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: The Wretched

Interpret:
Tristania
Album:
Ashes
Welcome, my friend 
(Now) It's you and I 
Do you sense the eye that watches you? 
Can you feel her muted scream? 
This is our very own horrid dream 


Can you hear her hollow cry? 
From the other side 
You can't see her - you can't reach her 
But you feel her watching you 


Now she sings her lullaby 
The sun has died 
This is the voyage that never ends 


A black light 
The lost souls are craving 
Clinging to their last glimpse of hope 
The restless won’t leave you alone 
You cannot set them free 
The blood flows 
Your fear grows 
Awaiting an accident 
Veiled eyes 
See right through your darkened mind 
You cannot set them free 


The song of demons plays on the wind 
Can you hear the wretched’s call? 
Their shuffling feet 
Your pounding heart 
Now you know you're falling 
Chanting words you do not catch 
Their cries for help you never sensed 
An organic mass of despair 
This nightly mare 


They cry your name, which is silence 
They play their game, which is violence 


Unsound.