ROOTS OF TRAGEDY

 

Early photo, c. 2008 ...................... Newer photo, c. 2018

BAND NAME: Roots of Tragedy
GENRE: Symphonic Black/Doom/Death (early), Progressive Death/Groove/Djent (later)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Norway (Sortland, Nordland)

Formed in 2006 (possibly on/around 25 July as that's when the YouTube channel was created.) Went silent from 2011-2016, but is active again as of 2017.

Lineup:
David Sandvik - All instruments, Vocals

Links:
Bandcamp
Instagram
Facebook
ReverbNation
Spotify
Apple Music
Pandora
iHeartRadio
YouTube (old/outdated)
Myspace
Official site @ archive.org (freewebs)
nrk.no @ archive.org (see also [here])

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:

Awakening Beyond (demo)

2006, Independent, CD
2006, Independent, Digital, link expired

Misspelled on the cover as "Roots of Tradegy".
NOTE: I'm not sure if this is the actual cover art or not.

 

The link mentions the CD being sent to Europe and the USA. I'm not sure... Like, are these the only places that purchased it? Was there an actual "distribution" to these locations? etc

1) Invation of the Ark of Blood 5:18
2) The Unborn (Abortion Day) 6:09
3) The Plague and the Divine 4:35
4) Rise of the Machine 4:24

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Left:
(30 June - 9 July?), 2008, EEE Recordings, CD(-R?), sold out
Right:
2 September, 2019, The Shrouded Winter, Cassette (50 copies) and Bandcamp

A couple sites say the EEE version was a CD-R released in a slimcase, but I don't have proof that that's correct.

The song "The Unborn (Abortion Day)" is a reworked version of "Unborn" from David's other project, [Sjelehøst].

+ EEE VERSION +
1) Rise of the Machines
4:24, lyrics:
Fall to ground to save yourself
Your own sympathy,
Earthly life
To gain,
For its self and tomorrow

Striking force of up above,
The light was always to strong to take
I can't recall what I meant
When I was searching justice

Wait and bleed
When you are waiting
Rise and take
The life of the living

Bigger forces that claim their heritage
Of mother earth and Gaia
Who are you to judge when your self is a slave

Wait for the end of all
To begin the journey to fall
The given life is failed
Wait and bleed

"See the light
Wipe your tears"

Life Beyond
Save us

Taken and throwned away
Then it have nothing to say
Structure of failure

2) Dying Day
4:24, lyrics unknown

3) Invation of the Ark of Blood
5:17, lyrics:
"In this darkness"

My eyes
Gone blind
Hidden truth
Seeking lies

Terror haunting me
Pain in eternity

"Invasion"

The ark blood I saw in my dream
Terrible sight from Satan's stream
Like nothing I've seen, is being fulfilled

"In the shadows I stray
and I survive on the living..."

You who pray will be saved by grace
Rescued from the never-ending maze

4) The Plague and the Divine
4:35, lyrics:
Risen from the grave beyond
The plague is marching on
To the city of them who lives
Their sorry lives gone blind

"The plague who shall appear
Will destroy the balance within"

Unbound the plague moves on
To his speechless prey
The fight will last no longer
Man has no power of will

They will scream
They will shout his name

Tears of sorrow
Fly to his divine

"The plague who shall appear
Will destroy the balance within"

Fight
the holy war
Take your stand and sacrifice

"Tears of sorrow
Fly to his divine"

One by one they stand their ground
The weapons they use is the truth
Brothers and sisters is standing tall
Waiting for the plague to fall

Once again the plague must end
The force divine makes the difference

5) The Unborn (Abortion Day)
6:09, lyrics unknown

6) Wishes upon the Grave
5:20, lyrics unknown

+ SHROUDED WINTER VERSION +
Side A
1) Rise of the Machines 4:24
2) Dying Day 4:24
3) Invation of the Ark of Blood 5:17
4) The Plague and the Divine 4:35
Side B
5) The Unborn (Abortion Day) 6:09
6) Wishes upon the Grave 5:20
7) Pray for Death 6:31 (bonus track)

Demo (NOT SURE IF RELEASED, 2010, Independent)
Format: CD, possibly

This was announced on the band's social media, yet almost no info around it is certain. The person who added it to Metal Archives is notorious for adding wrong / guessed info, including the "CD" format. The cover art they used is literally just [the logo from Drawnsword's art portfolio/blog]. The white line on the left side is still visible and everything. The tracklist was definitely copied from Myspace, as the same symbol is missing from track 5 as on there ("Mrkehjertet" instead of "Mørkehjertet").

1) Pray for Death 6:30
2) At the Throne 6:01
3) Salvation Road 5:40
4) Snake from the Pit 4:48
5) Mørkehjertet 3:42
6) Salvation Road (sample) 2:59

For convenience's sake, this page only lists the black metal-oriented releases. Check out [Christian Death Metal Collective], run by my friend Coleiosis, for the newer material!

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IncompletePage, CouldUseBetterImages, UncertainInfo
INFO:
1) Missing lyrics to all songs. 2) Were the 2006 and 2010 demos released? If so, I need a lot more info about them.
IMAGES:
Basically every image here could use a better version. Also, the releases could use more layout photos, if anyone has them?

Miscellaneous stuff:
(Unused?) logos I found online