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CHAPTER 1 (1995 – 1998): The band was started by Eddie Risdal (Vox/guitar) and Kjell-Ivar Aarli (Bass/vox) under the name Permafrost in December 1995. The idea was to start a black metal band, mainly influenced by bands like Ulver, Darkthrone, Sacramentum, Dissection etc. A creative period from spring 1996 until autumn 1997 resulted in a lot of tunes, some of them to be heard on our first demo released in 2000. Later the band got into an inactive period until… CHAPTER 2 (1998 – 2002): Late 1998 Oeyvind Rosseland joined the band as a keyboardist/guitarist, and the band naturally turned more melodic and symphonic direction. When we had created some more songs we recorded our first demo, simply called Ancestral Legacy in 2000. It contained 3 songs from the early days as well. Thomas Bie and Stefan Hammer Knutsen joined the band late 2000 on guitar and drums respectively, but both left a few months later due to military service and moving to another town. With this line-up we recorded ...