Tribulation is a Swedish heavy metal band from

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that formed in 2005. In early 2009, the band released its debut studio album ''The Horror''. Their second full-length studio album ''The Formulas of Death'' was released in 2013. In 2015, they released their third full-length studio album '' Children of the Night'' which showed a departure from the

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sound of their first two albums, drawing significantly on traditional heavy metal,

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and

gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...

as well as the occult and supernatural mythology. ''

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'' described the group as "blackened goth metallers".

Members

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Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

*''The Horror'' (2009) *''The Formulas of Death'' (2013) *'' The Children of the Night'' (2015) *'' Down Below'' (2018) *''Where the Gloom Becomes Sound'' (2021) *''Sub Rosa In Æternum'' (2024)

EPs

* ''Putrid Rebirth'' (2006) * ''Waiting for the Death Blow'' (2015) * ''Melancholia'' (2016) * ''Lady Death'' (2017) * ''Nightbound'' (2018) * ''Hamartia'' (2023)

Live albums

*''Alive & Dead at Södra Teatern'' (2019)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2005 establishments in Sweden Extreme metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2005 Swedish musical quartets Occult rock musical groups Swedish black metal musical groups Swedish death metal musical groups Swedish gothic metal musical groups Musical groups from Värmland County