Tribulation - The children of the night CD

The Formulas of Death was a fantastic album, but The Children of the Night is Tribulation’s masterpiece. Even less tied to the tropes of death metal than its predecessor, the band’s third album and first for Century Media holds the curious (albeit highly impressive) distinction of being both their most experimental and their most accessible. Doing one or the other is hard enough, but to craft a work this ambitious and monumental that just happens to have the best and most immediate melodies of your career is something that even the greatest artists can struggle with. And yet Tribulation not only pulls off such a daunting task, they do it with the kind of flair and attention to detail that makes The Children of the Night not just a fascinating work to behold, but an utter joy to listen to.