Pretty bad.

Pretty, pretty, pretty bad.

First 3 minutes are pretty bad and the back half is cool

Is this a video game trailer or something?

they shoulda just opened this song at 3:15 lol

This is kind of big 4 thrash worship mixed in with something that wants to be progressive and the lyrics don’t know where they want to go.

"they shoulda just opened this song at 3:15 lol"


Agreed, it's like they stitched two completely different songs together and should have just stuck with the second one instead

Underwhelmed

The opening phrases into these solos are pretty cool. Wish these guys would experiment a bit more with the lead-writing, though. Also, i can't with the marching beat as an outro, ever.

I thought this was great tbh, excited for this record to drop

this band still exists?

Nothing special, but well executed. I find them fun, had a blast with their last two albums, so I'm waiting for another decent, honest work. Not groundbreaking, of course, but hey, doesn't need to be.

This song sort of slaps it could definitely slap a bit more, but the back half slaps more for sure

they shoulda just opened this song at 3:15 lol

Exactly

Yeah I agree with everyone, I came to say it too, the song should've started at 3:15, after that it's cool.

Second half was good

the phallus

This band is so frustrating lmao. First half is them on complete autopilot, second half is some of the coolest shit they've ever done.

God I wish they'd drop the Metallica-on-Octane shtick of the first half and go all in on the faster more technical aspects of these singles/the last two albums.

Second half of the song is Trivium at their best.

It’s okay

Y'all need to re-listen to Shogun and Ascendancy if you honestly think the second half is anywhere close to their prime material.

I agree with what seems to be the general consensus here. Most new Trivium tracks are only decent-ish until the second chorus is done and then they essentially switch songs for a couple minutes and get to do the cool stuff. It works okay but the actual songwriting is sub-par.

For example 4:30 into Sickness Unto You is the grooviest shit but it has 0 thing to do with the rest of the song. Or the tempo changes in Amongst the Shadows and the Stones, Catastrophist and In the Court of the Dragon (to varying degrees of success of course).

Shogun really was their peak. This one should be pretty good in the end but so far it feels 3/3.5 territory for sure.

i really enjoyed the whole track. It has some shogun vibes too.

Band has always been pretty eh for me. Remember their track To the Rats was my jam back in the day though and revisiting it now it's still pretty fun. Outside of that I've never really felt like hearing anything else apart from the first listen. Don't think I ever checked Shogun though. Maybe I shall!

>>For example 4:30 into Sickness Unto You is the grooviest shit but it has 0 thing to do with the rest of the song

Shit, that thing needs to be made into a 10 hour version

the band has always been basic and boring imo, wouldn't bother checking shogun it's like 2 hours of the same shit over and over again

Jesus, this website is host to the snobbiest music dudes on the internet.

It's alright, should really have begun at 3:10. Better than anything they've put out for a while.

Don't forget about butt hurt fans, they're a huge group

Ascendancy is their only good album

No

This album is sounding promising. I really like this song and the title track, but bands really, really need to stop releasing closing songs as singles. I hate it.

This album is sounding promising. I really like this song and the title track, but bands really, really need to stop releasing closing songs as singles. I hate it.

Trivium's hit or miss with me, but I do think they've gained some solid upward momentum since the new drummer came along. I think one of the thing that holds them back is Matt's clean vocals. It sound nitpicky, but I just think they ruin every song. His screams are good. Why not just have the other bald guy sing?!

"Jesus, this website is host to the snobbiest music dudes on the internet."

Oh man don't do a self-report like that bruv. Welcome to the gang

im amazed they were able to release sin and the sentence at all

Band has been doing the same shit for eternities. It's so painfully predictable.

yeah but when it is good it is GOOD

Kinda agree with that actually but it's very rare lol

idk, the title track for the new album is pretty fucking good.

I agree with what seems to be the general consensus here. Most new Trivium tracks are only decent-ish until the second chorus is done and then they essentially switch songs for a couple minutes and get to do the cool stuff.

Sounds as if they're trying to make something interesting by mixing up three or four kinds of boring.

I disagree to a point djaydjay.

They did this better on Shogun in my opinion. It's true that they often kicked up the pace during bridges, but to me they felt more integrated and more coherent overall. They kept that in check for Sin and the Sentence mostly too. On the last 2 albums it has been way more obvious and constant. Still enjoyable for sure but the overall writing feels more... arbitrary to me. A collection of parts more than actual coherent songs.

Word on the street is that this song is a mash-up of Shogun-era demos, so the comments pointing out that it sounds like two songs sewn together aren't too far off.