Beyond the Veil (album)

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.

Beyond the Veil
Studio album by Tristania
Released	6 September 1999
Recorded	February–April, 1999 at Sound Suite Studio, Marseille, France
Genre	Gothic metal, symphonic black metal, death-doom
Length	52:24
Label	Napalm
Producer	Tristania, Terje Refsnes
Tristania chronology
Widow's Weeds (1998) Beyond the Veil (1999) World of Glass (2001)
Alternative cover
Singles from Beyond the Veil
"Angina" Released: 18 May 1999[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]
Metal.de	[3]
Metal Storm	4.75/5[4]
Rough Edge	3.38/4[5]
Rock Hard	[6]

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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Beyond the Veil"	Einar Moen, Morten Veland	Moen, Veland	6:37
2.	"Aphelion"	Veland	Veland	7:49
3.	"A Sequel of Decay"	Veland	Moen, Veland	6:32
4.	"Opus Relinque"	Moen	Anders Hidle, Moen	6:06
5.	"Lethean River"	Veland	Moen, Veland	5:55
6.	"...Of Ruins and a Red Nightfall"	Veland	Veland	6:21
7.	"Simbelmynë"	Instrumental	Moen	0:59
8.	"Angina"	Veland	Veland	4:38
9.	"Heretique"	Moen	Hidle, Moen	4:49
10.	"Dementia"	Moen	Moen	2:21
Total length:				52:24

Personnel

Tristania

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

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. http://www.allmusic.com/album/angina-mw0001201474/releases
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. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tristania". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
8. Eldefors, Vincent. "Beyond the Veil review". Tartareandesire.com. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
9. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Sirenia". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
10. http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=5311&page=&message_id=
11. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ashes review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-05-11.