Sylentiger

Originally released in 1990 on R.E.X. Records, this is the band's sophomore album.
After their 1987 spacey-prog rock and metal debut, Trytan came roaring back with Sylentiger in 1990 with heavier, proggier, and more mature AOR/Metal. Many thought Sylentiger to be a perfect combination of Rush meets Fates Warning. Thinking-man's metal, Sylentiger has enough ideas to fill a recording twice it's length. Here you'll find Trytan's most complex playing, and Lary Dean really shows us what an all-commanding monster on guitar he really is! Many of his solos are brilliant ascending crescendos of intuitive genius! Dean knows his guitar better than most people know themselves, making his guitar an extension of his soul in a monumental flurry of magnificent notes. Robinson and Dobbs are right behind him, laying down a massive foundation of solidness that will withstand the test of time for Lary Dean's soaring guitars! The combination of the three make an indisputable pinnacle of masterful talent! Turn your stereo up loud and buckle in as the sea of music that lies within Sylentiger is nothing short of a maelstrom of swirling notes. With both musical and lyrical content escalating into an all out assault on the ears and the mind, fans get to experience the fierceness of this remastered tiger like never before! The 30th Anniversary Edition will be reissued as a Gold Disc Edition CD, remastered by Rob Colwell of Bombworks Sound.
The album featured a harder sound and lyrics which the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music characterized as presenting a need for salvation with a viewpoint from Armenian theology. In retrospect HM magazine editor Doug Van Pelt found the record to be disappointing compared to their debut.
"Sylentiger was an attempt to help people see the Lord in a fresh, new and powerful way. So many of us that were raised in dead religion and cultural Christianity are needing to see God as He really is. Not bogged down with the perceptions of man. To truly see the God of the Bible. We thought the concept of the Lord being a silent tiger would activate genuine awareness and revelation for people who were searching. He was silent before his accusers as a lamb before it's sheerer and yet, at the same time He is fierce like a tiger in his pursuit of lost souls.
Sylentiger was a bitter sweet accomplishment. Scotty had moved on to take care of his family after the dangerously early birth of their first son Kyle. Which we totally understood and celebrated. That opened the door for Jimmy Dobbs to come on board and he did an awesome job. We were wanting to have a more straight ahead, pocket metal type of sound at that point and Jim totally hit the spot. Thanks to the amazing brilliance and talent of Steve Robinson we were able to sequence over half the album with incredible synth sounds, samples and layers and layers of symphonic sounds. We also introduced something that was a huge part of Trytan's sound and life which was to have a praise and worship song on the album. We did a lot of shows in the Midwest with our dear friends Shadow Wings from Minneapolis.
We had a lot of fun, sharing Jesus and cruising around the country with those guys. We developed a new expression for us which might be called 'story metal' within the context of somewhat of a concept album, with songs like Deadly Masquerade, Beyond the Night, Make Your Move, Playin' with Fire and Here to Stay. I'm so thankful we got to do this album and do it with Jerome Mikulich and Joe Bader at the Playroom recording studios in Matteson, Illinois. Thankfully the Lord really used this album to touch and change lives." ~ Lary Dean

Lineup

Lary Dean - Lead Vocals/Guitars
Steve Robinson - Bass/Keyboards
Jim Dobbs - Drums