Rock Monsters Romania

Giotopia came out as an epic metal band from Belgium, created by Gio Smet as a fantasy tale on metal music. The debut album “A FANTASY TALE ON MUSIC – PART I” was released in 2018. Next year it was
followed by their sequel “A FANTASY TALE ON MUSIC – PART II” and now, on the 16th of April 2021, they continued the story with “TRINITY OF EVIL”.

As always every musician plays a character and each song is a chapter of the story. This time, the third album includes the most artists on any album so far. Among those who collaborated are: Apollo Papathanasio (We Sell The Dead, ex-Firewind), Jürgen Wulfes (Cholane, Thomsen, ex-Moon’Doc), Kelly Thans (Vocal Life Of A Kelly), YGC (The Losts), Sara Vanderheyden (Cathubodua), Ginny Claes (TheGuardian), Ellen Peeters, Jennifer Thomé (UNE, Siren’s Legacy), Nienke Verboom (The Civilized, ex-MindShade), Freddy Richard (Heavylized, Fool’s Paradise), Hannelore van Gorp and Jeff Metal (Jeff Metal, Soldiers).

Trinity Of Evil begins as a new saga, in which evil is revived, and good must face it again in a bloody battle of destiny. Every song sets the mood for war, every sound making you want to join the fight in the hope of saving humanity. I felt this feeling myself, it persisted while I was on the journey that is this album.

Along this adventure I found myself immersed in the dark setting of “Bad Blood Resurrected”. Evil and hatred made a grotesque atmosphere in which your soul gets corrupted or wishes to fight to death. Bearing the same name as the album, the song, “Trinity Of Evil”, is a beautiful and brutal display of the battle of the heros against the forces of evil. It shows the struggles of fighting against unjust opponents and the hardship of defeating darkness. Other than these two, “Forever Bound” captured me with its funeral like sound. It portraits the feeling of loss and pain, the song is a prayer for their fallen comrades and a promise of vengeance. This is an eleven track album, which is definitely worth listening to, as it is not just an album, but a tale.

Review by Mihnea Corşoreanu