Relapse
2006
The Trident
About This Album
On the jewel case of Unearthly Trance's The Trident, a sticker is prominently displayed that states "For fans of High on Fire, Bathory, Sunn 0))), and Electric Wizard." Hmmm. Last sonic check of the aforementioned acts revealed that the only thing they have in common is that they all use guitars, play really loud, and are associated with the metal genre. As for The Trident, it's Unearthly Trance's debut outing on Relapse that should tell the potential listener plenty. Musically, it's more like 2004's In the Red than 2003's Season of Séance, Science of Silence, but more diverse than either. At times, this set reaches far outside the doom subgenre; it frequently casts aside the extreme low-end frequencies of yore and seeks to offer more "songcraft" than any of its predecessors -- but is more decidedly death metal than anything else they've released. This time, Ryan Lipynsky's lyrics basically leave out the occult references he's become (in)famous for and delve into projected hatred of self and others. He's more in a death metal screaming voice than his powerful natural one (which is too bad), and the music here shifts tempos quite a bit.
Track List (try tracks 1,3,4,5,6 and 8)

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