Roots of Sirenia

Tristania was a Norwegian gothic metal band formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as gothic metal. Their songs largely dealt with dark and sentimental topics, including depression, sadness, suicide, love, absence, and anger.

Carpathian Forest is a band characterized by a raw and aggressive form of Norwegian black metal, combining the primitive ferocity of early 1990s extreme metal with an unmistakable sense of decadence, nihilism, and morbid atmosphere. Their sound merges cold, tremolo-driven guitar riffs, lo-fi music production, and harsh, rasping vocals with an undercurrent of punk-inspired immediacy.