Year: 2005
Artist: Trstania
Ashes is the 4th full-length album of Tristania.
So impressive mix of soprano angelic and harsh death vocals by norwegian gothic metal band.
I highly enjoyed Ashes and i've been intermittently listening to it for about 3 years now.
I can clearly remember the first hit came from "Cure"(4th Track) beautiful voice of Vibeke and wise poetic content of the song still haunts my memory and is undoubtedly one of the highlights of this album.
Then the "Shadowman" caught my eyes;once again Vibeke Sten's beauty-type vocals as the entering of the songs plays a dominant role.The song is all about restless mind struggling with the bizarre state of wakefullness.
Little by little as i listened to Ashes more carefully putting the mechanical aspect of Tristania music on my microscope;i found the whole album composed and mixed in a handy manner;no need to mention the professional production helped the sound keep its fresh and sharp resonance .
As i talked and praised Stene's pure beauty vocals; i think it's not fair to underrate Beast vocals of this album;
Tristania introduced Kjetil Ingebrethsen on harsh vocals;his performance is not far from excellent.
Lyrical themes are mainly focused on inner conflict and personally i find some parts rather hard to decipher.
Overall it is high quality 42 minutes of Gothic Metal with composure and solid structure meets the highest standard of the genre.
Pedram July 2010
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