Origin: Sweden  
Genres: Death Metal, Goth Rock/Metal
Page online: March 26, 2022
Last update/review: May 8, 2023

Tribulation

Tribulation debuted in 2006 with an EP and followed that up with their proper first album, 2009's The Horror, a fantastic slice of prime Swedish death metal that put them on the map. Yet four years later, the ironically-titled The Formulas Of Death signalled a significant change, forgoing most of the brutality of Horror and instead moving into a more relaxed gothic rock/metal mold, with only the gruff vocals a true reminder of days of yore. They followed that with The Children Of The Night in 2015, and just like that, Tribulation were no longer a death metal band. It's still quite rare in the metal world for a band to slide from one genre to another over the course of a career, and these guys deserve full credit for doing so pretty seamlessly, embracing and extending their sound with each successive album, while not entirely abandoning their roots.

Upcoming album: Sub Rosa In Æternum, release date November 1, 2024.

Current Members

Johannes Andersson

vocals/bass

Josef Tholl

guitars

Adam Zars

guitars

Oscar Leander

drums (ex-Deathstars)

Former Members/Guests

Jonathan Hultén

guitars

Jakob Johansson

drums

Jakob Ljungberg

drums



Discography



Putrid Rebirth  EP
2006
  1. Dread City of Death
  2. Zombie Holocaust
  3. Imprisoned in Abhorrence
  4. Churning Sea of Absu
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Jakob Johansson



The Horror  
2009
  1. Into the Jaws of Hell
  2. Crypt of Thanatophilia
  3. Curse of Resurrection
  4. Beyond the Horror
  5. The Vampyre
  6. Sacrilegious Darkness
  7. Spawn of the Jackal
  8. Seduced by the Smell of Rotten Flesh
  9. Graveyard Ghouls
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Jakob Johansson



The Formulas Of Death  
2013
  1. Vagina Dentata
  2. Wanderer in the Outer Darkness
  3. Spectres
  4. ????
  5. Suspiria de Profundis
  6. Through the Velvet Black
  7. Rånda
  8. When the Sky Is Black with Devils
  9. Spell
  10. Ultra Silvam
  11. Apparitions
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Jakob Ljungberg



The Children Of The Night  
2015 Century Media
  1. Strange Gateways Beckon
  2. Melancholia
  3. In the Dreams of the Dead
  4. Winds
  5. Sja¨laflykt
  6. The Motherhood of God
  7. Strains of Horror
  8. Holy Libations
  9. Cauda Pavonis
  10. Music from the Other
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Jakob Ljungberg



Melancholia  EP
2016 Century Media
  1. Melancholia
  2. Melancholia (Steingrim remix)
  3. Melancholia (Author & Punisher remix)
  4. Pay the Man (The Offspring cover)
  5. Holy Libations (demo)
  6. The Motherhood of God (demo)
  7. Winds (demo)
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Jakob Ljungberg



Lady Death  EP
2017 Century Media
  1. Lady Death
  2. Skärselden
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander



Down Below  
2018 Century Media
  1. The Lament
  2. Nightbound
  3. Lady Death
  4. Subterranea
  5. Purgatorio
  6. Cries from the Underworld
  7. Lacrimosa
  8. The World
  9. Here Be Dragons
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander



Nightbound  EP
2018 Century Media
  1. Nightbound (live)
  2. Nightbound (demo)
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander



Alive & Dead At Södra Teatern  LIVE
2019 Century Media
  1. The Lament
  2. Nightbound
  3. Lady Death
  4. Subterranea
  5. Purgatorio
  6. Cries from the Underworld
  7. Lacrimosa
  8. The World
  9. Here Be Dragons
  10. Trollens Brudmarsch
  11. Melancholia
  12. The Motherhood of God
  13. Rånda
  14. Ultra Silvam
  15. Guitar Solo
  16. Strange Gateways Beckon
  17. Strains of Horror
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander



Where The Gloom Becomes Sound  
2021 Century Media
  1. In Remembrance
  2. Hour of the Wolf
  3. Leviathans
  4. Dirge of a Dying Soul
  5. Lethe
  6. Daughter of the Djinn
  7. Elementals
  8. Inanna
  9. Funeral Pyre
  10. The Wilderness
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Jonathan Hultén
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander



Hamartia  EP
2023 Century Media
  1. Hamartia
  2. Axis Mundi
  3. Hemoclysm
  4. Vengeance (The Path) (Blue Öyster Cult cover)
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Josef Tholl
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander



Sub Rosa In Æternum    RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2024
2024 Century Media
  1. The Unrelenting Choir
  2. Tainted Skies
  3. Saturn Coming Down
  4. Hungry Waters
  5. Drink the Love of God
  6. Murder in Red
  7. Time & the Vivid Ore
  8. Reaping Song
  9. Poison Pages
  • Johannes Andersson
  • Josef Tholl
  • Adam Zars
  • Oscar Leander




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