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Trivium - Shogun

posted by: David on 8 October 2008

Roadrunner

Ever since they released their debut album on Lifeforce Records, it was pretty obvious that Trivium was going to be big. And now they are. Their previous album ’The Crusade’ was called a Metallica rip-off by some, but on ‘Shogun’ the band definitely proves to have a sound of their own. Musically it’s a mixture of their previous albums ‘Ember To Inferno’, ’Ascendancy’ and ‘The Crusade’. Each of the 11 songs is perfectly balanced and there really is no weak track among them. Pretty long songs once again. The average song length is 6 minutes, with the closing title track as the maximum (12 minutes).

There are some new elements in the sound (like the southern metal influences in ‘Down From The Sky’), but it always sounds like Trivium. As guitarist Corey Beaulieau says: ‘Shogun’ is a culmination of the growth that Trivium has gone through in the last couple of years. Of course you can still here the influences of Metallica and other favourite bands of the Trivium members if you really want to, but the typical mix of riffage and melody immediately tells you you’re dealing with Trivium here.

Closing track ‘Shogun’ lasts for 12 minutes, but there’s never a dull moment because of the diversity in this song. It’s really interesting for the whole 12 minutes. This is also typical for the whole album, because the band really thought over every part of every song on it. I can’t draw any other conclusion than to label ‘Shogun’ as a really good record. There was a lot of pressure on the band because of the many critical fans and journalists, but these guys from Florida pulled it off. Great job!

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corjan	Posted on 08.10.2008 (15:43) goto top
	stiekem wel weer benieuwd ondanks dat ik die vorige ontzettend vond tegenvallen! Hoe staat het met de cleane zang? is deze weer geminimaliseerd?
maerchenprinz WPG	Posted on 08.10.2008 (15:58) goto top
	Cleane zang en catchy stukken trek ik niet van deze band, en ze spelen constant leentje buur (Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Mastodon, Nile (!), etc etc), maar toch erg knap in elkaar gezet. Ik mag er graag naar luisteren op de fiets. Prima plaatje. Nogmaals: beter dan Death Magnetic !!!
Rik For The Kill	Posted on 08.10.2008 (15:59) goto top
	Benieuwd of dit ook zo'n discussie gaat opleveren als Slipknot.
David	Posted on 08.10.2008 (16:56) goto top
	@corjan: veel minder cleane zang, want de schreeuw is weer terug. @Rik: zal wel meevallen, want we reviewen Trivium al 5 jaar.
de engste man NTF	Posted on 08.10.2008 (17:37) goto top
	nog erger..
JorisMBM	Posted on 08.10.2008 (17:46) goto top
	haha rik haalt me de woorden uit de mond. De stilte voor de storm was de reden dat ik hierop klikte...
Chillco	Posted on 09.10.2008 (10:17) goto top
	Dit is toch een HARDCORE e-zine?
mostxpreciousx blood	Posted on 11.10.2008 (11:13) goto top
	Trivium....dat zijn toch die omhooggevallen lullo's die openlijk beweren een hekel te hebben aan metalcore, terwijl ze zelf ooit als metalcore band zijn begonnen...
The Blauwe	Posted on 11.10.2008 (20:29) goto top
	is this hardcore ?????????

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