REVIEW: TRISTANIA - WORLD OF GLASS

 

TRISTANIA - WORLD OF GLASS (Icarus Recs. / Napalm Recs., 2001):

Technical data:

Recorded in Sound Suite Studio

Produced and Engineered by Terje Refsnes

Artwork by Tor Søreide Studio.

Track List: 1- The Shining Path, 2- Wormwood, 3- Tender Trip on Earth, 4-Lost, 5- Deadlocked, 6- Selling Out, 7- Hatred Grows, 8- World of Glass, 9- Crushed Dreams, 10- The Modern End 

After the success of their previous album "Beyond the Veil", Tristania brings us their new offer, this time the CD is called "World of Glass". And the arrangements have changed when comparing with "Beyond...", on this new CD they are more in the Therion vein, including a lot of choral harmonies and classical structures. They are still using the male vocals, more distorted and heavy to make a counterpoint with the female vocals (Vibeke´s voice is more present now in the recording). Maybe they have exagerated a little bit their similitude with Therion (it is a pity ...even if the choruses are used somehow differently and they have more heavy vocals than what the band of Kristoffer Johnsson uses now). As always there are a lot of keyboard arrangements and acoustic guitars. The sound is much better on this release than on "Beyond...", specially on the drums (the guitars continue being a little bit opaque compared to the rest of the instruments). Favorite tracks: "Wormwood", "Hatred Grows" and "Crushed Dreams". Contact: icarusmusic@speedy.com.ar