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Infobox musical artist | name = The Sins Of Thy Beloved| image = TSOTB @ Mexico City 2001-2.jpg| caption = some Band members 2001| image_size = 280| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Bryne , Norway | genre = Gothic metal Death/Doom | years_active = 1996–present| label = Napalm Records|Napalm , SPV GmbH|SPV | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Anita Auglend (1996–2001) (2007–present) Glenn Morten Nordbø (1996–present) Ola Aarrestad (1996–present) Stig Johansen (1996–present) Arild Christensen (1996–present) Maiken Olaisen (2005–present)| past_members = Anders Thue (1997–2001) Ingfrid Stensland (1997–2001)| notable_instruments = The Sins Of Thy Beloved is a gothic metal http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-The_Sins_Of_Thy_Beloved-l-en.html 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, although he did not officially join the band until the recording of their first full-length album Lake of Sorrow|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, but 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 (band)|Tristania and Sirenia (band)|Sirenia albums. In 2007 there were unconfirmed rumours that Anita Auglend returned to the band, but the band remains on hiatus.
Style
The Sins Of Thy Beloved is often compared to gothic metal bands such as Tristania (band)|Tristania and early Theatre of Tragedy , mainly because of the band's combination of a female soprano voice with male death grunt s; this trait is common to gothic metal in general, and is known as " Gothic metal#Beauty and the beast|beauty and the beast " vocals. Their music features death metal|death / doom metal rhythmics enhanced by the prominent use of violins, especially on the Lake of Sorrow|Lake Of Sorrow album, typical of many Gothic metal#Gothic doom|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.
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
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