Tristania

I so totally thought the new album Rubicon sucked so bad. I miss old Tristania so much, not just Vibeke but also the music and everything. Boo for new Tristania.

I miss old Tristania too

I liked two or three songs of Rubicon... btw, where is Vibeke?

Novaë wrote:

I miss old Tristania too

I liked two or three songs of Rubicon... btw, where is Vibeke?

She teaches music or singing somewhere in Norway now. She said in an interview for the school newspaper that if given the chance she would love to be in a band again. One can only hope, I guess.

Naiad wrote:

Novaë wrote:

I miss old Tristania too

I liked two or three songs of Rubicon... btw, where is Vibeke?

She teaches music or singing somewhere in Norway now. She said in an interview for the school newspaper that if given the chance she would love to be in a band again. One can only hope, I guess.

I know that!
But she is really away from the midia... I guess o_ô

Novaë wrote:

Naiad wrote:

Novaë wrote:

I miss old Tristania too

I liked two or three songs of Rubicon... btw, where is Vibeke?

She teaches music or singing somewhere in Norway now. She said in an interview for the school newspaper that if given the chance she would love to be in a band again. One can only hope, I guess.

I know that!
But she is really away from the midia... I guess o_ô

Well, if you think about it, she's really always shied away from the press and such stuff... hopefully she'll come to a baaand soon... and not be put into the background of it...

I'm a huge admirer of the first two albums, especially because of the killer atmosphere and of course, Vibeke's (sadly underused) vocals. Apart from that, I have Illumination, but I'm not a fan of Vibeke's breathy vocals on here, I even find them jarring. Haven't listened to Rubicon so I can't judge, but hard rock vocals definitely clash with my concept of Tristania, although the songs from Illumination may in fact sound better with Mariangela.

I used to love them (and I still love all the albums with Vibeke) but since they're working with Mariangela... I just can't stand the "music" (which is nothing but noise to me) they're making nowadays .
I think the new versions of the old songs are horrendous and the latest compositions... I've only checked a few songs, and one of them was another pseudo-dark-dance-club-hit-with-some-guitars-and-cacthy-intro which sounded too trited and boring ("The Year Of The Rat") ... , it was just another "Bring Me To Life" wannabe and I'm so tired of such tunes in the Gothic Metal world (you know, since 2003 all female fronted bands are trying to repeat Evanescence's magical recipe for success... and they're all failing miserably), I mean: "Amaranth", "Never Enough", "Closer", "Anger", "My Mind's Eye", "Energize Me", "Stand My Ground", etc... all those tracks are form different bands yet they're all practically identical, and I think that's basically because they want to capture some Amy Lee fans by making cheaply composed singles .
I thought Tristania would never be among such bands and would never make such "hit wannabe" songs (Illumination had "Sanguine Sky" that was poppy, but still original and far enough from Evanescence)... I guess I was wrong

I am so with you on that one Juan Pablo, it pains me to see such an amazing band go to hell. T_T

I like those songs too (Actually I like all of them ), but that doesn't mean I think they're great or original.
I love "Energize Me" (by After Forever), "Never Enough", "Closer" (by Lacuna Coil), "Anger" (by Elis) and I was addicted to "My Mind's Eye" (by Sirenia in their Monica Pedersen era) for a very long time... but I still think they're "Bring Me To Life" wannabe tunes .
Not literally of course, all these songs have their own particular feeling, but they share this same "piano intro + catchy heavy riffs + melodic pop chorus + teeny feeling" structure that cheapens them up .
I like commercial music so I enjoy listening to this kinda of "single hits", but I'll always prefer (and drive my respect onto) more personal kind of compositions.
I personally believe it's ok to have a hit in the album, but when all the singles in the female fronted community, sound exactly the same... some inspiration might be missing .
And I think that, unfortunally, this is Tristania's case nowadays