Well, thankfully, the band found an excellent new singer for this album—Melissa Ferlaak. She sang on Aesma Daeva’s second and third albums, so I was familiar with her voice. She sings in an operatic tone, though her voice sounds very silky to me—almost like it flows. She sounds as great on Trinity as she did on Aesma Daeva’s albums. The other vocal component to Visions of Atlantis would be Mario Plank. Now, on Cast Away, he was never really a great singer. I would actually say he was very mediocre on that album honestly. On this album…well, he does sound a bit better. Still, there is something missing from his voice that makes me unable to really enjoy his singing on this album. But, again, his performance on Trinity is definitely better than his performance on Cast Away. Musically, the album is a bit heavier now. The musical style did now change however—they still sound very Nightwish-y to me, except a bit cheesier. I can’t say any of the instrumental performances really amazed me, but it’s all very competently played.

Compared to the songs on Cast Away, I would say the songs on Trinity are better. "At the Back of Beyond" is probably my favorite track from the album, followed closely by the insanely catchy "Nothing Left". I wouldn’t say any of the tracks on this album are bad. Though, one of the complaints I have about this album is the same-ness of all the songs. I’ve listened to this album multiple times, and it’s still difficult for me to differentiate one track from another. More variation would have been highly appreciated in song compositions. I would have also liked to see a bit of experimentation as well—the songs on this record are all rather linear in structure.

Though I did have a few complaints about this album, the end result certainly isn’t bad. Melissa’s sublime vocals so elevate this album though. Like Cast Away, this is a nice album with which to just play in the background and hum along.

7 / 10