- Enslavement of Beauty
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Name = Enslavement of Beauty
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Origin =Norway
Genre = Melodic black metal
Years_active =1995 - present
Label = I.N.R.I. Unlimited
Associated_acts = Tremor
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/eobofficial Official MySpace page]
Current_members = Ole Alexander Myrholt
Tony Eugene Tunheim
Past_members = Asgeir Mickelson
Hans-Åge Holmen
Julie Johnsen
Fred EndresenEnslavement of Beauty is a symphonic black metal band from
Norway . Enslavement of Beauty was formed in January1995 by Ole Alexander Myrholt (vocals & lyrics) and Tony Eugene Tunheim (guitars & composing). The band spent the subsequent years composing and recording material and thereby developed their expression. In the summer of1998 , Enslavement of Beauty recorded the demo CD "Devilry & Temptation" which gained them a deal with Head Not Found / Voices of Wonder. This resulted in the1999 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 drummerAsgeir Mickelson (Borknagar/Spiral Architect) and bass player Hans-Aage Holmen. In 2007 the third album, "Mere Contemplations " has been successfully released with the I.N.R.I. Unlimited label. 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 ofWilliam Shakespeare andMarquis De Sade 's works.Music Style
The band combines synthesized instruments with guitars and a somewhat throaty 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 poetry is inspired by
Edgar Allan Poe ,William Shakespeare and theMarquis de Sade .Demo
1998 - Devilry and TemptationAll music by Tony Eugene Tunheim. Lyrics by Ole Alexander Myrholt, except for "Sonnet #CXLIV" by
William Shakespeare .Track listing
# The Masquerade of Rhapsody - 3:33
# Colleen - 1:54
# Sonnet #CXLIV - 4:26
# And to Temptation's Darkness Forever Abide - 5:59
# Scarlet - 3:38Length 20:00Albums
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Traces O' Red " (1999)
*"Megalomania" (2001)
*"Mere Contemplations " (2007)
*"The Perdition " (EP) (2008)External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/eobofficial Official MySpace page]
* [http://inriunlimited.com/index.htm INRI Unlimited]
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