Trail Of Tears "Bloodstained Endurance (Austria, Napalm Records, NPR 280)"

Bloodstained Endurance is the sixth studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Trail of Tears. It was the first full-length album recorded after Kjetil Nordhus, Runar Hansen, Kjell Rune Hagen and Jonathan Perez left the band in November 2006, forcing frontman Ronny Thorsen to assemble a new band. It is also the first album to feature soprano Cathrine Paulsen since A New Dimension of Might in 2002. The cover, by Travis Smith, uses the band logo from that album.

On April 2, 2009, the song "The Feverish Alliance" was posted on the band's official Myspace profile. Later, the song "Once Kissed by the Serpent (Twice Bitten by Truth)" was also added.

Track listing

1. "The Feverish Alliance" – 4:02
2. "Once Kissed by the Serpent (Twice Bitten by Truth)" – 3:22
3. "Bloodstained Endurance" – 3:36
4. "Triumphant Gleam" – 3:41
5. "In the Valley of Ashes" – 3:55
6. "A Storm at Will" – 4:00
7. "Take Aim. Reclaim. Prevail" – 3:12
8. "The Desperation Corridors" – 4:13
9. "Farewell to Sanity" – 4:32
10. "Dead End Gaze" – 3:58
11. "Faith Comes Knocking" – 4:32
12. "Onward March the Merciless" (Bonus track on digipak) – 3:08

Release dates (2009):

May 27 - Finland, Spain

May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden

June 01 - Rest of Europe

June 02 - USA, Canada

Recording information:

Recorded at Sound Suite Studio, France during Novermber and December 2008.

Mastered at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland, January 2009.

Trail Of Tears "Existentia (Austria, Napalm Records, NPR 203)"

Existentia is the fifth album by Norwegian gothic metal band Trail of Tears. It was released on January 26 (Europe) and January 30 (USA), 2007.

It is the last full-length album recorded with Kjetil Nordhus, Runar Hansen, Kjell Rune Hagen and Jonathan Perez, all of whom left the band in November 2006.

Track listing

1. "Deceptive Mirrors" – 4:28
2. "My Comfort" – 4:37
3. "Venom Inside My Veins" – 4:42
4. "Decadence Becomes Me" – 4:20
5. "She Weaves Shadows" – 4:48
6. "The Closing Walls" – 4:50
7. "Empty Room" – 4:35
8. "Poisonous Tongues" – 4:18
9. "As It Penetrates" – 4:12
10. "Shades of Yesterday" – 4:15

By the time of release, Nordhus, Hansen, Hagen and Perez had already left the band.

Recording information:

Recorded at Soundsuite Studio, Marseille, France, June 24-August 5, 2006.

Mastered at Finnvox Studio, Helsinki, Finland October 2006.

Trail Of Tears "Profoundemonium (Holland, DSFA Records, DSFA 1020)"

Profoundemonium is the second studio album by the band Trail of Tears. The cover art was designed by Travis Smith. It is the last album to feature female soprano Helena Iren Michaelsen, who left the band the year this album was made.

Track listing

1. "Countdown to Ruin" - 2:31
2. "Driven Through the Ruins" - 5:48
3. "Fragile Emotional Disorder" - 6:41
4. "Profoundemonium" - 4:55
5. "Sign of the Shameless" - 4:08
6. "In Frustration's Preludium" - 1:59
7. "In Frustration's Web" - 5:04
8. "Released at Last" - 6:01
9. "Image of Hope" - 3:51
10. "Disappointment's True Face" - 7:30
11. "The Haunted" - 5:01

All music written and arranged by Trail of Tears.

All lyrics written and arranged by Ronny Thorsen and Helena I. Michaelsen, except "Profoundemonium," and "Fragile Emotional Disorder" by Ronny Thorsen.

Recording information:

Recorded in Jailhouse Studio, Norway, January 18th - March 5th, 2000.

Mixed in Studio RS29, The Netherlands, April 2000.

Trail Of Tears "Disclosure In Red (Japan, Avalon, MICY-1109)"

Trail of Tears is a Norwegian gothic/symphonic black metal band originally formed in 1994 by Terje Heiseldal, Kjell Rune Hagen, Jonathan A Perez, Michael Krumins, and Ronny Thorsen, under the name of Natt. Through most of their career the band emphasised the use of contrasting soprano and death grunt vocals, except for the release of Free Fall into Fear in 2005, in which the band switched this contrast mostly to tenor and growls, with less frequent soprano passages. The band disbanded in 2013, being succeeded by Thorsen's project Viper Solfa. In 2020, they reformed with old and new members, including previous Sirenia vocalist Ailyn.

Disclosure in Red is the first studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band, Trail of Tears.

Track listing

All music by Trail of Tears except "Illusion?" by Frank Ørland. All lyrics by R. Thorsen and H. Michaelsen

1. "When Silence Cries..." – 5:10
2. "The Daughters of Innocence" – 3:54
3. "The Day We Drowned" – 4:40
4. "Mournful Pigeon" – 5:00
5. "Swallowed Tears" – 4:40
6. "Illusion?" – 3:26
7. "Enigma of the Absolute" – 4:05
8. "Words of the Fly" – 2:59
9. "Temptress" – 5:19
10. "The Burden – 8:05
11. "Once a Paradise" (Japanese bonus) – 4:34
12. "Orroro" (Japanese bonus) – 1:56

Recording information:

Recorded in Jailhouse Studio, Norway during September/October 1998.

Mixed in Studio RS 29, Holland in October 1998.