Instruments Vocals, synthesizer | Name Kari Rueslatten | |
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Born 3 October 1973 (age 51)
Trondheim, Norway ( 1973-10-03 ) Occupation(s) Vocalist, Singer-Songwriter, professor Years active 1992-2005, 2013-present Associated acts The 3rd and the Mortal, Storm, Tuomas Holopainen, Rawthang, Art of Fighters, Age Aleksandersen, Anneke van Giersbergen, Liv Kristine Website Kari Rueslatten - The Official Website Role Soprano · karirueslatten.com Albums Demo Recordings, Tears Laid in Earth, Spindelsinn Music groups The 3rd and the Mortal (1992 – 1994), Storm (1994), Israelvis (1993 – 1994) Similar People Sigurd Wongraven, Fenriz, Ann‑Mari Edvardsen, Kirsti Huke |
Kari Rueslatten - Silence Is The Only Sound
Kari Rueslatten (Trondheim, October 3, 1973) is a Norwegian soprano singer, songwriter and keyboardist, who was well known for being the former lead singer and songwriter for the now disbanded Norwegian doom metal/experimental band, The 3rd and the Mortal from 1992 to 1994. The 3rd and the Mortal was one of the early bands that used a lead female singer in the metal scene, in which inspired bands such as The Gathering, Flowing Tears and Nightwish.
Contents
- Kari Rueslatten Silence Is The Only Sound
- The 3rd and The Mortal Storm 1994 1996
- Solo Career Retirement 1997 2005
- Comeback Time to Tell 2013 to present
- Other Works
- Solo albums
- With The 3rd and the Mortal
- With Storm
- Songs
- References

The 3rd and The Mortal & Storm (1994-1996)

After taking part of some local bands, she was only 19 when she joined the cult progressive doom metal band The 3rd and the Mortal with whom she recorded the demo The 3rd And The Mortal in 1993, the EP Sorrow in 1993 and the full-length album Tears Laid in Earth in 1994 through the record label Voices of Wonder. The music was strongly atmospheric mixing progressive and metal elements.

After she left the band she joined the project Storm and recorded Nordavind before she released her first solo project Demo Recordings, both being Nordic-folk-music styled.
Solo Career & Retirement (1997-2005)

Spindelsinn, her first official solo album came out in 1997 through Sony Norway, sung entirely in the Norwegian language making honour to the Nordic folk music style. She was nominated for best vocal artist in the Norwegian Grammy Awards as best female artist at the Norwegian Hit-Awards. The following year the second release Mesmerized came out. A mellower album, with more personal lyrics in which she left the folk-acoustic style in favour of exploring more modern sounds. The singing style is reminiscent in some parts of Tori Amos mixed with her own style.

Tired of relying on producers to get the sounds she wanted for her songs, she decided to study production and went to London, England for a couple of years. After joining the Swedish label GMR Music Group Kari released a comeback album, the experimental Pilot which contains a lot of modern sounds. It bears some resemblance to Bjork, but with the more passionate feel which has always characterized Kari's music. In January 2005, Other People's Stories was issued, showing a simpler side of her music but without losing the modern feel, quality and passion in her performance. At the end of 2005, after performing live in support of her last album, she took a break from her artistic career.
Comeback; Time to Tell (2013 to present)
In 2013 Kari Rueslatten made a comeback with the remake of The 3rd and The Mortal's classic Why So Lonely, featuring Tuomas Holopainen from Nightwish on piano and keyboards, and followed up with the full length album Time to Tell in 2014, on the Swedish label Despotz Records.
Other Works
Rueslatten has also been featured in a handful of drum 'n' bass tracks by the Norwegian duo Rawthang. Her vocals of "Hor Min Sang" (Hear My Song) is also featured on a hardcore record, by Art of Fighters, called "Artwork". This track was included on Dutch Hardstyle DJ, The Prophet´s Dj Mix, "Hard 3"
Solo albums
With The 3rd and the Mortal
With Storm
Songs
Trollferd
Nordnatt
Hor min sang
The Homecoming Song
Spindelsinn
Make Me a Stone
Wintersong
I manens favn
Other People's Stories
In a Day
Time to Tell
Why So Lonely
The Gathering
Forsaken
Happy Amused
Balcony Boulevard
Jeg kommer inn
In Here
Som av meg
Borrowing You
The Shadowchant
Vakenatt
Love I Gave
Skogens kjole
Dead
Arrow In My Heart
Sorrow to My Door
Mary’s Song
Life
Carved in Stone
Never Fly Away
Letting Go