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Immense early EPs packaged together + 2 BONUS TRACKS.
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By bandcandy
Format:Audio CD
First off, if you're not already a big fan of My Dying Bride, avoid this album like the plague. Firstly, its not actually an album, its a collection of three of the band's early eps, rereleased all together. This actually works out as a serious plus, as none of these eps are possible to get hold of nowadays unless you're very lucky. Also its very nice to have some of the band's oldest and most classic music repackagesd nicely for newer fans such as myself. Anyway, I have to confess that about 2/3 of the music on here is dire. There are songs on here such as "God is alone" "Le Cerf Malade" and "Gather me up forever" that you can really understand why they are fairly obscure. There is also a tragic remix of "The crown of sympathy". This is a good song, if exremely odd and quite hard to get into, with long, stretching sections of stripped down keyboards and so on, but a classic. Unfortunately the remix just makes it sound ridiculous. I don't really understand why a band like MDB would even consider remixing their songs in the first place.
On the other hand, this collection does harbour 2 or 3 absolute classics, which it is hard to find anywhere else. "Symphonaire Infernus et spera empyrium" is a majestic classic of unsurpassed beauty and perfection. It contains some of the most beautfully delicate violin playing even by MDB's standards and some quite impressively heavy guitars. It is quite long and unbelievably odd but in some ways it is one of the best songs of a very long and successful career. "The Thrash of Naked Limbs" is an absolute classic and is performed live on the older of their 2 DVDs. Finally, "I am the bloody earth" is an important piece of MDB history and good in places. Basically, this is only worth buying for fairly hardcore MDB fans, or if you're into their older, heavier and doomier music. Buy it for "Symphonaire" alone if you haven't heard it. This is an interesting insight into MDB's early career but not necessary, and if you're a newer fan or just looking into them, I suggest "the angel and the dark river" for a musically perfect classic or "The Dreadful Hours" for a more accessible yet fantastically dark taste of their more recent material.
On the other hand, this collection does harbour 2 or 3 absolute classics, which it is hard to find anywhere else. "Symphonaire Infernus et spera empyrium" is a majestic classic of unsurpassed beauty and perfection. It contains some of the most beautfully delicate violin playing even by MDB's standards and some quite impressively heavy guitars. It is quite long and unbelievably odd but in some ways it is one of the best songs of a very long and successful career. "The Thrash of Naked Limbs" is an absolute classic and is performed live on the older of their 2 DVDs. Finally, "I am the bloody earth" is an important piece of MDB history and good in places. Basically, this is only worth buying for fairly hardcore MDB fans, or if you're into their older, heavier and doomier music. Buy it for "Symphonaire" alone if you haven't heard it. This is an interesting insight into MDB's early career but not necessary, and if you're a newer fan or just looking into them, I suggest "the angel and the dark river" for a musically perfect classic or "The Dreadful Hours" for a more accessible yet fantastically dark taste of their more recent material.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Abandon all hope
6 Jun 2006
By Justin G.
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Format:Audio CD
No one plays this kind of soul-crushingly bleak gothic/death/doom metal quite like My Dying Bride. The UK-based band buries the listener in a tomb of sonic darkness so complete that light can neither enter nor escape. My Dying Bride has really perfected this sound, especially on later releases, but I still prefer their early work, which tends to have more death metal elements than gothic elements. Trinity is a perfect example.
Trinity collects all of the early (and out of print) My Dying Bride EPs - Symphonaire Infernus, The Thrash of Naked Limbs, and I Am the Bloody Earth - onto one disc. Peaceville's 2004 reissue of Trinity adds two bonus tracks - Vast Chorus and Catching Feathers - making this relatively low-priced disc an even better bargain.
Trinity is a must-have album for fans of this kind of music, and is the perfect starting point for anyone unfamiliar with My Dying Bride.
Trinity collects all of the early (and out of print) My Dying Bride EPs - Symphonaire Infernus, The Thrash of Naked Limbs, and I Am the Bloody Earth - onto one disc. Peaceville's 2004 reissue of Trinity adds two bonus tracks - Vast Chorus and Catching Feathers - making this relatively low-priced disc an even better bargain.
Trinity is a must-have album for fans of this kind of music, and is the perfect starting point for anyone unfamiliar with My Dying Bride.
4.0 out of 5 stars
First half is bad, but the second half rules.
3 Sep 1998
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Here is the tracklist: 1. Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium 2. God Is Alone 3. De Sade Soliloquay 4. The Thrash Of Naked Limbs 5. Le Cerf Malade 6. Gather Me Up Forever 7. I Am The Bloody Earth 8. The Sexuality Of Bereavement 9. The Crown Of Sympathy (Remix)
Actually this recording is a compilation of their three earlier EP's, namely "Symphonaire...", "The Thrash Of Naked Limbs" and "I Am The Bloody Earth". They thought that everyone should be able to hear their music, and the EP's were sold out, so Peaceville Records republished them. In my opinion, the first half of this CD is too hard, too confusing, and most important not creating the desired dark atmosphere. However From "Le Cerf Malade" on we hear a real masterpiece by England's no.1 Doom-Gothic-Metal Band. My absolute favorite is the remix of "The Crown of Sympathy" (the original is on the album "Turn Loose The Swans"), besides the only one with their later instead of death-metal vocals. The remix is also better than the original, for the main difference is the new drum-sound, making this song express the sadness, hopelessness and depression even better. I can recommend this and all other My Dying Bride publication to anyone liking Doom-Metal or Gothic. I am looking forward for their new album "34.788%...Complete".
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
beautiful is the pain.. heheh..
28 Jun 1999
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
So far I have this and "Angel and the Dark River"... My Dying Bride is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I like Trinity better, though, because it encompasses more than "Angel..." does. There's more raw anger here, more distant grandeur, than the timid embraces and shy outbursts in "Angel...". This is what you want if you want to rip into your soul to see what makes it cry.
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