Origin: Halmstad, Sweden  
Genres: Doomdeath
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Last update/review: August 16, 2023

Tristitia

Led by Chilean-born guitarist Luis Galvez, Tristitia specialized in ponderous, dark, gothic doom metal, with influences from bands such as very early My Dying Bride or older Candlemass. Galves was an inventive guitarist and composer, sprinkling acoustic guitar interludes throughout the songs to bring some variety to the proceedings. Vocally, one hears a combination of black metal rasps and an almost Messiah Marcolin-styled deep croon from Thomas Karlsson (who appeared on the first two albums), while on 2000's The Last Grief session vocalist Rickard Bengtsson had a higher-pitched voice, at times slightly out of place here as he sounded more suited to power metal than slow doom. While the overall mood here was always down, there was enough strength in the songwriting to not become monotonous. Galvez passed away in 2023, one year after their final album, 2022's Doomystic.

Last Lineup

Thomas Karlsson

vocals

Luis B. Galvez

guitars/bass/keyboards RIP: August 10, 2023, scleroderma, age 59

Wilhelm Lindh

bass

Andrés Henriquez

drums

Former Members/Guests

Rickard Bengtsson (guest)

vocals (ex-Armageddon, ex-Last Tribe)

Stefan Persson

vocals

Adrian Letelier

bass

Bruno Nilsson

drums

Alessio

drums


Discography


One With Darkness  
1995 Holy
  1. Sorrow
  2. Kiss The Cross
  3. One With Darkness
  4. Winds Of Sacrifice
  5. Burn The Witch
  6. Hymn Of Lunacy
  7. Ashes Of The Witch
  8. Dancing Souls
  9. Adagio 1809
  10. Reminiscences Of The Mourner
  11. Dance Of The Selenites
  • Thomas Karlsson
  • Luis B. Galvez
  • Bruno Nilsson


Crucidiction  
1996 Holy
  1. Ego Sum Resurrectio
  2. Christianic Indulgence
  3. Crucidiction
  4. Wintergrief
  5. Envy The Dead
  6. Lioness' Roar
  7. Mark My Words
  8. Gardenia
  9. Final Lament
  • Thomas Karlsson
  • Luis B. Galvez
  • Adrian Letelier
  • Alessio


The Last Grief  
1999 Holy
  1. Once upon a dawn
  2. In the light of the moon
  3. Slaughteary
  4. Evolic
  5. Golden goddess of fire
  6. Tears & tequila
  7. Angelwitches palace
  8. Memory's garden
  9. Instrumental hollowcoast
  10. Medievil
  11. Under the cross
  12. Darknia: the last grief
  • Rickard Bengtsson
  • Luis B. Galvez
  • Alessio


Garden Of Darkness  
2002 Holy
  1. The Entrance
  2. Path I (Beholder's Tears)
  3. Path II (Black Godz Serenade - Part I)
  4. Path III (As Death Says Mine)
  5. Path IV (When Tears Cry)
  6. Path V (Beyond The 7th Valley)
  7. Path VI (There Will Never Be Another Dawn)
  8. Path VII (Black Godz Serenade - Part II)
  9. Path VIII (Tears Of The Moon)
  • Stefan Persson
  • Luis B. Galvez
  • Alessio


Burial Of The Sad  
2020 Atolinga
  1. Introitus
  2. River of the Cross
  3. Doomdaze
  4. Autum Leaves
  5. Dragged to the Cross
  6. Twice the Bleeding
  7. Dream Crystal Castle
  8. Fallen Winter Skies
  9. Winter Dead
  10. Burial of the Sad
  • Thomas Karlsson
  • Luis B. Galvez
  • Alessio


Evilive '95  LIVE
2020 independent
  1. One with Darkness
  2. Kiss the Cross
  3. Reminiscences of the Mourner
  4. Dancing Souls
  5. Winds of Sacrifice
  6. Hymn of Lunacy
  7. Ashes of the Witch
  8. Passage the Other Side
  9. The Other Side


Evilive II '95  LIVE
2022 independent
  1. Kiss the Cross
  2. Dancing Souls
  3. Winds of Sacrifice
  4. Hymn of Lunacy
  5. One with Darkness
  6. The Other Side
  7. Reminiscences of the Mourner
  8. Mark my Words


Doomystic  
2022 independent
  1. The Withering
  2. Doomystic
  3. The Crosses
  4. Witches Dawn
  5. Frozen Solitude in the Coven
  6. Jelousic Where Flowers Wither
  7. Medievil Crucidiction
  8. Moon Ghost
  • Thomas Karlsson
  • Luis B. Galvez
  • Wilhelm Lindh
  • AndrĂ©s Henriquez



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