The Sins of Thy Beloved

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Name = The Sins of Thy Beloved


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Origin = Bryne, Norway
Genre = Gothic-doom metal
Years_active = 1996–present
Label = Napalm, SPV
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Current_members = Glenn Morten Nordbø (1996–present)
Ola Aarrestad (1996–present)
Stig Johansen (1996–present)
Arild Christensen (1996–present)
Anita Auglend (1996–2001)(2007–present?)
Maiken Olaisen (2005–present)
Past_members = Anders Thue (1997–2001)
Ingfrid Stensland (1997–2001)
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The Sins of Thy Beloved is a Gothic-doom metal band from Bryne, Norway.

Biography

The band was formed in November 1996 by Glenn Morten Nordbø, Arild Christensen and Stig Johansen. The band was initially called "Purgatory" but they soon decided to change their name to something less common. Anita Auglend and Ola Aarrestad joined the band shortly thereafter, and they recorded their first demo "All Alone" in January-February 1997. Anders Thue and Ingfrid Stensland then joined before they recorded their second demo "Silent Pain" in January 1998. Pete Johansen played the violin on that demo though he did not officially joined the band until the recording of their first full-length album "Lake of Sorrow" later in 1998. They toured across Europe, before recording their second full-length album "Perpetual Desolation" in 2000. During the following tour, Anita Auglend, Anders Thue and Ingfrid Stensland grew weary of traveling and left the band in 2001. A live performance was released on CD and VHS in 2001, though it was not distributed worldwide and is thus very hard to come by. The band has been dormant since the departure of its three members. Pete Johansen has since left to play the violin on several Tristania albums. In 2007 there were rumours that Anita Auglend returned to the band but so far there are no proof this was true and the band seems to keep in their hiatus.

Style

The Sins of Thy Beloved is often compared to gothic metal bands such as Tristania and Theatre of Tragedy, mainly because of the bands combination of a female soprano voice with male death grunts; this trait is common to gothic metal in general, and is known as the "Beauty and the Beast." Their music features death/doom metal rhythmics enhanced by the prominent use of violins, especially on the "Lake of Sorrow" album, typical of many gothic doom bands. Their live recordings offer a sound closer to traditional death metal than their studio albums which make heavy use of arrangements and effects.

Discography

tudio Albums

Members

Current members

* Glenn Morten Nordbø - guitars, vocals (1996–present)
* Arild Christensen - guitars, vocals (1996–present)
* Ola Aarrestad -bass guitar (1996–present)
* Stig Johansen - drums (1996–present)
* Anita Auglend - vocals (1996–2001, 2007–present)
* Maiken Olaisen - keyboards (2005–present)

Past members

* Anders Thue - keyboards, piano (1997–2001)
* Ingfrid Stensland - keyboards, piano (1997–2001)
* Pete Johansen - violin (1998–2001)

Session & Temporary members

* Hege Mary Aanby - vocals (February 2001)
* Mona Wallin - vocals (October 2005)

External links

* [http://www.desolation.be/tsotb The Sins of Thy Beloved fanpage]
* [http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/bandpage.php?ID=SOTB The Sins of Thy Beloved page at the BNR Metal Pages]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=375 The Sins of Thy Beloved page at the Encyclopaedia Metallum]