Until recently I owned an Anthem X and loved it – light, fast, capable but would actually recommend a 120mm travel bike like the Trance.
The Anthem X was a flying machine – it simply blasted up climbs and was amazingly fast on fire roads and tarmac. It was also capable at trail centres.
However I then bought a Helius CC and the Anthem sat in the garage as the Helius always got picked. I soon realised that the extra travel made it more fun at trail centres and rough XC – yes it was slower on the climbs and fire roads but as soon it the going got tough it was in a different league. The same would be true of the Trance – it would simply be more fun at trail centres but would be perfectly good on bridleways – you might be a tiny bit slower but would have more fun.