Trivium returns with their 5th and most powerful studio album. Produced by Colin Richardson, the album shows an amazing mature growth for the band technically, sonically and musically.

Trivium stormed onto the metal scene in 2005 with their critically acclaimed debut album Ascendency and continued their dominance with the follow-up The Crusade. Now the band has unleashed their most cohesive and mature effort, Shogun. The band is poised to continue to knock the metal and hard rock community on its ass with what will definitely be hailed as the metal album of the year by critics and fans alike!

Special edition includes 5 bonus tracks and a full length DVD including live performances of new and classic tracks from their rehearsal space, a full length documentary on the making of the album and the "In Waves" Music Video.


Trivium returns with their 5th and most powerful studio album. Produced by Colin Richardson, the album shows an amazing mature growth for the band technically, sonically and musically.


Packaged in a digipak with expanded packaging including lyrics.

From the opening future-thrash twin-blast of Â"IgnitionÂ" and Â"Detonation,Â" with their anthemic refrains and blizzards of lacerating lead work, The Crusade is clearly a body of work that could raise the bar for rock bands around the world. ThereÂ’s the staggering, precocious Â"Anthem (We Are The Fire),Â" which blends the scathing thrash riffs of Megadeth with the infectious swagger of Mötley Crüe at their succinct best. The intricate, rumbling bludgeon of Â"Becoming The DragonÂ" has a pummelling, cyclical rhythmic drive and soaring, left-of-centre chorus. The doom-laden, emotion-stuffed Â"And Sadness Will SearÂ", reveals a new, darker, edgier side to TriviumÂ’s otherwise hook-laden chops. The deceptively accessible Â"The RisingÂ" is a sumptuous hymn hewn from the juiciest licks that boasts a phenomenal crowd-rousing chorus... imploring the faithful to ‘Raise your voices with meÂ…and sing this song of unity!Â’ This collection of gems culminates in the albumÂ’s monumental, shape-shifting title track; a nine-minute instrumental monstrosity that twists, turns and torments the listener with rapid-fire tempo shifts, immaculate musicianship and a thrilling sense of adventure. ItÂ’s an obscenely brave and ambitious end to a glorious collection of songs that seems destined to cement TriviumÂ’s reputation as the heaviest, sharpest, smartest and hardest working band of their generation.

Ascendancy, the group's second album and their first on Roadrunner Records, is filled with carefully crafted songs that surge with energy, passion and originality. Like their solid 2003 debut Ember to Inferno, Ascendancy is rooted in '80s and '90s thrash, recalling the glory days of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and Testament. But the new disc doesn't stop there, incorporating aspects of melodic death metal and even prog-rock. Twin guitar harmonies and point/counterpoint dynamics abound, twisting around vocals that alternate from melodic and pained to caustic and full of rage. "We had so much more to work with this time," says guitarist and lead vocalist Matt Heafy of the Jason Suecof-produced disc. "I had great guitar sounds, Travis [Smith, drums] is playing like a machine, and the vocals are so much more multi-dimensional."

While the first album, lyrically, addressed romantic disillusionment and child abuse, this time the songs confront spousal abuse, suicide, depression, tyranny and freedom of speech. However, even at his most poignant, Heafy prefers expressing gut emotion to preaching. "I've found that when you have a negative aspect in your life, you can find so much negativity in other people's lives around you, and in the world. For me, it's good to write about the negativity to get some of it out of my system."

Trivium stormed onto the metal scene in 2005 with their critically acclaimed debut album Ascendency and continued their dominance with the follow-up The Crusade. Now the band has unleashed their most cohesive and mature effort, Shogun. The band is poised to continue to knock the metal and hard rock community on its ass with what will definitely be hailed as the metal album of the year by critics and fans alike! This Special Edition includes three bonus tracks and a DVD with a 45-minute making of the album documentary as well as 'how to play' clips teaching fans how to play songs from the new album on guitar and bass.

Throughout this CD, the Florida trio's 2003 lineup - Matt Heafy on lead vocals & guitar, Brent Young on bass, & Travis Smith on drums - fluctuates between metal-core ferocity & something more forgiving. Typically, a Trivium song will go from metal core harshness - suffocating density, sledgehammer cruelty, screaming vocals - to a more melodic style of power metal/fantasy metal. This Japanese edition features 16 tracks including 4 bonus tracks, 'The Storm' (2003 Demo), 'Sworn' (2003 Demo), 'Ember Of Inferno' (Live Video, recorded at Hard Rock Live, September 2003) & 'Pillars Of Serpents' (Live Video, recorded at Hard Rock Live, September 2003). Lifeforce.

Ascendancy, the group's second album and their first on Roadrunner Records, is filled with carefully crafted songs that surge with energy, passion and originality. Like their solid 2003 debut Ember to Inferno, Ascendancy is rooted in '80s and '90s thrash, recalling the glory days of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and Testament. But the new disc doesn't stop there, incorporating aspects of melodic death metal and even prog-rock. Twin guitar harmonies and point/counterpoint dynamics abound, twisting around vocals that alternate from melodic and pained to caustic and full of rage. "We had so much more to work with this time," says guitarist and lead vocalist Matt Heafy of the Jason Suecof-produced disc. "I had great guitar sounds, Travis [Smith, drums] is playing like a machine, and the vocals are so much more multi-dimensional."

While the first album, lyrically, addressed romantic disillusionment and child abuse, this time the songs confront spousal abuse, suicide, depression, tyranny and freedom of speech. However, even at his most poignant, Heafy prefers expressing gut emotion to preaching. "I've found that when you have a negative aspect in your life, you can find so much negativity in other people's lives around you, and in the world. For me, it's good to write about the negativity to get some of it out of my system."

UK pressing. CD Audio Biography Disc. Even before their first album, 2003's Ember to Inferno, Trivium had established a solid fan base in their homeland, as their hybrid metalcore, thrash, and progressive metal sound soon caused a massive buzz within the hard rock fraternity. With the release of Ascendancy in 2005, the band cemented it's place as `the next Metallica' and by having already toured with some of the biggest names of a similar vein - such as Fear Factory, Machine Head, Iced Earth and Killswitch Engage - the writing was `on the wall'. With such as stunning start to their career, all indications are that global superstardom is close at hand! Tells the band's complete story to date, from their 2000 emergence from Orlando, Florida's Metal scene, through their significant line up changes and on to their current status... Features interview clips throughout, this is the first available biography giving fans a rare chance to get the real low-down on this essential new act. Includes fold out poster.

Throughout this CD, the Florida trio's 2003 lineup - Matt Heafy on lead vocals & guitar, Brent Young on bass, & Travis Smith on drums - fluctuates between metal-core ferocity & something more forgiving. Typically, a Trivium song will go from metal core harshness - suffocating density, sledgehammer cruelty, screaming vocals - to a more melodic style of power metal/fantasy metal. This Japanese edition features 16 tracks including 4 bonus tracks, 'The Storm' (2003 Demo), 'Sworn' (2003 Demo), 'Ember Of Inferno' (Live Video, recorded at Hard Rock Live, September 2003) & 'Pillars Of Serpents' (Live Video, recorded at Hard Rock Live, September 2003). Lifeforce.