V roce 1996 dva bývalí členové Uzi Suicide, Morten Veland a Einar Moen spolu s Kennethem Olssonem založili kapelu Tristania. Krátce před natočením dema v roce 1997 se skupina rozrostla o další členy: Vibeke Stene, Anderse Hidle a Rune Osterhuse....
Píseň: Cease to Exist
A velvet breath of life enchants the garden of delight Her voice within these winds The flower so serene Her cold and silent wail Descend like midsummer rain Bury my heart in thine A taste of heavens wine Beneath a fullmoon bright she comes with gowns flowing wide With bloodlike lips of faun Enchanting eyes of dawn Towards the moon she gaze A lonely tear runs down her face For all she lost in life buried so deep inside Leaves... dance in her precious eden where she lies deep Her loss in life engraved in dusk and angeltears Enlight the night within me Lead me there where my heart lies buried beneath the seven seas…
