| Widow's Weeds | ||||
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| Released | 9 March 1998 | |||
| Recorded | November and December 1997 at Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal, doom metal, symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 53:07 | |||
| Label | Napalm | |||
| Producer | Tristania & Terje Refsnes | |||
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Widow's Weeds is the first full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band 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 | ||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Sirene" | Instrumental | 3:22 |
| 11. | "Cease to Exist" | Veland | 9:17 |
| Total length: | 65:46 | ||
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