Tristania - World of Glass
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Free Music Review: Not the best of Tristania's albums...
Hit: 2 Stars
Tristania really disappointed me with World of Glass. It seems they are confused... it's like they don't know which way they should go after losing Morten. In my opinion, every song is a hit in their previous albums, but this album turned out to be some kind of a "church choir" CD. This is apparent in Wormwood and Hatred Grows. There are only 2 songs that are good... Deadlocked and Crushed Dreams. So if you're more into metal, don't buy this CD.Free Music Review: You Know This CD Owns You
Hit: 5 Stars
This is by far the best Tristania cd I own (although the only other one I own is Widdow's Weeds." It's so good, so heavy, so symphonic, so CLEAR. The male screaming, male singing, and female singing are excellent. There is a nice mix of heavy and epic and light and utterly tear jerking tracks on this wonderful album. The cover art is cool to. If you like music with a little something else. Get this. I would also reccomend The Sins of Thy Beloved if you like this.Free Music Review: It's Pretty Good
Hit: 3 Stars
Well, keep in mind that this review might changed but im kinda 30% on that happening. I've listened to this album a couple of times and bought it because of all the rave reviews on this website plus the style of music seemed different than anything else I've heard. Well, I do have to say that it definitely is very unique music; many different styles of music are fused together to make up something most people just want to label as Progressive Gothic Metal. Well, I think it goes beyond that in many aspects, there is also some use of industrial synth within this, as well as melodic death metal guitars, opera influences and folkish flare throughout the whole thing-very progressive indeed. There are a few styles of vocal as well: black/gothic male growls (which is used most), operatic female (gorgeous vocals, and is used almost as much as the goth growls), and clean male (which isn't used a whole lot, but still decent sounding). This is all very different and all, but unfortunately a lot of the songs feel too bloated with all these styles, none really sticking to a pattern. Yes, i understand progressive music doesn't stick to a "pattern" so to speak but bands like Opeth and Dream Theater are also very progressive, but most of the songs have a rhythmic pattern going within them the whole time, and it doesn't feel like there are 2 or 3 different songs in one like it does with WOG. Well, because of this, the songs just had a very hard time keeping my attention, a lot of it just got kinda boring to be honest. There are a FEW parts within some songs that are really good, most especially the use of violins, which doesn't sound like the typical folk violin, but more like a sea of ghosts chanting some gorgeous songs at once, almost sounding like a few violins at one time-very nice.
On top of this, I didn't think the goth growls were all that interesting either, and the song choruses didn't provide anything really catchy, rhythmic, or melodic. Yet, even though I thought all this was apparent, the music was still very very unique.
The one thing I LOVED about this album was easily track 5 "DeadLocked." This is the one song where the female vocals are exclusive, and this song is the epitamy of all beautiful music, and is worth the purchase price of this album alone. Therefore, even though the rest of the album didn't hold up to me, this one song is truly the highlight and one of the best songs I've ever heard. Anyone who hears this album must admit that "DeadLocked" is the only song in the album that actually sounds like a well constructed song, everything flows together well, the tempo changes and pattern changes are flawlessly fused together-whereas most of the rest of the album is just TOO unpredictable for its own good. Now, keep in mind, there are a couple of other good songs on this one, the first couple I thought were actually very good; the first 2 were catchy and melodic, then again, every song really has some good moments within them, but OVERALL most songs just get to be too confused too much, either that or just boring. This album is just another example of how abstract art can be misinterpreted as good solid entertainment. Buy this for Track 5.
Free Music Review: wow
Hit: 5 Stars
get a copy, its great. heck, why not get 10 copies and give it to ur friends for christmas. if they dont like it, just take the cd back and backhand some sense into them :PFree Music Review: Slam-dunk!
Hit: 5 Stars
This Tristania's best work, by far. Their first CD ("Widow's Weeds") was pretty good...very much like Theatre of Tragedy's early stuff. Their second, "Beyond the Veil," saw the band become more powerful, but the band and Vibeke Stene (the band's female singer) were buried behind Morten Verland's death metal growling, which took up about 99% of the CD. The beautiful female vocals, the orchestration, everything was eclipsed by his unintelligible, raspy screeching. Now, most fans of this genre realize that in order to hear this great music, we have to put up with the death growling to some extent (why these bands don't take the hint from Within Temptation and just ditch that crap I don't know), but Verland's growling completely obliterated everything else on "Beyond the Veil." There have been a few reviewers who have expressed dismay at him leaving the band...I say good riddance! With him and his croaking out of the way, Tristania has been able blossom into a great, unique group of musicians and this third release from them is about as perfect as it could be. Yes, there are still some death metal growls, but they don't dominate the CD. They are used, as all of the band's elements are, where they are appropriate. In fact, I think there are almost as many "clean" male vocals on "World of Glass" as their are death growls. And Vibeke's beautiful voice, relegated to the background before, now is out in center stage and it sounds incredible. The choir, too is taking a more upfront role, as is the solo violinist, who just takes off in this new version of the band. It's like they've all been set free and everything good about the band is just cranked up to 10. The songs are powerful and melodic, the production is flawless, and the band's performance is energetic and fun. There is not a bad song on this CD, but the ones that really get me excited about this interesting new direction Tristania has taken are "Tender Trip on Earth," "Deadlocked," and "Selling Out." This is one of the best CD's of the past three years, in any genre.