Shogun (Special Edition) (CD/DVD) by Trivium

Track Listing:

Disc 1
1. Kirisute Gomen
2. Torn Between Scylla And Charybdis
3. Down From The Sky
4. Into The Mouth Of Hell We March
5. Throes Of Perdition
6. Insurrection
7. Calamity
8. He Who Spawned The Furies
9. Of Prometheus And The Crucifix
10. Like Callisto To A Star In Heaven
11. Shogun
12. Poison The Knife Or The Noose
13. Upon The Shores
14. Iron Maiden

Disc 2
1. Making Of The Album
2. Shogun: The Riffs

Reviews of Shogun (Special Edition) (CD/DVD):

Should be retitled Short Fall (bad bad pun -.-)
Shogun (Bonus Tracks)

Hey all, i have been a big trivium fan since well ember to inferno, been to every gig i could humanly get too and even secret ones where they played under a different name.

This album was below the expected high standards one would want from Trivium i borrowed it off a friend who is also a big fan of the first three albums and he said i could keep it though it cost him £14 on the day of buying.

The songs musically are fantastic we can all agree but unfortunately they feel unstructured, though Trivium say this is a progression musically yes, song writing no as they are different thing completely. My example is the title track 'Shogun' 10 minuets of what can only be described as metal gone bad. There is no need for it to be 10 minuets long i found at least 4 minuets worth of material to cut out and it would of been a fantastic song.

I don;t have time to go through every song but they all feel the same as Shogun. Over thought with a strong feeling of over trying to prove themselves, perhaps an over enthusiastic attempt at putting there name forever in metal history.

I think the easiest way to tell how an album did would be by was it on any rock or metal TV channels and if it was for how long? Well unfortunately i heard none of these tracks on TV.

Sorry other Trivium lovers i hope there next album will be better structured and not as over thought as it ruined this album for me (I'm currently giving it to another friend for keeps as i have no use). Maybe the producers idea i don't know?

They've done it again
This is a great album because it encorporates everything you've loved from their previous three albums, and blends them all into an alloy of wonderous metal. It has the powerful choruses of Ascendancy and the riffage from the Crusade. The Metallica-wannabes has been discarded for definite on this album, they have stamped this record with a recognisable sound of their own.

This is a definite contender for album of the year in my eyes, highlights include Down From the Sky and Throes of Perdition. Oh, and the DVD version is well worth getting, it has a making of feature of the guys in the studio recording the album, bonus tracks which include 'Iron Maiden' and a guitar masterclass from Matt and Corey.

Enjoy!!

Fantastic Album
This album is great! After The Crusade, which wasn't bad, but let's face it, wasn't the best, I wasn't sure what to expect from Trivium. In the back of my mind I couldn't get away from the niggling feeling that they were going to produce something sub-par, so when I first heard this album it blew me away! The singles early on work well, leaving time for other quality tracks towards the end - notably the title track, which is just phenomenal. A 12 minute masterpiece, and ends the album with a bang leaving you lusting for more! Can't wait for the next album, really recommended.

Better than Crusade
This is well and truly the best Trivium album yet and could be for a while. This will be very hard to beat and if the Triv can beat it then ... that will be AWESOME.

The drumming is awesome. The Guitar work is perfected. There isn't many better albums.

And its good to see Growling Vocals back!

Amazing Album!
Matt Heafy said that it was going to be their best album yet. And I believe he was right. The opening track, Kirisute Gomen, has an acoustic into and then kicks in with the words "He who walks the fire breaths"....what an amazing start to the album. The other two tracks that stand out to me are 'Down From The Sky' and "Into The Mouth Of Hell We March". Matt and Corey really do show off their new 7-string signature guitars skills on this album. I highly recommend this album to everybody. Buy it!

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