Trivium - The Crusade
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Free Music Review: AS A FORMER FAN.......
Hit: 1 Stars
I liked their old stuff cause i do like metalcore but of course the other heavy stuff too that makes trash metal look like children in tights that can't play guitar,playing guitar hero hahahahahahaha.Hell,makes them look like barney stuff also.I know alot of trash metallers are mad right know reading this.And by former fan i mean really a former fan cause i don't even listen to their old stuff anymore,Matt heafy is just a little suburb boy with tights who "thinks" he's metal and i don't care if you say he can play im not into that kind of boring stuff.Trash metal sucks,trash metal is for posers yeah it's true all you"nu metallers" that's why it called trash cause IT'S TRASH! p.s don't comment i won't read this HAHAHAHAHAFree Music Review: A huge letdown
Hit: 2 Stars
If you are a big fan of Trivium's style on their first two CD's, then don't even bother with this album. Not too long before this CD came out, Trivium covered Metallica's "Master of Puppets." In all honesty, the song rocks! But it is my suspicion that recording the cover song gave Trivium some abhorrent notion to make an album entirely in the vein of Metallica. This new album is a complete letdown. Trivium has such an awesome sound on "Ascendancy," and for them to abandon that completely to attempt to fulfill their childhood dreams of playing in Metallica is, frankly, depressing.
From a fan whole absolutely loves their first two efforts, I give this album two thumbs down!
Please, for the love of (insert your chosen deity or spiritual force here), revert back to your original sound, Trivium!
Free Music Review: 5 stars for music only......the lyrics need some help
Hit: 5 Stars
The music is great, basically the Metallica CD we all had hoped Metallica would eventually make again......but the lyrics are straight from the 16 year old high schooler lyric book.....I really hope they work on that for the CD's to come. If you want to take it up a notch aggression wise, check out the Skinlab "SkinnedAlive!" CD....amazing.Free Music Review: Someone please offer some assistance with the lyrics.
Hit: 3 Stars
I give this record three stars for some great songs-- there are about four of them-- and some clear musical talent.
That said, these guys need some major help in the lyrical department. Most songs on here sound disjointed and/or forced, and a couple are just plain stupid (the "daughter slaughter" song and the heavy metal take on Bruce Springsteen's "41 Shots" are both painful).
It doesn't help that some of the riffs are taken right out of early Metallica tab books.
If you find this album for ten bucks or less, buy it. "Ignition", "Anthem", and a couple of others really are solid songs. Download them or find this one cheap.
Free Music Review: exciting progress from an unusual metal outfit
Hit: 5 Stars
Trivium are among the shining stars of newer metal outfits - i.e., those who were infants when Metallica's "Master Of Puppets" was released. So rather than slag the band for their obvious homage to a band that was, at one time, the best metal band out there, one can understand how influence works. After all, this reviewer, who is the crusty old age of 47 now (AIIEEEEEEE) was a teenager when KISS was on top of the heap and Zeppelin still had three more albums to release before their first breakup. The influence these bands had on guitarists my age is incalculable and unavoidable. For example, while I love Eddie Van Halen's searing work on the first five VH albums, one may hear more of a Frehley or Hendrix influence in my playing, ala the blues and more melodic soloing. For the record, I saw Metallica open for Raven in a dingy bar across the Arkansas River from Fort Smith on their first U.S. club tour. We had no idea who they were, or that they even had a record out, which at that time was "Kill 'Em All" on Megaforce, with "Ride The Lightning" soon to follow. We thought at the time they were a good blend of punk ferocity and metal chops, which I still think is accurate to this day when we discuss "Kill 'Em All."
Which brings us to Trivium, who could easily be my own kids. I gave "Ascendency" a good review on these pages, but I deferred the fifth star because of the uneven vocal approach - gutteral roaring and mewing harmony backgrounds. "The Crusade" is the result of a band that truly is heads above most of their peers, both skill-wise and intelligence-wise. The vocals are eerily similiar to a young James Hetfield, but most of the album has gruff harmonies throughout and the best part, no grunting.
I hear some similarities musically to their mentors, but Trivium have a great thrash style of their own that has a tad of progressivism that Metallica didn't. It isn't much, and that's good because I hate progrock, but also gives them the needed twist to keep them from being relegated to a copy band status.
"The Crusade" rocks mightily, the guitar work is astounding, and I really like the title instrumental track that showcases their chops. I expect great things from this band, and hope they don't succumb to the drek Metallica came out with after "And Justice For All", which, for a major album, is the worst sounding CD in metal history.