Trivium never asked to be described as "the next Metallica" by a hyperbolic British magazine or two, but because they tried to make the best of the opportunity instead of wilting away with apologetic shouts of "We're not worthy!," they've taken a hell of a lot of guff from radical heavy metal fans, already stirred up over the group's signing to the closest approximation to corporatism in their world: Roadrunner Records (who actually dare work with non-metal bands -- curse them!).
Admittedly, the youthful Floridian quartet (whose confidence has been frequently misconstrued as arrogance) didn't help matters when the band followed its impressive sophomore album, Ascendancy, with an undisguised bid for wider commercial appeal via its inconsistent third album, The Crusade.
Thus came something of a backlash even among their supporters, bringing, in turn, the stylistic retreat toward more uncompromising metallic terrain embodied by the group's fourth album, Shogun.
On this outing, Trivium elevate their new millennium thrash to -- by their standards -- largely unprecedented heights of intensity and complexity, stacking riff upon riff (really good ones, too) into densely structured highlights such as "Down from the Sky," "Throes of Perdition," and the especially devastating "Kirisute Gomen" (which supposedly means "Pardon me while I cut off your head off" in Japanese).
Corey Beaulieu and Matt Heafy's shred-intensive guitar solos also pepper every track, flying every which way like vengeful hornets, and the latter's always varied vocalizing once again prizes Hetfield-ian growls and guttural screams over more sparsely distributed (and therefore more impactful) melodic singing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirisute GomenTrivium | Trivium | Play | 06:27 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Torn Between Scylla and CharybdisTrivium | Trivium | Play | 06:49 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Down From the SkyTrivium | Trivium | Play | 05:34 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Into the Mouth of Hell We MarchTrivium | Trivium | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Throes of PerditionTrivium | Trivium | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | InsurrectionTrivium | Trivium | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | The CalamityTrivium | Trivium | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | He Who Spawned the FuriesTrivium | Trivium | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Of Prometheus and the CrucifixTrivium | Trivium | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Like Callisto To a Star In HeavenTrivium | Trivium | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | ShogunTrivium | Trivium | Play | 11:21 | 26 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Poison, The Knife Or The Noose | Trivium | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Upon The Shores | Trivium | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Iron Maiden | Trivium | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 79 mins | 182 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Andrews | Guitar Technician |
| 2 | Corey Beaulieu | Guitar, Guitars, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 3 | Monte Conner | A&R |
| 4 | Paul Fig | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
| 5 | Martyn Ford | Mixing |
| 6 | Paolo Gregoletto | Bass, Guitar (Bass), Member of Attributed Artist |
| 7 | Matt Heafy | Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist, Vocals |
| 8 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 9 | Mark Lewis | Audio Engineer, Pre-Production |
| 10 | John Nicholson | Drum Technician |
| 11 | Nick Raskulinecz | Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Engineer, Producer |
| 12 | Colin Richardson | Mixing |
| 13 | Paul Romano | Art Direction, Artwork, Design |
| 14 | Jeffrey Rose | Mixing |
| 15 | Travis Smith | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 16 | Travis Smith | Drums |
| 17 | Ben Terry | Audio Engineer |
| 18 | Trivium | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 19 | Matt Wiggins | Audio Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |