Trivium - Shogun (Review)

Trivium Line up:

Mathew Heafy - Guitars n Vocals

Corey Beaulieu - Guitars n Vocals

Travis Smith - Drums

Paolo Gregoletto - Bass n Vocals


Shogun has come as a bitter truth for most of the metal critics. After all the fun the critics had labeling Trivium as "Metallica Imitators," they are found speechless now. Shogun is Trivium's 4th studio album. I was pretty much impressed with their second album Ascendancy, but was equally disappointed with their 3rd album, Crusade. With Shogun, these Florida metallers have come stronger than ever, learning from their past mistakes and improving upon their strengths.

Shogun is an awesome blend of the good works of their previous albums. Quick tempo changes and choruses still persists, but the guitars solos are much improved. Heafy sounds much better in Shogun and I was very happy to see him get back to his screaming.

Shogun starts of with Krisute Gomen and clearly sets the tone for the album, and with every song, the listening experience gets better, better, and better. I was really impressed with solos with all 3 men with guitar coming out with great riffs; Gregoletto in "torn between Scyla and Charybdis" Beaulieu in "Insurrection" and both Heafy and Beaulieu in "into the mouth of hell we march" sounding very impressive. The album ends with an almost 12 minutes of masterpiece title song, really shows the maturity in Trivium's work.

If you dont wanna hate Trivium and listen to Shogun with an unbiased mind, this album is pretty much enjoyable.

Rating: 8/10