Kerrang! and KRock Radio presenter Ian Camfield was recently fortun ate enough to get a sneak preview of the new TRIVIUM album SHOGUN (due to hit stores SEPTEMBER 29TH) and a recent post on his KRock blog would suggest that he was mightliy impressed…
So let me tell you, what I heard was great! There is some shredding stuff on this CD. And there’s a lot more screaming. Matt Heafy sings too, and there are moments where the full throttle nature lets up, but if you thought The Crusade missed some of the ferocity of Ascendancy, it’s back on this new album. Only the song writing and musicianship is above and beyond anything the band have done so far. And while Trivium still proudly wear their influence on their sleeves (or their albums), what I heard will silence critics who considered The Crusade to be a Metallica facsimile…
You can read Ian’s full blog at THIS LOCATION.