The Sins of Thy Beloved

The Sins Of Thy Beloved樂隊(duì)是由Morten和Arild 和Stig在1996年11月組成的，不久后又找到了Ola,Anita和Ingfrid。那個(gè)時(shí)候樂隊(duì)還叫Purgatory，但必須在發(fā)行“All Alone”改名字。這只要是由于還有其他許多叫Purgatory的樂隊(duì)（美國(guó)就有三個(gè)），他們不得不改名叫The Sins Of Thy Beloved。樂隊(duì)名字是樂隊(duì)成員名字簡(jiǎn)單組合而成。三個(gè)月后也就是在1997年2月樂隊(duì)到錄音棚錄制了demo。是由一個(gè)著名的挪威樂隊(duì)的 bassplayer Gullei 制作的，發(fā)行量很少。在這之后，The Sins Of Thy Beloved 選擇了三首歌發(fā)行在 "All Alone"這張迷你CD上,并由意大利品牌Nocturnal Music發(fā)行。
1998年1月，The Sins Of Thy Beloved 在Sound Suite Studio錄制了"Silent Pain", 由Terje Refsnes 制作. 這些專輯發(fā)送到幾個(gè)唱片公司, 這張專輯在1998為他們贏得了與他們簽約的Napalm Records公司。1998年8月，The Sins Of Thy Beloved來到SoundSuite Studio工作室錄制了他們的首張專輯"Lake of Sorrow"。其中出自"All Alone" 中的二首歌 - "All Alone" " 和 "Worthy of You"被重新編排錄制。
The Sins Of Thy Beloved的每個(gè)成員的音樂背景是相當(dāng)不同的。 他們中的幾乎每一個(gè)都有在青年時(shí)期在樂團(tuán)中演奏樂器的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 Pete 現(xiàn)在仍然在一些樂團(tuán)中客串演奏, 但是與一個(gè)愛爾蘭的民謠音樂The Tramps聯(lián)系最為緊密。 The Sins Of Thy Beloved的風(fēng)格不僅僅是哥特金屬, 也包含那些流行搖滾元素，他們會(huì)在CD封套內(nèi)列出全部的歌詞。歌詞是由 Morten, Arild 和 Anders 寫的，他們把歌詞做的很完整,那些歌迷就不會(huì)十分注意聽歌.這就是為什么有些人發(fā)現(xiàn)歌詞很類似,他們經(jīng)常在歌詞里描述背叛，憎恨，甚至是愛和死亡。The Sins Of Thy Beloved有很好的團(tuán)隊(duì)合作精神，每個(gè)成員參與了歌曲的創(chuàng)作，比如說每個(gè)人寫一首歌，寫自己的那部分。這樣使它們所表達(dá)的音樂思想內(nèi)容要豐富得多。而由于樂隊(duì)成員在樂器演奏技巧方面所表現(xiàn)出的天賦，以及他們自身獨(dú)特的音樂理念，像Tristania一樣，他們嘗試并變革了一種新的哥特交響毀滅金屬，他們獲得了空前的成功！
很少有樂團(tuán)成員間合作得這樣完美的.
The band was formed in November 1996 by Glenn Morten Nordb?, 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 though he did not officially joined the band until the recording of their first full-length album 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, though 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 albums. In 2007 there were rumours that Anita Auglend returned to the band but so far there are no proof this was true and the band seems to keep in their hiatus.