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: Open Ground

Interpret:
Tristania
Album:
Illumination
Digging in the ground 
Digging in the mud 
Sweat streams down my face 
My spit tastes like blood 


Hide me with locks from your hair 
I cannot breathe 


Bleeding … 
Dying … 
Digging … 
Falling apart 
The torch went out 
The room went dark 


Running in the fog 
Crawling through the mud 
Tears fall down my face 
My spit tastes like blood 


Cover me with locks from your hair 


Through my mind 
My driven mind 
We both knew 
Love is blind 
Insanity is always near 


Deep in my bag full of fear 
I cannot see 
The pain that trigged your screams 
I cannot see 


From the corner of my eye 
I feel them closing in 
I know they caught the scent of me 
And then they went for me… 


I chose for you to stay with me
Profilový obrázek - Illumination
Illumination (2007)

1. Mercyside

2. Sanguine Sky

3. Open Ground

4. The Ravens

5. Destination Departure

6. Down

7. Fate

8. Lotus

9. Sacrilege

10. Deadlands

11. Mercyside

12. Sanguine Sky

13. Open Ground

14. The Ravens

15. Destination Departure

16. Down

17. Fate

18. Lotus

19. Sacrilege

20. Deadlands

21. In The Wake (Bonus Track)