Customer Rating:  
Summary: It's Just Not Ascendancy...
Comment: The reason I fell in love with Trivium was the straight up metal verses combined with melodic choruses and amazing guitar solos that we found on Ember to Inferno and perfected on Ascendancy. This style of metal, a genre i dub "chorus metal," was the type that broke me into most of the music I listen to today. That being said, I was sorely disappointed with The Crusade, being another Metallica clone (and don't get me wrong, I love Metallica, but when so many bands try to be them, it bugs me out), and while their latest offering, Shogun, was an earnest attempt to climb back into the genre that I so love them for, Trivium just isn't back there yet. The title track was the only one I actually enjoyed. I think with their next album they might get back to the lofty status to which I held them a few years ago. Until then...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Decent Metal album
Comment: Not a bad album just a step back to the "Ascendancy" sound which
is okay... but I prefer "The Crusade." I wish Matt Heafy would
be more consistent with his style of singing. I prefer when he
sounds like James Hetfield like on "the Crusade" CD. The music
on this CD is more intense and less commercial. It is the singing
on this that makes the less enjoyable for me which is why I can
only give it 3 stars...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Perfection
Comment: I'm speechless - I had the opportunity to meet these guys in Corpus Christi - and they're awesome - down to earth and fun guys. I can honestly say that the music they have created in shogun will blow you away - the riffs, solos, choruses - everything has been put together perfectly...It's by far Trivium's best sounding album ever - it's an in your face sound that simply makes you tap your foot or bang your head. Into the mouth of hell we march with Trivium and their masterpiece - Shogun.
Matt - Corey - Travis - Paolo = the best musicianship ever!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good CD
Comment: I had purchased "The Crusade" and was only mildly impressed with it. I certainly didn't get a lot of plays out of me. That being said for some reason I was compelled to pick up "Shogun". I'm very happy that I did. Its a great CD and a breath of fresh air in my opinion. If you like good ol' thrash metal this CD should please you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: big disappointment
Comment: I was so looking forward to this release and I am just as depressed.
If you are fan of a vocalist who screams, no need to read any further.
I have always liked the music of Trivium, but the vocals on the earlier albums made them unlistenable. The Crusade was such a big step forward and one of my favorite metal albums. I had hoped they would continue with that trend ala A7X and BFMV - bands that used to scream and not sing.
Sadly, Trivium has gone the other way and now screams more than sings.
Fell free to buy my copy off of Amazon.
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