Trident: Los Siete De Iscariote | A Storm Of Pure Metal
(2021 – Metalica Zine/Icarus Music/Pieza Records)
From Rosario, Argentina, Trident has been unleashing leather, Metal, and fury album after album for several years now. It’s hard to find a band in Argentina that plays heavy metal as hard as Trident does, and they confirm this on “Los Siete De Iscariote.” Yes, their sound is traditional heavy metal, centered on a cross between Iron Maiden, Saxon, Accept, and Judas Priest, to name a few of the many bands that come to mind when listening to their material.
The truth is that on “Los Siete De Iscariote,” Trident raises the stakes, not only musically but also in the themes they explore in each of their songs, which range from social and personal issues, all viewed through the band’s unique lens.
With 13 tracks, “Los Siete De Iscariote” kicks off with a short intro, “Keriot,” which leads into “¿Ves Que Puedo?,” a fast-paced way to start an album, followed by “Si Supieras,” where Trident shows how to do heavy metal by mixing fury with melody in just the right measure. This is possibly one of the best tracks on the album. Next up is the mid-tempo “Griselda y Anastasia Part. 1,” followed by the much more fiery and driving “26 años,” showcasing one of Trident’s characteristics: their ability to deliver an album full of musical nuances without straying from their declared affiliation with the universe of traditional and furious heavy metal.
Then we find “Dana,” a song more inspired by the raging hard rock of the ’80s, marking an important difference from the rest of the songs, but no less impressive. “Siete” is an intermezzo that reminds us that it is track 7, but serves as an intro to one of the most impressive songs on the album, “Clase 53,” a mid-tempo song that is somewhat reminiscent of old Manowar-style anthems, showing above all a lot of grit and feeling.
In “Format” we find a tendency towards slightly more modern and cutting riffs, while “Es Tan Fácil De Hacer” is a kind of metal ballad that, musically speaking, connects naturally with “Siempre Lo Serás,” with a tendency towards hard rock.
“El Patriarca” shows great versatility and musical construction from a compositional standpoint, with different moods and chords, all within the same song. The finale with “Pauli” is melancholic, profound, conveying many feelings, all with a keyboard base and beautiful guitar orchestrations. A great song to close a great album, as it should be.
Trident can be accused of clinging to a genre that stagnated in the 1980s, which in a way is true, but it is clear that the band does not remain stuck in that or in a kind of nostalgia. Instead, their music has ingredients that update the sound without watering down the proposal, and their versatility in composition allows one to discover interesting sounds and notes behind so much fury. In that sense, the second and final part of “Los Siete De Iscariote” shows something different and the more refined side, musically speaking.
The artwork is simply stunning, as we have come to expect from Trident. The cover is very good, and the inner sleeve not only contains the lyrics to each of the songs but also photographs of the band and technical details of the recording, as usual. The production itself is one of the best in the band’s history, with both the mixing and mastering making Trident sound the way they should: hard and rough, but at the same time with a warm and deep sound.
Trident has never received much attention in the mainstream metal media, at least not what they deserve based on their history and discography. The band has a lot to say and sound, and in “Los Siete De Iscariote” they prove it with an album that goes through various moods, but above all, makes it clear that they belong to the world of traditional heavy metal, with a lot of grit and fury, of course. Trident’s evolution in sound and overall production quality is a big plus for the band and an invitation to dive headfirst into their world, where you can be sure you’ll find a world of leather, fury, and metal.
Here are the coordinates to find Trident on social media and find out what’s new, and we’ll also leave you with a video clip of the song “Si Supieras” from this album….
https://www.facebook.com/trident.ros
https://instagram.com/steel_trident
