Nordic styled Folk Metal with a Gothic edge, famously fronted by Carmen Elise Espenaes, younger sister of LEAVES' EYES and THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's Liv Kristine Espenaes. Bass player Birgit Ö is also operational as part of Munich Death Metal band COMMANDER.
The band's 2003 demo, leading to a deal with Napalm Records, was produced by ATROCITY's Alexander Krull. In September of 2004 Carmen Elise Espenaes was offered the chance to tour with CRADLE OF FILTH on their global road trip for the the 'Nymphetamine'. Priorities with recording a MIDNATTSOL album resulted in her declining the request.
To accompany the March 2005 album 'Where Twilight Dwells' MIDNATTSOL published a companion booklet, 'En Dans I Midnattsol', telling the tale of a "tragic relationship between a troll and a Norwegian girl". October found the band appearing at the Belgian 'Female Metal Voices III' festival alongside a cast comprising LACUNA COIL, LEAVES' EYES, EPICA, ELIS, THE LEGION OF HETHERIA, SKEPTICAL MINDS, MERCURY RAIN, ASRAI, AUTUMN, DILUVIUM and AFTER FOREVER.
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