I’ve had Ascendancy since 2005 and I can probably count on my hands how many times and how many songs I have listened to. When I got Ascendancy I also got a few other CD’s in the mix that I can’t think of off the top of my head  but Trivium didn’t get much attention. I just wasn’t into that Matt Heafy scream back then. Upon listening to Ascendancy all the way through today I was very surprised how much I was diggin it. It will probably get a lot more iPod time now. And then The Crusade started playing right after that (alphabetical order in iTunes) and I was absolutely loving it! I was a bit hesitant about buying The Crusade when it came out because I was afraid I wouldn’t like it, but I bought it anyway and it got a lot of play time and still does.

Trivium gets so much flack, being called Screamo, Metalcore, Metallica clones, etc. But in my opiion they are a great solid band that have an ass-load of talent. Seriously, in this day and age of metal it’s tough not to sound like another band, but most people can tell a Trivium song faster than they could tell another death/black/metalcore band if a random song played. Now some people may be reading this and saying to themselves ‘I wouldn’t know a Trivium song if I heard one", and you know that those are the same people that hate them. Trivium have a signature sound to them, believe it or not, where as many other metalcore bands all sound similar. I’m not bashing metalcore bands, most know that I dig a lot of metalcore bands. But the fact is that Trivium gets more crap by more people that probably have never heard many or any of their songs. I’m checking out these guys live on the 18th with All That Remains and I’ll be interviewing Corey Beaulieu before the show.

I’ll try to get a review of Shogun up sometime this week.

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I really should have spent my money on an old Testament CD or something. Oh well. I guess I’ll just ad The Poison to my disappointment collection.

I know I’ve done some promo stuff for this band but I have to be brutally honest sometimes and now is one of those times. Like I said, I haven’t heard the new CD and who knows? I might like it. I didn’t like the singing on Trivium’s Ascendancy but I like the singing on The Crusade. When it comes to a good band I’m very picky about the vocals. The Poison just doesn’t do it for me.

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“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”

Corey goes on to say about the next record that “Each song has a little bit of everything, going between something heavy and then melodic, and then back to something heavy. So it has a really interesting balance. On The Crusade Matt did almost all singing, so this time we’re bringing back some of the screaming that’s on Ascendancy“

They still have yet to hire a producer siting that this time around they want to try someone different (than Jason Suecof) that may bring some different ideas to the table.

“Since 2004 the Florida quartet have written and recorded two albums-2005’s Ascendancy and 2006’s The Crusade-and played more that 600 shows around the world” ~ Revolver

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you gotta give these guys some credit. Their guitar work is phenomenal and they have recorded some great songs on both Ascendancy and The Crusade. Call them a “Clone” band, whatever. When you have strong influences sometimes you tend to sound a bit like (or better) than your mentors. When I bought Ascendancy I was impressed with the music and when the vocals kicked in I really didn’t want to listen anymore. When I heard a few songs off of The Crusade It was much more friendly to my ears. If your not a trivium fan because of the vocals and you have never heard The Crusade, give it a shot. It may be the only Trivium album you ever buy, but you just may like it!

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