Dismal

樂(lè)隊(duì)/藝人： Dismal Euphony

　　風(fēng)格： Death Metal/Black Metal（死亡/黑色金屬） Heavy Metal（重金屬） Prog-Rock/Art Rock（前衛(wèi)/藝術(shù)搖滾）

　　1992年ole k.helgesen與kristoffer austrheim組建了一支死亡金屬樂(lè)隊(duì)名叫the headless children。兩個(gè)人都只有13歲，幾周以后，樂(lè)隊(duì)完成了他們的第一張demo《close to death》，由于受到slayer和kreator等樂(lè)隊(duì)的影響，樂(lè)隊(duì)走的是death-speed metal的路線(xiàn)。隨后的一年里，erik borgen和kenneth bergsagel加入樂(lè)隊(duì)分別擔(dān)任主唱和吉它手的工作。他們將樂(lè)隊(duì)名改為carnal tomb，樂(lè)隊(duì)的風(fēng)格也越來(lái)越傾向與blackmetal，carnal tomb只創(chuàng)作出一首正式的歌曲“black funeral”，這首歌有可能收錄在dismal euphony未來(lái)的專(zhuān)輯中。不久以后erik borgen離開(kāi)樂(lè)隊(duì)，ole成為樂(lè)隊(duì)的主唱，linn achre tveit（keltziva）加入樂(lè)隊(duì)擔(dān)任女聲主唱，她在樂(lè)隊(duì)經(jīng)后的發(fā)展中變得越來(lái)越重要，elin overskott擔(dān)任樂(lè)隊(duì)的鍵盤(pán)手。隨著樂(lè)隊(duì)的風(fēng)格變得越來(lái)越旋律化，他們決定將樂(lè)隊(duì)名再次改為dismal euphony，這標(biāo)志著樂(lè)隊(duì)建立起了自己新的風(fēng)格。

　　1995年，樂(lè)隊(duì)發(fā)表了一張demo《spellbound》，此張demo在歐洲范圍內(nèi)引起了很多人的注意，不久，樂(lè)隊(duì)與nocturnal art，malicious和napalm唱片公司分別簽定了重新將demo作為樂(lè)隊(duì)的小專(zhuān)輯出版的合同。專(zhuān)輯在世界范圍內(nèi)售出了近千張?！秙oria moria slott》是dismal euphony樂(lè)隊(duì)的第一張正式專(zhuān)輯，這張專(zhuān)輯對(duì)于napalm唱片公司和樂(lè)隊(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)是非常成功的，隨即樂(lè)隊(duì)很快又發(fā)行了他們的第二張專(zhuān)輯《autumn leaves》，兩張出色的專(zhuān)輯使metal blade和nuclear blast唱片公司開(kāi)始對(duì)樂(lè)隊(duì)產(chǎn)生興趣。

　　1999年，樂(lè)隊(duì)在nuclearblast公司旗下出版了樂(lè)隊(duì)的第三張專(zhuān)輯《all little devil》，與前兩張專(zhuān)輯相比，似乎樂(lè)隊(duì)也或多或少的沾染上了一些商業(yè)氣息，但dismal euphony優(yōu)美的女聲演唱仍然使樂(lè)隊(duì)受到了不少好評(píng)。dismal euphony作為挪威blackmetal音樂(lè)界的一分子，以其神秘的氣氛和哀傷的旋律感染著世界，在dismal euphony的音樂(lè)中樂(lè)隊(duì)加入了很多北歐民謠的成分，這使他們的音樂(lè)聽(tīng)起來(lái)少了一分邪惡感而取而代之的是神秘而哀傷的氣氛，聆聽(tīng)他們的專(zhuān)輯時(shí)你仿佛置身于一部神話(huà)故事當(dāng)中，古老的森林，神秘的山脈，悠揚(yáng)的女聲獨(dú)唱，令人落淚的愛(ài)情故事，這一切你都可以從dismal euphony魅力十足的音樂(lè)中找到。

by Jason Ankeny

The Norwegian death metal band Dismal Euphony was led by Ole K. Helgesen and Kristoffer Austrheim, longtime friends who formed their first band, the Headless Children, in 1992 at the mutual age of 13. With the additions of vocalist Erik Borgen and guitarist Kenneth Bergsagel, a year later the group changed its name to Carnal Tomb; after Borgen was dismissed, Helgesen took over vocal chores, and following the recruitment of second vocalist Linn Achre Tveit and keyboardist Elin

Overskott, the revamped line-up was rechristened Dismal Euphony. In 1995 they recorded a demo, Spellbound, which created considerable interest throughout the European death metal underground; it was subsequently issued commercially as a self-titled EP on the Napalm label. The full-length Soria Moria Slott followed in 1996, and a year later Dismal Euphony returned with Autumn Leaves--The Rebellion of Tides. The success of the two albums brought the group to the attention of Nuclear Blast Records, which released their third album, All Little Devils, in 1999. Lady Ablaze followed a year later; Autumn Leaves and Python Zero were issued in early 2001.