Trivium - The Crusade
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Free Music Review: Thrash Metal fans............Rejoyce!
Hit: 5 Stars
First off, I cut my teeth on bands like Megadeth, Testament, Exodus, King Diamond and such, and upon hearing this album I was blown away that they have revived this sound! I first was turned on to Trivium a couple years back with Ascendancy and was immidiately drawn to the obvious old-school metal guitar sound they had. Though Matt's growls sounded very dry and boring, the music on that album was impressive. The Crusade is leaps and bounds ahead of thier last album! Matts new vocal style fits him and the music so much better, and I really dont get the Hetfield comparisons. I only hear minor influences. Even at 20 years old Matt has better vocal range and sound than James has had on ANY recording!
The guitar work on this album is amazing, they ditched the D-tuning and are playing METAL to the fullest. The riffs are very reminiscent of Megadeth, Mercyful Fate and Testment and it was so refreshing to hear solo's again! Great work! In an age where Metalcore bands are cloning left and right(without much variety), its nice to hear something like this.
Back to the Metallica comparisons........This album is no Metallica clone, they have a style all thier own though thier influence of 80's Thrash and Speed Metal is prevalent, it is in no way a straight copy of anyones sound. And really, when was the last time Metallica sounded like Metallica???? 1988, I think. Thank the dark lord that Pantera came along to rule the Metal throne while Metallica chased radio singles and wrote juvenile butt rock songs like "The House That Jack Built" and "2x4".
The Crusade is one of the best Metal realeses of 2006 and I would highly recommend it to old-school Speed/Thrash metal fans.
If you are expecting another D-tuned album with cookie-cutter growls then pass on this one.
What the Trivium boys have accomplished with this album is pure metal bliss and if they continue with this sound they could easily be the next Pantera.
Free Music Review: Metalli-who?
Hit: 4 Stars
If Metallica was still making good cd's..this would be it. This cd is as solid as they come. I put this cd in and was back in the late 80's. Metal fist in the air...enjoying every song...this is what a metal cd should be....it is so rare to hear a true metal cd these days. If you are a fan of metal.. get this cd.. forget half the crap that is out there today, this is the real deal.Free Music Review: an unholy mess
Hit: 2 Stars
Trivium's third release tries to do many things. It tries to show that the band can hold its own without the harsh, roaring vocals that have become so overused in the metal genre. It attempts to carry a hard-hitting political statement in musical form. It strives to be profound in its metaphors and messages. Most of all, it tries to differentiate Trivium from their peers. Overall, it fails. Quite miserably. From the opening barrage of "Ignition," it might not be clear that Trivium have changed all that much, but by the end of the third or fourth song, the listener is left with a new taste in his or her mouth: the sour flavor of potential gone awry.
Now let me preface the rest of this by saying that up until now, I was a big fan of Trivium. I've written reviews of their past two albums, each of which got at least a four. As such, the lack of quality on "The Crusade" is especially bitter for me and those like me, who were expecting a more fully-realized execution of the more than sufficient blueprint that "Ember to Inferno" and "Ascendancy" capitalized on. Call it closed-mindedness, or stubborness, or whatever you want; this release disappointed me, and the fact that it was a Trivium release disappointed me even more.
Sure, it was an intriguing prospect: a brutal metalcore band shedding its abrasive vocals in favor of an all-sung style. It's been done before (and better), but still one could not help but take an interest. Unfortunately, the vocals on this album are even more irritating than many thought they were before. Trivium singer and guitarist Matthew Heafy has long expressed his admiration for former thrash metal giant Metallica, but never has a vocalist (outside of a cover band) striven so hard to sound like his idol. The result is a rather tepid performance, bogged down by the fact that anyone who's interested in this musical style has heard it all before.
Lyrically, "The Crusade" deals with many political and social issues, and it stumbles here as well. Turning what are meant to be rallying cries for political reform into bumbling, uneven rants, the album misses the mark several times. On the four or so instances when it becomes very issue specific ("Entrance of the Conflagration," "And Sadness Will Sear," "Unrepentant," "Contempt Breeds Contamination"), it is anywhere from two to seven years late, topic-wise. Bruce Springsteen dealt with the same issue as "Contempt Breeds Contamination" much more skillfully in his controversial song "American Skin." Conversely, Trivium's attempt at metaphor by way of Japanese legend is almost laughable on "Becoming the Dragon."
All in all, the CD is a waste of time. The melodies have grown rather sloppy, the solos have started to become a dime a dozen, and the musicality as a whole borrows heavily from other influences, ranging from Metallica to other metalcore outfits to past Trivium albums. The opening of "Tread the Floods" is essentially a note for note carbon copy of the introduction of "The Deceived," a song from Trivium's "Ascendancy." It shouldn't be surprising that what was a solid, but not extremely notable track on that album is probably one of the strongest on "The Crusade." The other highlights have their own faults: "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" is something one might expect on a Motley Crue CD (no offense to the Crue, but it's just out of place); "To the Rats" is held back by its childish, violence-for-the-sake-of-violence lyrics; "The World Can't Tear Us Apart" is a sappy ballad through and through. These and a few other fleeting moments are this disc's highlights, but there's nowhere near enough to salvage the album. "The Crusade" is just what its title implies: a fruitless search with an egotistical, self-important motive.
Free Music Review: Very disappointing for me...
Hit: 2 Stars
BTW, not a kid, but the whole account thing was annoying. I was expecting so much more out of Triviums next album. Ascendency was the best album I ever heard, with great vocals and amazing music. The Crucade had the same musical talent as the last album, but the vocals didn't work for me. The whole Metallica thing was quite annoying and I really missed the great singing and the old singing voice. I guess Trivium was looking for new things, I don't know why, but this album just didn't cut it for me. Still, Ascendency is defenintly something to check out of you are looking for something heavier than this album.Free Music Review: AWESOME!!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Trivium did it again. they pushed the metal genre to the edge in this masterpiece