Trinity is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

. The album combines tracks from previously released EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

s. This compilation CD also has two different versions of the front cover. The American

United States

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 release version has a different cover to the version released in the rest of the world. In 2004 the CD was re-released and given an extra 2 tracks taken from the band's first demo, "Towards the Sinister

Towards the Sinister

Towards The Sinister is the first demo release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride after their six month rehearsal period in 1990. The entire demo was recorded and mixed at Revolver Studios on 24 and 25 November 1990 and was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records...

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"Trinity" is the first of four My Dying Bride compilation albums, followed by 2000's "Meisterwerk 1

Meisterwerk 1

Meisterwerk 1 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Itscompanion piece - Meisterwerk 2 - was released the following year...

" and "Meisterwerk 2

Meisterwerk 2

Meisterwerk 2 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Its companion piece - Meisterwerk 1 - was released the previous year...

" and 2005's "Anti-Diluvian Chronicles

Anti-Diluvian Chronicles

'Anti-Diluvian Chronicles' is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and new remixes. It is the fourth and most recent of four My Dying Bride compilation albums, following 1995's "Trinity" and 2000's "Meisterwerk 1" and "Meisterwerk 2".-Song information:The remix...

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Track listing

1. "Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium
   Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium
   Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium is the second EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. "Symphonaire" was made only a few months after signing to the Peaceville Records label. The song was also released as a vinyl record and an audio tape...
   
   " – 11:38
2. "God Is Alone" – 4:50
3. "De Sade Soliloquay" [sic] – 3:42
4. "The Thrash of Naked Limbs
   The Thrash of Naked Limbs
   The Thrash of Naked Limbs is the third EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. This EP was also released as an vinyl record. By this time, the band was a 6-piece, having added session violinist and keyboardist Martin Powell as an official band member....
   
   " – 6:11
5. "Le Cerf Malade" – 6:28
6. "Gather Me Up Forever" – 5:18
7. "I Am the Bloody Earth
   I Am the Bloody Earth
   I Am the Bloody Earth is a three-track EP, released by British doom metal band My Dying Bride on 24 January 1994.The EP was released as part of the limited box-set, "The Stories", alongside the band's other singles, "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" and "The Thrash of Naked Limbs"...
   
   " – 6:36
8. "The Sexuality of Bereavement
   The Sexuality of Bereavement
   The Sexuality of Bereavement is an EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. This EP was only available to the Peaceville Collectors Club Series members. The Collectors Club was eventually disbanded because it had too few members...
   
   " – 8:04
9. "The Crown of Sympathy" (Remix) – 11:10
10. "Vast Choirs [limited edition bonus]" – 7:37
11. "Catching Feathers [limited edition bonus]" – 3:44

Credits

• Aaron Stainthorpe
  Aaron Stainthorpe
  Aaron Stainthorpe is the vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride. He was born in England but moved to Germany when he was six months old, because his British army officer father was stationed in the country...
  
   - vocals
• Andrew Craighan
  Andrew Craighan
  Andrew Craighan is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. Along with Aaron Stainthorpe, he is the only original member of the band still in the lineup. He played the guitar from 1989 to 1990 in the band Abiosis....
  
   - guitar
• Calvin Robertshaw - guitar
• Adrian Jackson
  Adrian Jackson
  Adrian Jackson is My Dying Bride's former bassist. He was a member of the band from 1991 until January 2007 when he moved to the USA.-Equipment:* Warwick Thumb Bolt-On bass* Sansamp Processors...
  
   - bass
• Martin Powell
  Martin Powell
  Martin Powell is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass-playing in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position...
  
   - violin, keyboard
• Rick Miah - drums
• Guest vocals on "I Am The Bloody Earth" by Ghost of GGFH
  GGFH
  G.G.F.H. is an industrial music band from Oakland, CA. The band’s musical inspiration derives from lyrical concepts such as death, murder, religion, drug abuse, rape, sex, and mental illness. They have received critical acclaim from Kerrang! and Terrorizer Magazine.- History :Michael Geist, also...