Widow's Weeds

Tristania | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B00004YNBK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,266 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work from the masters of Atmospheric Gothic metal, December 9, 2000

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Amr Shokry (Cairo, Egypt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Widow's Weeds (Audio CD)

This album is the best one Tristania ever made. I would classify it as Atmospheric Gothic Death with Black influences. The music is very heavy and dark and slow to medium paced. The male death grunts and female operatic gregorian vocals are interweaved beautifuly with occasional black screeching vocals. The music is very atmospheric and gives you a feeling of gloominess, mysticism, and darkness. In my opinion the best song on the album is "December Elegy", this song combines the three vocals together; the operatic female, the death grunting male and the background black vocals, and the music is haunting and dark interweaved in a melancholic theme. The song "Wasteland's Caress" has only black vocals with the operatic female ones, with no death grunts and it represents a very good example of Black Gothic Metal. Finally Tristania have made a superb job making this album which is a true combination of death and black influences with Gothic metal. Tristania lovers will also love: Theater of Tragedy, Even Song, Empyrium, Ever Eve, Lacrimosa, and Therion.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Darn near perfect, July 28, 2002

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Stuart Wilson (Melbourne, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Widow's Weeds (Audio CD)

Tristania were the first modern gothic-metal act (that seems to be the right term for them) I encountered, and I was truly blown away by their sound on this, their first full-length release. As soon as track Evenfall kicks in you know what you're in for. The songs are simple yet effective and never outstay their welcome, in fact I can find very few faults with this album, the production especially is first-rate. This was also the first time I heard Pete Johansen's violin work, and he perfectly compliments a couple of the songs. I prefer this album slightly to their next, Beyond The Veil, possibly only because I heard this first, and it was definitely better than their most recent effort, World Of Glass, which I think suffered from Morten Veland's departure. A must for gothic-metal fans.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Well Done!, December 10, 2001

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"soulscythe" (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Widow's Weeds (Audio CD)

I have had this album for quite some time now and it still holds a special place in my heart! Continuing where they have left off, Tristania prove once and for all that they can hold their own among the more respected acts in the genre. Don't believe me? "My Lost Lenore" has got to be one of the greatest songs ever composed! It is perfect in every way and definitely worth the price of the disc alone...

The deep and well composed (sometimes multi-movement) music is complemented by the now standard operatic female and brutal male vocals- but it works in perfect harmony! Though Tristania have lost some of their glimmer in the later years as the lineup changed, 'Widow's Weeds' remains one of the most inspired and important recordings in the genre (definitely challenging the more respected and admired Theatre of Tragedy masterpieces)!