12:25
2. Under Ebony Shades - 13:32
3. Demise - 8:43
4. When Nightfall Clasps - 14:20
5. Moment in Black - 9:39
6. Forlorn* - 11:39

Disc 2 (Tristesse)

1. Thoughts of Tranquility - 9:25
2. A Poem for the Dead - 18:20
3. Yearning for Heaven - 10:20
4. Heartache*
5. Dying (Together as One)*

• *Bonus tracks