1995:
The year it all begun. Eddie (Vox, guitars, programming)
and Kjell-Ivar (Bass, vox) are thinking of starting a Black-metal band, and in the last days of the year the band was named
Permafrost.
1996:
The first songs are created this winter and spring. "Where There's No Tomorrow"
is one of them, and still one of our favourites, and appears on our first two demos.
1997:
More
songs are being made, but nothing extraordinary happens.
1998:
Øyvind Rosseland joins the band
as a keyboard player late this year.
1999:
The first songs composed on synth are seeing
the light of day, "Dance Of The Undead" is the first one. The band changes the name from Permafrost to Ancestral Legacy.
2000:
Recording of our first demo is finished in august. 10 tracks of symphonic black metal. Stefan Hammer Knutsen
joins on drums in December.
2001:
Thomas Bie joins on guitar in february. Both Thomas and Stefan
leaves the band after few months, Thomas is moving to another town and Stefan is going to military service. Before the split
the band records the track "Emptiness" which is released on the Norwegian BM-sampler "Svartmetall compilation", featuring
bands like Vesen, 1349 and Lunaris.
2002:
A new demo, "Emptiness", is recorded and finished
in March. Nine tracks this time, four of them are re-recordings from the last demo and the compilation-CD. Øyvind and Kjell-Ivar leaves
the band shortly after. Eddie creates some new songs which marks a new direction for the band; almost no synth and a bit more
progressive feel. Børre Iversen joins on drums. Elin Anita Omholt fills in on clean vocals this autumn and Tor Arvid Larsen
joins on guitars in December. More regular rehearsals than ever. A lot new songs are being made this Autumn and Winter.
2003:
Recording of new demo started in February, but not finished until April, due to no time
limits and the fact that not all songs were finished when we began recording. A new bassist, Anton Dead (also known as Atle
Johansen), joined in April.
Ancestral Legacy finally got their debut concert in April, after more than 8 years of
existence.
A new demo-EP was recorded early November. It was also called November, and
contains one new song, one re-recorded as well as 3 bonus cover tracks to be found on a strictly limited edition of 30 CD-R's.
We played at Kjellerrock in Kristiansand in December and won 10 free hours at Lynor
studios.
2004:
In March we visited Lynor studios for 3 days to record and mix a new demo. It was NOT mastered
in Dub studios as we had planned, but at Lynor in August. Several new songs were made this year. A music video for an
edit version of the song "Crash of silence" from our latest promo-CD was shot in mid November.
2005:
We played at by:Larm in Stavanger. This is the largest showcase/festival event in Norway,
and this year a total of about 120 bands participated. Our music video was released this summer as a DVD with additional
documentary footage included. Børre Iversen quits the band in November. In late December the band can look upon a ten
year history since the creation of Permafrost, not bad at all!
2006:
A pretty quiet year for AL. Johan Råna joins on drums this spring, but is dismissed
a few months later due to lack of interest. Christopher Vigre enters the spot the same Autumn. The band is rehearsing old
and new tracks that will end up on the first proper full length album, due to be recorded the following year.
2007:
Some more preparations. Recording starts in July.
2008:
Recordings are finished in January. 14 songs are mixed and mastered at Mølla studios with Knut
Magne Valle (Arcturus). An EP entitled "Trapped Within The Words", containing five of the tracks, is released in April. The
rest of the songs appear on the album "Nightmare Diaries" to be released later in 2008.
