Trivium - Ascendancy
I always loved metal (slip knot, slayer, Metallica etc) but I remember new metal bands were approaching and metal was starting to really take off and evolve!
When this Trivium album was realeased I was about 13 and remember buying the cd, and right from the off the dark classical intro soothes the brain whilst raising the heart until... RAIN kicks in! This song is just straight savage! The intro riff is one of the heaviest! Such a heavy tune but also very melodic and listenable, this is what I loved most about this album. Insane guitar riffs, incredible solos, head banging beat down and a mixture of distorted screams and clean vocals - just Intense, insane and epic!!!
The whole album had me hooked and then solos on such songs as ‘a gunshot to the head of trepidation’ just blew me away!
This album also progressed my guitar playing so much as I was wanted to learn the whole thing! It was amazing and I would still listen to the whole album now, rocking out to it just as hard as ever! 🤘
Such a good album which they havent even come close to matching in my opinion 😣😣.
I saw them live a few years ago they were amazing. The drummers double kick broke halfway through a song!
Yea it’s awesome \m/ I agree they haven’t managed to match it yet, shogun was good and they have some great albums since, but ascendancy is legendary!
Ah cool I’m guessing he managed to save it quite well as he’s an awesome drummer!
I kinda lost interest in them... but yes Ascendancy is lenegdary I can agree with that!
Well knind of it was amusing they actually stopped the song right in the middle so he could fix it - and the singer akwardly told a joke to the crowd! First time iv ever seen that in a concert!