The Crusade - Trivium

Trivium-The Crusade The Crusade is the third album of American heavy metallers Trivium. It features a wide range of attitudes within the songs. After the catchy and melodic opening that is Ignition, it dives into the apocalyptic future of nuclear warfare with Detonation. Part two of Ignition, Detonation features three solos, the first of which is a hellish shredfest (in my opinion the best solo out there), followed by two still fast, but much more melodic solos which are seperated by a short verse. Detonation is followed by Entrance of the Conflagration. Next comes Anthem (We Are The Fire). Anthem is a very catchy and energetic song, packed full of ...  Read the complete review

Trivium are simply brilliant (like a recent Metallica) As much as I thought their original style was not particularly interesting to begin with, it is extremely strange for any band to simply throw their old sound out of the window in favor of something else. Yes, this is very strange indeed and yet this is precisely what the guys from Trivium did. To make matters even more complicated, the new Trivium sound is basically old-school thrash (with some heavy metal elements here and there), rooted especially firmly in bands such as Metallica. You can here influences of all old thrash bands in their records. I simply don't know what to say about an album ...  Read the complete review

Trivium:The Crusade Trivium are a Heavy Metal band from Florida they formed back in 1999. They recently released an album called Shogun(Which I'm yet to review) and are signed to Roadrunner Records. Members Past and Present Current members Matt Heafy - lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar Corey Beaulieu - backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar Paolo Gregoletto - bass, backing vocals Travis Smith - drums, percussion Former members Brad Lewter - lead vocals Jarred Bonaparte - bass, backing vocals Brent Young - guitar, bass, backing vocals Released October 10th 2006 ...  Read the complete review