Trivium-Ember to Inferno

Be prepared for the most unpredictable Thrash CD of the year. This is a unique 3 piece that will have your jaws on the floor guaranteed. When you hear the music within, you will think that they are a five piece. At any rate, these three young and up and coming Thrashers will see to it that you are assaulted and punished for the duration of the CD.

"Pillars Of Serpents" has all the elements of Thrash: fast riffs with quick double drumming that is tight and Metalcore vokills. The guys lets loose here with the complex time changes and also, lead vokillist and guitarist Matt Heafy throws in some clean vocals toward the end. To be honest, this is just a warm up. You haven't heard anything yet. What you hear here is nothing new. "If I Could…" starts making you take notice. You still get the intensity of rapid fire drumming and fierce guitar work, but Matt's vocals get very clean as well as gritty and let me tell you, this boy can sing. He pours his heart out and you can hear it. He can carry a note and you will take a second listen to make sure that you are listening to the same CD. You are also treated to sweet solos in each of their songs that just rip.

These "Fugue" adds more catchy riffs and hooks to sink your into, but they still keep it heavy and it shows. There is no wimping out here at any point. The clean and dirty vokills continue here. Thick bass lines also crush your speakers. So, you can tell that the mixing and mastering was done just right. There is nothing worse than when you have a good musician whose work is buried because of a bad mix. Each track just gets catchier and better to the point where you can't decide which is your favourite or you just want to listen to it again and again. I haven't had the heart to take this out of my CD player yet because it's just that damn good. This is a new generation of Thrash music where these three men have upped the ante here and it will hard to over throw.

You can have your Destruction, Bodom, Slayer and so forth, but these guys bury them in a cloud of smoke and they stand head and shoulders above anyone in this genre. You get the total package here that makes for a killer CD worth every penny: great musicianship, killer solos, jaw dropping compositions with pin point accuracy, catchy hooks, riffs and rhythms and a take no prisoner attitude. This is new band that will make you take notice and show you what can be done in a genre.

Band:Trivium
Album:Ember to Inferno
Year:2003
Genre:Trash metal,Metalcore
Rating:8.5/10