Cold Light of Darkness [Import]

Tr3nity | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Cyclops Records
• ASIN: B000063VDW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,376,763 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Eyes of a Child

2. The Mask

3. Into the Dark

4. Which Way?

5. The Exposure Suite: The Film

6. The Exposure Suite: Help Me

7. The Exposure Suite: Is There a Paradise?

8. The Exposure Suite: Can't You See?

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A New Light In The Prog World, November 22, 2004

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T. Tennard (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Light of Darkness (Audio CD)

A solid effort by an extremely promising new progressive rock band. The sound of Tr3nity, (cool band name) is a nice mix of late 70's Genesis, Fish era Marillion, Styx and Pink Floyd. It is very apparent that the band's influences are from the 1970's, however Tr3nity are not rehashing a dated 70's sound. The Cold Light of Darkness contains good production, solid songwriting, great musical performances, especially from the band's keyboard and guitar player and tells a good story lyrically. Tr3nity is not breaking any new ground, however I find this cd to be a nice addition to my progressive rock collection. I highly recommend this cd for fans of Genesis, Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Arena, Jadis.

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive debut by new prog-rockers, February 25, 2005

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Cartimand (Hampshire, UK.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Light of Darkness (Audio CD)

Being an aficianado of 1970's prog rock (early Genesis, King Crimson, ELP, Floyd etc.) I bought this album on the strength of the reviews posted on the UK Amazon site, and I'm pleased to say that I wasn't disappointed.

Throughout, the musicianship is superb - especially the guitar and keyboards, which complement each other most effectively.

The opening track builds slowly into a sweeping landscape of synth and soaring guitar. Vocally and lyrically, just a tad repetitive perhaps, but, overall, very impressive. Mask is a pleasing , if more lightweight track, quite reminiscent of early Genesis or Marillion). Into the Dark is a weaker song, which fails to stand out in this collection. Which Way, in contrast, is marvellous. A funky bongo intro and a couple of upbeat verses then magically metamorphose into an achingly beautiful extended instrumental section. The lonely guitar sound is almost Ash Ra Tempel-ish in its fragile ambient intensity and will certainly stand up to repeat listenings. The remaining 4 tracks comprise the Exposure Suite and are successful for the most part. The transformation from the solid pounding The Film into the strange haunting Help Me, with its metronomic mechanical background beat, is particularly effective. Here though, I had a slight problem in that I felt the album peaked a little too soon. Is There a Paradise reprises the central melody and works pretty well, but the final track Can't You See, I found rather vocally repetitive and really went nowhere.

Whilst this is clearly a concept album - the theme being childhood homelessness, I prefer to pick and choose my tracks here rather than listen from start to finish. My CD skip button will ensure that the better tracks (1, 4, 5, 6 and 7, in my humble opinion) will get more plays than the rest.

Furthermore, I must confess that I wasn't /entirely/ convinced by the vocals and lyrics. Chris Campbell simply doesn't have the rich tones of a Greg Lake or Kevin Ayers, the expressive range of a Roy Harper, or the dramatic presence of a Peter Gabriel. Sometimes on this album, Campbell seems to try a bit /too/ hard and the effect, compounded by the occasional weak lyric with tortured rhymes, is not entirely successful. In this respect, Tr3nity may stand comparison to classic 70's prog-rockers Camel - who were also more impressive when they skipped the vocals and let the guitar and keyboards do the talking!

I certainly don't wish to labour this point though as, overall, I am very impressed with this surprisingly powerful debut album!

I intend to catch the band live as soon as I can this year and will certainly buy their second album, on the strength of the material presented here.