Ashes Norwegian band Tristania . The album registers a change in the band's musical style, leaving out the choirs and initiating a heavier sound, with a focus on darker lyrics and the clean vocals of Vibeke Stene . This album is the only one Kjetil Ingebrethsen performed harsh vocals on.
All music and lyrics by Tristania, except where noted.
Title 1. "Libre" (lyrics by Kjartan Hermansen) 4:30 2. "Equilibrium" 5:49 3. "The Wretched" (lyrics by Hermansen) 7:00 4. "Cure" 5:59 5. "Circus" (lyrics by Hermansen) 5:09 6. "Shadowman" 6:31 7. "The Gate" 6:45 8. "Endogenisis" 7:37 Total length: 49:18
Digipak/jewel case/special North American/Japanese edition bonus track Title 9. "Bird" 5:09 Total length: 54:27
In the first Ashes edition, "The Gate" was absent.
Special Enhanced North American Edition includes the videoclip of "Equilibrium".
Kjartan Hermansen was Tristania's webmaster at that time.
Vibeke Stene – vocalsØsten Bergøy – clean vocals
Kjetil Ingebrethsen – harsh vocals, aad. guitar, acoustic guitar
Anders Høyvik Hidle – guitars, additional vocals
Rune Østerhus – bass
Einar Moen – synth, programming, additional vocals
Kenneth Olsson – drums Hans Josef Groh – Cello on "The Wretched", "Shadowman", and "Endogenisis" (Recorded in Fagerborg Studio, Norway)
Produced and mixed By Tristania & Borge Finstad
Recorded and engineered By Borge Finstad & Drajevolitch
Mastered by Morten Lund 
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