Tristwood

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Tristwood
Also known asDecember
Origin Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Genres Industrial metal, death metal, black metal
Years active1996–present
Labels Sound Riot Records
MembersNeru
Axumis
Yak
Deimon
Jegger

Tristwood is an Austrian industrial death/black metal [1] band from Innsbruck.

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History

The band was formed in 1996 by bassist Deimon and guitarist Neru under the name December. [2] Their early MCD demo, Torment, recorded in January 1997, managed to get great sales under their original genre of black metal. However, after recording, they disbanded for several years until 2001 when Neru and Jegger decided to reform the band under the name Tristwood. Deimon came back to the band and together in 2003 they began recording the MCD entitled Fragments of the Mechanical Unbecoming. It contained far more technical advancements using additional programming and synthesizers, causing the band's output to be categorised under the industrial side of music.

In December 2003, the band worked on their first full-length album, Amygdala. Straight after the release, a follow-up album was made, Fragments…, which saw the addition of a DVD and was classified as a limited box set. During that same year, an additional vocalist, Axumis, was recruited. After the two releases, the band in 2005 re-produced previous MCDs on an EP compilation called Svarta Daudi which was recorded in only 10 hours. The Delphic Doctrine was recorded in September. Some of their recordings were sent to the record company Sound Riot Records who offered a contract to the band. [3] The Delphic Doctrine, which was released in March 2006, received more attention than any of their other releases thanks to Sound Riot Records and their pushing for Tristwood to do more and more tours. In May 2006, the band acquired a new bassist, Yak. In 2008, they started to record their next record, Dystopia et Disturbia, which was released in 2010.

After a nine-year gap, they released the album Nyx in 2019, which was followed up by Blackcrowned Majesty a year later in 2020. [4]

Current members

Discography

Albums
Other releases

References

  1. ↑ "Tristwood - The Delphic Doctrine Review". metal.de (in German). 1 June 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2025. [Tristwood play extreme industrial death/black metal.]
  2. ↑ "Tristwood Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "TRISTWOOD Sign with SOUND RIOT RECORDS". Blabbermouth.net. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Hubbard, Sean (3 June 2020). "ALBUM REVIEW: Blackcrowned Majesty – Tristwood". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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