Onwards (album)

Onwards
Studio album by Triosphere
Released	2006-2007
Genre	Progressive metal Melodic heavy metal
Label	Face Front Plastic Head Distribution Spiritual Beast
Producer	Rune Stavnesli and Marius Silver Bergesen
Triosphere chronology
Deadly Decadence (2005) Onwards (2006) The Road Less Travelled (2010)
Singles from The Road Less Travelled
"Trinity" Released: 2006

Onwards is the first studio album from the Norwegian progressive heavy metal band Triosphere. It was released in Norway in 2006 by FaceFront Records and the rest of Europe in 2007 by Plastic Head Distribution. The Japanese label Spiritual Beast released the album in Asia in 2006 and in the United States in 2007.

Track listing

All music by Marius Silver Bergensen except track 7 and 8 by Silver/Haukland and track 13 by Blackie Lawless, all lyrics by Ida Haukland except track 2 by Silver, track 10 by Silver/Haukland and track 13 by Lawless.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Onwards Part I (All is Fair in Love and War?...)"	0:26
2.	"Onwards Part II (Decadent One)"	3:32
3.	"Trinity"	4:53
4.	"Lament"	3:45
5.	"Spitfire"	3:55
6.	"The Silver Lining"	4:32
7.	"Gunnin' for Glory"	3:51
8.	"Sunriser"	4:47
9.	"Twilight"	4:21
10.	"Onwards Part III (A Sole Twin’s Search in Solitude)"	6:13
11.	"Onwards Part IV (Retrospect, Moving Forwards in Reverse)"	7:06

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Onwards Part V (Towards a New Horizon)"			2:14
13.	"Mean Man"			3:56

Reception

The album has received unanimously good reviews from metal review sites and the specialized press. In august 2009, Onwards receives the award for Metal album of the Year from "Just Plain Folks Music Organization", worlds largest independent music organization, in competition with more than 40.000 artists in all genres around the world.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Encyclopaedia Metallum	78/100[2]
Heavymetal.no	[3]
Lords of Metal	77/100[4]
The Metal Crypt	[5]
Pavillon 666	[6]
Spirit of Metal	[7]

Personnel

Band members

• Ida Haukland - Vocals and bass
• Marius Silver Bergesen - Lead and rhythm guitars
• Ørjan Aare Jørgensen - Drums

Additionnal personnel

• Arid Følstad - Keyboards
• Ann Helen Samnsve - Violin and viola
• Espen Godø - Mellotron (on 8 and 9)
• Tommy Sebastian - Male vocals (on 2 and 10)
• Pete Beck - Backing vocals (on 4, 9 and 10) and tambourine

References

1. ^ "Triosphere biography". Triosphere official website. http://www.thetriosphere.com/site/biography/. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
2. ^ Encyclopaedia Metallum review
3. ^ link/ Heavymetalno. review
4. ^ Lords of Metal review
5. ^ Funeral Crypt review
6. ^ Pavillon 666 review
7. ^ Spirit of Metal review

External links

• Official Triosphere website