TRISTANIA Singer Interviewed At Romania's ARTMANIA FESTIVAL
July 23, 2009Romania's Metalhead TV conducted an interview with Italian singer Mariangela "Mary" Demurtas of Norway's TRISTANIA at this year's Artmania Festival, which was held July 17-19 in Sibiu, Romania. Watch the chat at this location.
Fan-filmed video footage of the band's performance at the event can be viewed below.
TRISTANIA is continuing to write material for the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2007's "Illumination". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Patriot Games", "Year of the Rat", "The Emerald Piper" and "Sirens".
Commented male vocalist Østen Bergøy: "In my best moments, I manage to lift the songs and add flavor and depth and meaning. In my worst moments, the lyrics are shite and needs rewriting and rethinking. I am quite moody when I do this kind of work, and I complain a lot. Besides the never-irrelevant themes of fucked up relationships, and the feeling that existence lacks meaning, I have tried to imagine myself at another place — a more extreme spot in the world — and tried to understand and recreate what people such places must be going through. I am fascinated by extremism, madness and chaos. I don't think I want to be more specific than that at this point."
TRISTANIA in 2007 announced the addition of Demurtas to the group's ranks.
The band's latest album, "Illumination", was released in January 2007 via SPV. The CD was recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (LACUNA COIL, TIAMAT, GRIP INC.).
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