Tristania - World of Glass
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Free Music Notes for World of Glass
Free Music Review: Morten, Morten...
Hit: 3 Stars
I complained about this in a different review, but losing Morten Veland as their lyric writer really hurt Tristania. The music is relatively similar in style to their previous releases but what's the point of singing something if it's not worth speaking?With that in mind, Tristania did something that a certain Theater of Tragedy couldn't seem to do, which is put out a new album that doesn't make you go, 'Who are you, and what the hell did you do with the band that I bought this CD for?' I thought there was some kind of packing error when I put Musique in for the first time. They're still at the goth metal forefront (which shows that lyrics aren't terribly important anyways, to a lot of people I guess) and they still sound like Tristania - brutal male vocals, clean male vocals, beautiful female vocals; less alluring than before, but still beautiful. Violins are still used, too.
With all that beef in mind, this CD isn't BAD.. it's just not GREAT. Granted, I've dumped (dollar amount) on far worse CDs than World of Glass, and I still listen to a few songs off of this fairly often (I just pretend I don't understand the lyrics, since they dropped the intelligent poetry and hate God now, blahblehblah).
It's just more for the effect of a powerful, epic piece of music, whereas it used to be about the whole package - lyrics, arrangement (a lot of songs are ABABCB again, ugh) and music. Morten Veland will be sadly missed and, from the looks of it, he's now in kind of a 'fun' band, playing old-school rock of some sort or another. Perhaps Tristania was too depressing for even him.
Well, it's no match, but I am a tad disappointed in the new album. At least it's no Musique, and at least Tristania is still up to their old style, and at least, all things considered, it's a decent release. It just doesn't reach the same peak that Beyond the Veil -created-.
Free Music Review: Tristania does it.... yet again!
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't want to repeat to much of what has already been said: it is an album unlike the previous two - that's absolutely true. but is it any worse? I guess it's just a matter of taste, but I thoroughly appreciated variations of this kind. First off, the music became more diverse, and while there are still plenty of moments a-la Beyond The Vail, there are plenty of other styles mixed in here - and they are matched beautifully. Second off, to reply to those who complain that the band has changed too much to like it, I'd say that the band has simply matured and grown in all aspects (and besides, previous two albums have pretty much exhausted all reasonable variations on the theme, so something had to change - it's absulutely inevitable) Now, let me be clear: I'm a very big fan of both Widow's Weeds, and Beyond..., and all dark gothic music alike, and think Tristania's got the best of it, and especiallly so with this release.The mood now is a bit lighter : as one reviewer rightfully noted, the "pain" is gone. So what's there to complain about: now you've got Tristania with different moods, so you can listen to it more! After all, these changes we're talking about are NOT EVEN CLOSE to the scale and direction of TOT with their cursed Musique (devil forbid!), and I don't think they will turn away any considerable quantity of Tristania's old fans - quite the contrary, they'll attract new ones.
If you haven't bought Tristania before it might actually be a good album to start with, although it all depends on your backgound in this genre: if gothic is as light as you go, then maybe Beyond the Vail is the best to start with. Either way, the new toy is worth it!
Free Music Review: Not bad, just different
Hit: 4 Stars
Well, there are things I like and dislike about this release. I don't like it as much as their last two records, but that's not because it's bad, it just almost sounds like a different band at some points. I don't plan on going into too much detail, read the other reviews for that. I'd say World of Glass is worth having, so buy it if you like this band, but expect a different Tristania than what you're used to. If you're new to them, buy Widow's Weeds or Beyond the Veil first for the best first impression.This record to me is great for those moments within songs that jump out as very cool, but there are only two or three entire songs I really like from beginning to end.
Free Music Review: a great discovery!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This new record from Tristania is an original sort of gothic metal with some elements like My Dying Bride and Lacrimosa for their classical shades and influences but finally a new sort of gothic/death metal.Free Music Review: Tristania changed styles
Hit: 3 Stars
World of Glass starts in a strong epic mood, like as if Tristania moved a bit towards the valkyrie-Therion style; The Shining Path and Wormwood, the two first songs, are fiercely epic and well matched, and so the LP goes on. This can be positive or negative depending on your musical tastes; I sadly recall the darkish voice that made themes like My Lost Lenore or Pale Enchantress, as Tristania was composed of several elements in previous releases: sadness, darkness and epicness. Now sadness is somewhat forgotten and though this release is dark, it lacks that kind of... well, "pain", the voices inflicted.
So, buying this one or not depends completely on where your music taste dwells; this is more epic, more northern-european-mystic alike. For the fans who loved the deep gothic metal Tristania style, maybe this one has changed too much