(Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal) Enslavement of Beauty - And Still We Wither (2018), MP3, 320 kbps

Enslavement of Beauty is a melodic extreme metal band from Norway.
The band was formed in January 1995 by Ole Alexander Myrholt (vocals & lyrics) and Tony Eugene Tunheim (guitars & composing).
Enslavement OF Beauty combines synthesized instruments with guitars and a somewhat throathy black-metal vocal. The instrumentalizations are very orchestral, rich, and intense. The lyrics are usually concerned with sex and love and generally consist of a very rapid and angry/sad rhyming poetry.
The band spent the subsequent years composing and recording material and thereby developed their expression. In the summer of 1998, Enslavement of Beauty recorded the demo CD "Devilry & Temptation" which gained them a deal with Head Not Found / Voices of Wonder. This resulted in the 1999 release "Traces o' Red" which received very positive response.
In November 2000, the beauticians headed back to the studio to record their second album, "Megalomania", accompanied by drummer Asgeir Mickelson (Borknagar/Spiral Architect) and bass player Hans-Åge Holmen. Musically the band still sounds very melodic and deeply inspired by classical music but with a sharper metal edge and a truly hell-bent rock 'n' roll attitude.
Lyrically Enslavement of Beauty is more direct approach but still highly influenced by the poetic beauty of Shakespeare and De Sade's works.

All poetry written and sung by Ole Alexander Myrholt in the mid 90's
except the Sonnet, written by W. Shakespeare.
All music composed, programmed and performed by Tony E. Tunheim in the mid 90's.
Tony says thanks to Atari/ Notator, Roland JV-30, Zoom 9000S and Ibanez Guitars.
Ole says hello to family and friends and utter great gratitude to Tanja Holand for being the perfect guiding star in a world of dire darkness. I Love you!
Liner notes:
Tony:
The 95-demos are from our first year as a band, and was selected from rather bad quality cassette tapes. Total experimentation in high school. During my time in the army in 97/ 98, I wrote the music for Devilry and Temptation in my time off duty. The result gained us a record deal.
Ole:
We recorded the ''Devilry...'' demo sometime during the summer of 98.
By then we had recorded 40 songs but never really bothered sending anything to anyone.
We just listened to it when getting drunk and such...
I guess listening to the demos functioned as a substitute for not hanging out at a rehearsal room. Anyways... I met Metalion, the founder of Head Not Found outside Elm Street in Oslo after the infamous Mayhem gig in 98 and in a drunken state of mind asked him if he wanted to sign a damn good band. He said yes and I sent him the ''Devilry...'' demo and we signed a deal for three albums.
I also sent a copy to Samoth and his Nocturnal Art label. He replied with kind words on the overall quality but wanted us to be more evil so I never bothered writing back...
''... completely in the dark
of what they intend to put us through
memories are long forgotten
and finally in coffins so fucking dark
we open our hearts to a life so dead ...''
( Ole Alexander Myrholt, 1995 )
credits
released October 11, 2018

Tony Eugene Tunheim Guitars, Programming
Ole Alexander Myrholt Vocals