Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)

Widow's Weeds
Studio album by Tristania
Released	9 March 1998
Recorded	November and December 1997 at Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France
Genre	Gothic metal, symphonic metal
Length	53:07
Label	Napalm
Producer	Tristania & Terje Refsnes
Tristania chronology
Tristania (EP) (1997) Widow's Weeds (1998) Beyond the Veil (1999)

Widow's Weeds is the first full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania.

Track listing

• All music written by Tristania.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Preludium..."	Instrumental	1:09
2.	"Evenfall"	Morten Veland	6:51
3.	"Pale Enchantress"	Veland	6:31
4.	"December Elegy"	Veland	7:31
5.	"Midwintertears"	Veland	8:32
6.	"Angellore"	Veland	7:16
7.	"My Lost Lenore"	Veland	6:23
8.	"Wasteland's Caress"	Veland	7:40
9.	"...Postludium"	Instrumental	1:12
Total length:			53:07

Limited Edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
10.	"Sirene"	Instrumental	3:22
11.	"Cease to Exist"	Veland	9:17
Total length:			65:46

Personnel

Tristania

• Vibeke Stene – soprano, choir
• Morten Veland – harsh vocals, guitars, choir
• Anders H. Hidle – guitars, choir
• Rune Østerhus – bass
• Einar Moen – synth, programming
• Kenneth Olsson – drums, choir

Session members

• Østen Bergøy – clean vocals on "Angellore", choir
• Pete Johansen – violin
• Hilde Egeland, Marita Herikstad, Hilde T. Bommen – choir

External links

• Widow's Weeds at MusicBrainz (list of releases)