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Biography
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Biography
The history of Dismal Euphony began in 1992 in Stavanger ( Norway ) by bassist Ole K. Helgesen and drummer Kristoffer Vold Austrheim under the name "The Headless Children", a cover band of Slayer and Kreator . A year later singer Erik Borgen and guitarist Kenneth Bergsagel joined the group.
They changed the name in "Carnal Tomb", then Borgen left the band and Helgesen became the singer/bassist with the female voice of Linn Achre Tveit (Keltziva). Elin Overskott joined the band as a keyboardplayer.
This was the first line-up of "Dismal Euphony", officially formed in 1995. In the same year, the group composed the demo "Spellbound". After this publication, they were signed by Napalm Records . Here they produced other albums like Soria Moria Slott , Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides and the Lady Ablaze -EP (which already features Anja Natasha as female singer).
Later, Dismal Euphony joined Nuclear Blast and released All Little Devils , with the new female singer Anja Natasha.
Their last album is Python Zero . After this release the band split up.
Keyboardplayer Elin Overskott died from a heroin overdose on September 6, 2004.cite book |title=The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists |authorlink=Danville, Eric |year=2009 |publisher=Backbeat |isbn=978-0-87930-983-1 |page=12 |url= http://books.google.com.au/books? id=R_QNzNEU8OYC& pg=PA12& dq=Erik+Brødreskift& hl=en& ei=GrjmS6zoO8-gkQX_86XpBg& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=1& ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage& q& f=false |accessdate=
Final lineup
Anja Natasha - Vocals
Ole K. Helgesen - Vocals/Bass
Frode Clausen - Guitars
Kristoffer Vold AKA Austrheim - Drums
Svenn-Aksel Henriksen - Keyboards
Former members
Erik Borgen (1993, Vocals)
Kenneth Bergsagel (1993-? Guitars)
Linn Achre Tveit AKA Keltziva (1994–1998, Vocals)
Elin Overskott (1994–1998, Keyboards)
Dag Achre Tveit AKA Boreas (? , Bass)
Erlend Caspersen (2001, bass)
Discography
Spellbound (Demo, 1995)
Dismal Euphony (Single, 1996)
Soria Moria Slott (Full-length, 1996)
Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (Full-length, 1997)
All Little Devils (Full-length, 1999)
Lady Ablaze (EP, 2000)
Python Zero (Full-length, 2001)
References
Reflist Category:Norwegian musical groups Category:Norwegian heavy metal musical groups Category:Norwegian symphonic metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2001 Category:Musical quintets
