I bought Triviums new release Shogun yesterday and I’ve been listening to it on and off. With Shogun, Matt Heafy reaches back to Ascendancy with some of the vocals. I said before that I didn’t care for Ascendancy as much as I like The Crusade, but listening to Shogun and the older style Heafy screams, I had to check out Ascendancy again.

Against my better judgment and suggestions from people, I bought Bullet For My Valentines The Poison. Now I can’t judge their new record because I haven’t heard it. But if it is anything like The Poison then I don’t want to hear it. This was poison to my ears. When it started out I was kinda diggin the guitars and the beats and then they started singing. The scream isn’t bad but the singing sounds just boring, stock, and poppish. I couldn’t get past the 4th song, in fact the best part of this CD is the intro.
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In the latest Revolver Magazine, Trivium’s Matt Heavy And Corey Beauliu (How the hell is this dudes name pronounced) give revolver some insight on the year to come. Matt Brings up the point that people either love them or hate them, stating:
“What’s fun about this band is people either really love us or totally hate us. Trivium fans know all the words, learn our songs on guitar, have Trivium tattoos. And people who don;t like us think about it pretty much 24/7, which is crazy”