Tristania albums are complex. Not so much in the technicality of the music, but the idea of it. There are “layers” to the music; it isn’t standard in the Gothic Metal genre. The bulk of the genre is made up of shallow, basic music that is easy to listen to. Tristania is not. It takes a few listens to understand. Rubicon is no exception to this, and although it is, upon first listen, a huge departure from their old sound, it still feels very “Tristania-esque” once the listener becomes accustomed to it.
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