The Norwegian based Trail of Tears has been playing since ’94, but has never been to Romania, is spite of its strong fan base. They stated in an interview in 2007 for metalhead.ro that they would really like to play in Romania. With six albums so far and a new one ready to be launched, the artists of Trail of Tears are ready for the meeting in Sibiu’s Large Square in 2012.
Trail of Tears have an impressive history. They started as a cover band in a Southern Norwegian town. Natt, their initial name, played Pantera and Sepultura songs and Ronny became the leading vocalist at the age of sixteen just because “I liked extreme voices”. After the release of the first demo, the band signs with a record company and changes its name to Trail of Tears, title proposed by a former guitarist interested in the history of North American Indians: “we were sixteen and for the most of us it simply meant a good name”.
The second album,“Profundemonium” (2000) is followed by line-up changes, the leading singer being replaced with Catherine Paulsen, a voice that will sing with them until 2003. During this time, the album “A New Dimension of Might” is produced, launched and promoted. The next few years translate in the release of Free Fall Fear, a male singer only album and the departure of the whole band in 2006, just before the release of album number five, “Existentia”.
Ronny Thorsen announces the return of Catherin Paulsen in 2007 and in 2009 Trail of Tears returns to the metal audience with the album „Bloodstained Endurance”. If in 2010 their concerts were mostly in Holland and Norway, with a visit at MetalCamp Slovakia and Brutal Assault in the Czech Republic, Trail of Tears will hit Taiwan and China in November and December 2011.
Trail of Tears have announced late September 2011 that recording for the new album has been finished “We believe that we have created something extraordinary and can’t wait to share it with you all. Never before has a recording process involved so much blood, sweat and tears!” Trail of Tears fans will listen to new song at ARTmania 2012 on Friday, August 10th.
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