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Tarfumes.com - Shogun
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List Price: $17.98
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Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016861798529
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Roadrunner Records
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Roadrunner Records
Release Date: 2008-09-30
Studio: Roadrunner Records
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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!
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Summary: By far their most mature album
Comment: This is the first Trivium album that I consider worthy of five stars. As so many others have rightly noted, it is a blend of Ascendancy and The Crusade. Now, when I heard "Kirisute Gomen" for the first time, I thought "Oh no, they took five steps backward and returned to the Ascendancy-type vocals" and I braced for the worst as I headed into the rest of the CD. I'm happy to say, however, that Shogun as a whole leans a lot more toward The Crusade, at least in my opinion. Fortunately, the frequency of the generic metalcore screaming has been kept in check on this one, and the cheesy/juvenile lyrics that were sprinkled throughout The Crusade are pretty much gone. There's no change of direction musically, which is obviously a good thing, and there are plenty of Crusade-like melodic hooks that more than make up for the screamed vocals that are present in every song. With this album, Trivium has now blown past Shadows Fall as my favorite American metal band.
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Summary: Trivium still sound confused...
Comment: Crucify me if you must die hard Trivium fans, but this album is not as great as you all say it is, and here are some reasons why:
1. Heafy sounds like James from Buttallica on some songs, then trys to sing a different way on other tracks. Come on Heafy, be yourself and sing how you want! The whole album (yet again) Heafy sings like he's the frontman of "Hinder", come on! I thought this was Metal!
2. After track six, you might as well turn off the CD cause nothing good comes after song six. It sounded like they were stretched thin on time and needed to pump out a few more songs. But, that has happened on every Trivium CD so far, so I sort of suspected that, but Shogun has more garbage songs.
3. Bring back the sound of "Accendency"! That was by far their best album. Nowdays they are trying so hard to become the next big thing, or the next Metallica. "The Crusade" was complete garbage and I threw it out my window after the first few songs.
So, I was really nervous when I heard that Shogun was coming out. When I got it, I closed my eyes and inserted it into the CD player, and here are the reasons it rocks.
1. The screaming is back.
2. The screaming is back.
3. The screaming is back.
If the screaming wouldn't have came back, this album would have been another abomination like the Crusade. Now, there are some good tracks that get you pumped up enough to punch babies in the face, but Trivium are still slowly spining out of control in a downward spiral. The guitar solos are not that impressive as they used to be, the drumming is still the exact same, you can finally hear the bass player though on this album, but the music is still not solid enough for me. In a few more years Trivium will either sound like "Nickelback" with their butt rock vocals that Heafy always bellows out, or they'll sound like a Guns and Roses tribute band. Sorry, but I speak the truth!
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Summary: Best Trivium Yet.
Comment: This is the best Trivium album to date, because it's their heaviest. See, a lot of sucky metal bands tend to go into a song nice and strong and then totally screw it up by going very soft and slow at what's suppose to be the 'climax' of their songs. Now what I like about Trivium is that at the climax of the songs, they will use softer vocals, but they usually keep the rhythm nice and fast. The only down side of Trivium is that their heavy vocals aren't very coherent, but there is no perfect band :/
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Summary: Better than what I expected
Comment: (I might get flamed, but I'm just being honest...)
Trivium. It seems that people either love 'em (like all the 5 star reviews suggest) or hate them (like all the dudes hanging out on Harmony Central suggest.) I decided to go past the hype and say "You know what, I'm gonna listen to this record and make a freakin' opinion on it."
So the short version of what I have to say is that it isn't "The Blackening" in terms of what it does for the neo-Thrash movement, but it's still better constructed and planned for what I expected and I hope they continue improving toward the future.
The long version...
So I heard pieces of their previous albums and it just seemed kinda generic to me as far as metal went. I couldn't really feel it out to being satisfied with it and just said it wasn't my cup of Starbucks.
Yet this new record gets released as a concept record... huh? Isn't metal about a bunch of sweaty dudes with sweaty armpits in sweaty mosh pits? That alone put the album in a more favorable light.
So I get down to brass tax and start listening to the record. For starters, the singing sounds a lot better than I remember. The screaming sounds tighter too. Considering that a lot of the focus is on Mr. Heafy, I'm glad for him. The songs seemed well constructed and there wasn't anything really unappealing to listen to about the music. All and all, I'd rather hear these guys on the radio than half of the other bands that are on there.
So why didn't I score this higher? First off, it seemed a little too overproduced for my liking and made me wonder if these guys preferred it or needed it. It's nice for metal to sound as clean as it does on this record, but I've heard other productions that were less compressed that were more impressive to listen to. Also, it's kinda obvious to tell who influences these guys (here's a hint: two bands from the Bay Area, their names both begin with an "M" and they're on tour together this winter.) That kinda brings some joy out of it.
But you know what, instead of writing them off, I'm going to take notes, probably check them out live, and see how these guys progress because they still have potential to pull off that "landmark" album (this one's decent, but it's unfair to expect it to be a Master Of Puppets or Rust In Peace.) Is it condescending to say that? Not really, considering the frontman's barely drinking age and is singing and shredding for a touring band. Could I do that as a 22 year old? I could, but not professionally. These guys are still young and seem to be finding themselves as they mature. I wish them the best.
So who do I recommend this CD to? Well, fans of the New Wave of American Thrash Metal, younger fans getting into metal for the first time because of how accessible it is, and people who like Machine Head, Pantera, and older Metallica but don't consider themselves music snobs.
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Summary: TRIVIUM ARE BACK!
Comment: I really disliked The Crusade. Everytime I listen to it it makes me sad. It had great music, great vocals all ruined by annoying lyrics and way too much melodic singing. Shogun is almost as good as Ascendancy. I enjoyed every track. Buy it!
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