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: Sirens
He couldn't get out of bed in the morning He thought it was just a drag So into his hollow mind he was calling, into his hollow mind March on you fools and keep the line March on you fools don't fall behind From the distance through the silence If you listen you hear sirens Outside my window they walk in a line Asking no questions and reading no signs Where there is smoke there might be fire No kiss goodnight From the distance through the silence If you listen you hear sirens Outside my window they walk in a line Asking no questions and reading no signs They built a wall for me What will life ever be but blue light from the screen What will life ever be but fake Wall of silence Silent is the night March on you fools and keep the line March on you fools don't fall behind I see the Columbine clouds on the sky Passing above me they drift through the night They built this world you see and made me enemies Beside the dull routines what will life ever be but waste