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higher.  Not as bad as I thought it would be.. - 72%  TommyA,
February 9th, 2011  Tristania's first album without Vibeke is
the first one I would consider as disappointing. After listening
to the first track, I actually stopped it and put it back on the
shelf. However, I decided to try listening to it again lately,
and I realised it was not half as bad as I thought it was.
Don't get me wrong, the album in general is more punk rock than
metal. Even the way the tracks are structured and...well...the
music overall. If I had to compare it to Tristania's past
albums, this would get a figure very close to 0 or 10. However,
judged on its own, it's actually not a bad album after all
(though far from great). It just needs to be listened to without
comparison to older Tristania.  The music, although slightly in
the veins of "Illumination", is too punk rock like for me. The
keyboards are very c