...The Crimson Trial

...The Crimson Trial is the debut studio album of Collide, released in 1995 by Noiseplus Music.^[1] It was pressed in limited quantity cassette tape and all track versions are different than those on later releases. Songs on side two of the album remain unreleased elsewhere.^[2][3]

...The Crimson Trial
Studio album by Collide
Released	1995 (1995)
Studio	Noiseplus (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Darkwave industrial rock
Length	53:03
Label	Noiseplus
Collide chronology
...The Crimson Trial (1995) Beneath the Skin (1996)

Reception

Sonic Boom praised the vocal performances of ...The Crimson Trial and said that vocalist Karin Johnston "creates a distinctive mood with seems to mesh with whatever particular style of music being played whither it is hardcore industrial dance to ambient percussion."^[4]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Violet's Dance"	3:12
2.	"Deep"	3:08
3.	"Have Faith"	4:50
4.	"Black"	4:05
5.	"Strange"	5:13
6.	"Dreams and Illusions"	6:07
7.	"Falling Up"	4:07

All lyrics are written by Karin Johnston; all music is composed by Eric Anest and Karin Johnston.

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Violet's Dance" (Vocal Mix)	3:04
2.	"Black" (Vocal Mix)	4:08
3.	"Falling Up" (Instrumental Chaos Mix)	3:58
4.	"Dreams and Illusions" (Instrumental Dub)	6:14
5.	"Have Faith" (Vocal Mix)	4:57

Personnel

Adapted from ...The Crimson Trial liner notes.^[5]

Collide

• Eric Anest (as Statik) – programming, noises
• Karin Johnston (as Tripp9) – vocals

Production and design

• Durmel DeLeon – photography
• Noiseplus Productions – cover art, illustrations, design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1995	Noiseplus	CS	NPCS-001