I will forever long for the feeling of hearing
Ascendancy for the first time again as much any other metal fan whose "gateway years" coincided with the metalcore boom of the early-mid 2000s, but what has kept me a Trivium fan for the long haul is how their sound has continued to evolve with each album.
Ember to Inferno through
Shogun saw the band flex their heavier, thrash-laden muscles while more accessible hooks and melodies were explored during the
In Waves through
Silence in the Snow years. While my preferences lean more towards the former rather than the latter, the release of 2017's
The Sin and the Sentence was a watershed moment not only for the band but also for me fully realizing that the best version of Trivium is when all these elements, and their extremes, come together.
What the Dead Men Say, the band's ninth full-length album, continues where
The Sin and the Sentence left off; offering a slew of heavy hitting, dexterous guitar riffs accompanied by captivating drum-work, heavy screams, and lush vocal melodies.
