Shogun

by Trivium

Shogun cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 23, 2008
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:37
  • Community rating: 4.29/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Travis Smith, Matt Heafy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Shogun (灏嗚粛, Sh艒gun) is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. The album was released worldwide on various dates between September 23, 2008, and October 1, 2008, through Roadrunner Records. It is their last release to feature original drummer Travis Smith. Work on the album is noted to have begun with producer Nick Raskulinecz in October 2007, with the band stating that they chose not to work with Jason Suecof again as they wanted to explore new ideas. It was cited as the band's best album by Bryan Rolli of Loudwire in 2025.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, confrontational, melodic, technical, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Kirisute Gomen (06:27)
  2. Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis (06:49)
  3. Down from the Sky (05:34)
  4. Into the Mouth of Hell We March (05:52)
  5. Throes of Perdition (05:54)
  6. Insurrection (04:57)
  7. The Calamity (04:58)
  8. He Who Spawned the Furies (04:07)
  9. Of Prometheus and the Crucifix (04:40)
  10. Like Callisto to a Star in Heaven (05:25)
  11. Shogun (11:54)

Credits

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