NEW TRIVIUM SONG “THROES OF PERDITION” HITS THE MYSPACE WIRE
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 11:48am by Vince Neilstein
Perhaps in reaction to the recent leak of Shogun (September 30th, Roadrunner), Trivium have just posted the new song “Throes of Perdition” on their MySpace page. Having lived with the full album for about a month now, I can say with certainty that while “Throes of Perdition” isn’t the strongest song on the album (the first two tracks “Kirisute Gomen” and “Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis” are still my favorites) it’s a pretty solid one nonetheless and gives a good flavor of what Shogun sounds like overall; lots of guitar harmonizing, big riffs, a mix of singing and screaming, and a big, huge chorus. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being the next single.
Like the album as a whole, “Throes of Perdition” finally sounds like Trivium stepping away from their metalcore roots (Ascendancy), out-growing their Metallica idol worship (The Crusade) and stepping out on their own and just being Trivium. Shogun feels like the band’s most honest release to date. Quite honestly, I haven’t been able to take it out of my iPod rotation since I got it; nothing here is earth shattering, but it’s all about the songs, man, something so many metal bands forget about. Surely the “False Metal” haters will come out of the woodwork to rally against this band, but really — anyone who claims that any band is “false metal” is quite obviously false metal themselves.
-VN
I absolutely love this cd
I agree this isn’t the best song on there though.
For those interested, I’ve heard Shogun got leaked and is popping up on various torrent sites.
Heartskull: No shit, Vince says that in the first line here.
I hate the term “false metal”, it’s the metal equivalent of people being homophobic to make up for a lack of comfort in their own sexualities.
Back on topic, I quite like this song, I haven’t downloaded it yet but it seems “Shogun” seems to be shaping up quite nicely.
Sexualities? Sexuality =P apologies.
As someone who hasn’t been the biggest Trivium fan in the past, I’m impressed by what I’ve heard so far. I would definitely agree that have decisively moved out of the bad-metalcore of their earlier releases and are really coming into their own, although I would disagree about the metallica-worship. I still feel like the vocal hooks are coming straight off old Metallica cd’s, but that’s not a derogatory comment as all bands take ideas from those that came before in order to craft their own sound.
I still don’t think I like it enough to buy it, but I can at least understand the hype now.
Well put Vince. Trivium are obviously true metal nerds that have been living and breathing metal for a long fucking time. To call them “fake metal” or “false metal” is just about as ignorant as it gets. You can clearly hear influences from every branch of the metal tree in everything they’ve done.
I’ve heard 4 songs off of Shogun so far and I’m definitely happy with what I hear. They seem to have combined the best of all 3 of their previous albums to make a very well rounded outcome.
“False metal” is merely moron code for, “I don’t like them for (fill in the blank reason)”. So, if they’re not “metal”, please tell me (whoever you may be) what genre they’d fall under. Jazz? Country?
This album, from the three songs I’ve heard, is going to be fucking solid. And yes, I liked The Crusade.
I remember buying The Crusade after getting Ascendancy and being like, wait, I didn’t want Metallica.
Still think they kick ass though. The guitarist in my band hates them because they don’t constantly change time signatures. I find it hard groove to a heavy 4/17 time. To each his own.
I don’t know if they’re false metal, or true metal (whatever that means). I just don’t like ‘em very much. Horrible? Most definitely not. Good? No way.
Fuck! I’m ready for the CD to come out, and also pump to see them on the release date! The 30th is going to be a good evening!
the cds guna be sick, cant wait till it comes out, i doubt it will be as good as ember or acsendancy, but it sounds p good so far.
Their “old metalcore stuff” was actually their best stuff. Crusade was mediocre. This new album is pretty fuckin badass. Almost their best work, and certainly worth it. Every song is at least good, which is a plus.
I like some Trivium but “Kirisute Gomen” is a really terrible song. It’s long, the singing part is really dumb and feels like it doesn’t belong at all, and some of that screaming seems really off key. That fake ending kills me too – a fakeout for the continuing torment. BARF.