![]() ![]() It's worth reading along when Heafy's screaming becomes unintelligible. From a technical standpoint, Trivium is often astounding. "Martyr" is particularly insane, its hurricane solos piled on top of percussion that simply engulfs the rhythm. The verses of "Rain" and "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" blister the brain, while Heafy channels James Hetfield effortlessly in the choruses. But they're a ridiculously tight quartet, unleashing thrilling dual guitar passages and pummeling kick drum gallops as surely as they do melodic breaks and vicious throat screeds. The lineup has shifted - joining vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy and drummer Travis Smith are guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto. This is even more impressive when you consider that no one in Trivium is old enough to legally rent a car. ![]() ![]() But Ascendancy's fire is more ferocious and its transitions more confident, which means the band is even more dedicated to its clever throwback sound. ![]() That album's mix of classic thrash (early Metallica) with 21st century metalcore rage and progressive metal flourish still roils here. Trivium has only grown stronger since 2003's Ember to Inferno. ![]()
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