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Ascendancy

Ascendancy
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  • Release Date: 2005
  • Genre: Rock
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Artist: Trivium
  • Flags: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Style: Alternative Metal
  • Track Picks: "Drowned and Torn Asunder," "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr," "The Deceived"

Review

Trivium has only grown stronger since 2003's Ember to Inferno. That album's mix of classic thrash (early Metallica) with 21st century metalcore rage and progressive metal flourish still roils here. But Ascendancy's fire is more ferocious and its transitions more confident, which means the band is even more dedicated to its clever throwback sound. This is even more impressive when you consider that no one in Trivium is old enough to legally rent a car. The lineup has shifted -- joining vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy and drummer Travis Smith are guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto. But they're a ridiculously tight quartet, unleashing thrilling dual guitar passages and pummeling kick drum gallops as surely as they do melodic breaks and vicious throat screeds. The verses of "Rain" and "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" blister the brain, while Heafy channels James Hetfield effortlessly in the choruses. "Martyr" is particularly insane, its hurricane solos piled on top of percussion that simply engulfs the rhythm. From a technical standpoint, Trivium is often astounding. It's worth reading along when Heafy's screaming becomes unintelligible. Though his lyrics cover familiar territory -- gloom 'n' doom, emotional pain, revenge -- he gets off great lines like "You ask me 'Oh God why?'/'Cause I'm God, that's f*cking why" and "Disintegration constituents to decompose of the parts." Gregoletto steps up for the intro to "Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" before it transforms into a metalcore rant, "Deceived" is downright melodic (but still totally heavy), and there's a great extended bank of guitar solos in "Drowned and Torn Asunder"'s midsection. Ascendancy aligns real-deal thrash with powerful modern influences. But at all times it's a platform for Trivium's own crazed talent. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
The End of Everything
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (1:20)
Rain
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (4:11)
Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
Matthew K. Heafy, Travis Smith Trivium (4:51)
Drowned and Torn Asunder
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (4:17)
Ascendancy
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (4:25)
A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (5:55)
Like Light to the Flies
Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (5:40)
Dying in Your Arms
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (2:53)
The Deceived
Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (5:11)
Suffocating Sight
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (3:47)
Departure
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (5:41)
Declaration
...
 Matthew K. Heafy Trivium (7:00)

Credits

Monte Conner (A&R), Andy Sneap (Vocals), Andy Sneap (Mastering), Andy Sneap (Mixing), Mike Gitter (A&R), Gizz Butt (Vocals), Josh Rothstein (Photography), Paolo Gregoletto (Bass), Paolo Gregoletto (Vocals (Background)), Paul Romano (Artwork), Paul Romano (Art Direction), Paul Romano (Design), Jason Suecof (Producer), Jason Suecof (Engineer), Justin E. Arcangel (Management), Corey Beaulieu (Guitar), Corey Beaulieu (Vocals (Background)), Aaron Cailier (Assistant Engineer), Matthew K. Heafy (Guitar), Matthew K. Heafy (Vocals), Matthew K. Heafy (Producer), Matthew K. Heafy (Original Concept), Chad Sunderland (Vocals), Jeff Weed (Assistant Engineer), Travis Smith (Percussion), Travis Smith (Drums), Travis Smith (Vocals)
 
 
Wikipedia: Ascendancy (album)
Ascendancy
Ascendancy cover
Studio album by Trivium
Released March 15, 2005
Recorded Audiohammer Studios (Sanford, Florida);
Morrisound Recording (Tampa, Florida)
Genre Metalcore
Length 55:16
Label Roadrunner Records
Producer Jason Suecof
Matt Heafy[1]
Professional reviews
Trivium chronology
Ember to Inferno
(2003)		 Ascendancy
(2005)		 The Crusade
(2006)
Alternate cover
Special Edition album cover
Special Edition album cover
This article refers to the 2005 album by the metalcore band Trivium; for the DOS-based computer game, see Ascendancy (computer game).

Ascendancy (2005) is an album by the band Trivium. It was released on March 152005 through Roadrunner Records. The album was produced by Jason Suecof and vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy. The album spawned four singles in "Like Light to the Flies," "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr," "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" and "Dying in Your Arms." Music videos for each of the songs were shot; a promotional video was filmed for the song "Rain."

A demo of the song "The Deceived" was included on the re-release of Trivium's debut album Ember to Inferno nearly a year before Ascendancy was released. Likewise, a demo version of "Like Light to the Flies" was included on the MTV compilation album Headbangers Ball Volume 2.[1]

International versions of the album featured "Washing Away Me in the Tides" as a bonus track; the song was later included on the Underworld: Evolution (2006) soundtrack.[2]

Reception

Trivium's Ascendancy peaked at #151 on the US Billboard 200 and at #4 on the US Top Heatseekers charts. In the UK it peaked at #78, and shipped over 100,000 copies - attaining Gold status, without entering the UK top 75.[3]

Track listing

  1. "The End of Everything" (Matt Heafy, Jason Suecof) – 1:20
  2. "Rain" (Heafy, Corey Beaulieu) – 4:11
  3. "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" (Heafy, Beaulieu, Travis Smith) – 4:51
  4. "Drowned and Torn Asunder" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 4:17
  5. "Ascendancy" (Heafy) – 4:25
  6. "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 5:55
  7. "Like Light to the Flies" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 5:40
  8. "Dying in Your Arms" (Heafy) – 2:53
  9. "The Deceived" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 5:11
  10. "Suffocating Sight" (Heafy) – 3:47
  11. "Departure" (Heafy) – 5:41
  12. "Declaration" (Heafy) – 7:00

Ascendancy UK Special Edition[4]

Ascendancy was re-released with a bonus song and a DVD.

  1. "Washing Away Me in the Tides" – 3:46

Ascendancy re-release[5]

Ascendancy was re-released on May 9, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. It comes with four bonus tracks added as well as a DVD.

The bonus tracks are as follows:

  1. "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" – 5:10
  2. "Washing Away Me in the Tides" (Included on UK special edition) – 3:46
  3. "Master of Puppets" (Metallica cover) – 8:11
  4. "Dying in Your Arms" (Video mix) – 3:05

The included DVD includes the music videos for the songs "Like Light to the Flies," "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr," "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation," "Dying in Your Arms" and "Rain". The DVD will also include the live videos of each of the aforementioned songs performed at the London Astoria in London, England on September 182005, which was also included on the UK's re-release in early Feb 2006.

Performance line-up

Credits[6]

  • Produced by Jason Suecof and Matt Heafy
  • Mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap
  • Recorded at Audiohammer Studios (Sanford, Florida) and Morrisound Recording (Tampa, Florida)
  • Engineered by Jason Suecof
  • Assistant engineers: Jeff Weed and Aaron Cailier
  • Mixed and mastered at Backstage Production (Derbyshire, England)
  • All music written by Matt Heafy except:
  • "Rain," "Drowned and Torn Asunder," "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation," "Like Light to the Flies" and "The Deceived" written by Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu
  • "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" written by Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu and Paul Wood:*"The End of Everything" written by Matt Heafy and Jason Suecof
  • All lyrics written by Matt Heafy
  • Gang vocals on "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" by Chad Sunderland, Gizz Butt, Andy Sneap, Matt Heafy and Travis Smith
  • All back-up vocals screaming/singing on album performed by Corey Beaulieu and Paolo Gregoletto
  • Chad Sunderland and Gizz Butt appear courtesy SPV Records
  • A&R: Monte Coomer and Mike Gitter
  • Management: Justin E. Arcangel for Dark Angel Management, LLC
  • Booking: Josh Kline and Tim Borror for Face the Music Touring
  • Road crew: Brian Mock and Ryan "Ralph" Germann
  • Legal: Roberts and Ritholz, LLP
  • Art direction and design by Paul A. Romano for workhardened
  • Original concept by Matt Heafy
  • Band photography by Josh Rothstein

References

  1. ^ Headbanger's ball
  2. ^ Underworld: Evolution Soundtrack
  3. ^ Chart Information and Track listing
  4. ^ Information on UK special edition
  5. ^ Information on re-release
  6. ^ Some credits listed here


Trivium
Current members
Matt Heafy | Corey Beaulieu | Paolo Gregoletto | Travis Smith
Former members
Brent Young | Brad Lewter
Discography
Studio albums: Ember to Inferno | Ascendancy | The Crusade
EPs: Trivium
Singles
"Like Light to the Flies" | "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" | "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation"
"Dying in Your Arms" | "Entrance of the Conflagration" | "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" | "The Rising"

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