The Crusade

by Trivium

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 October 2006
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:03
  • Community rating: 3.03/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Matt Heafy, Paulo Gregoletto, Jason Suecof, Andy Sneap, Travis Smith, Corey Beaulieu

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Taking a drastic stylistic turn, the Florida outfit heavily embraced 1980s thrash metal, largely abandoning screamed vocals for a cleaner, James Hetfield-inspired delivery. While commercially successful, the abrupt shift away from pure metalcore polarized their existing fanbase and sparked immense debate within the metal community. It showcased a significant evolution in their technical guitar work.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, political, violence, fast, gallop, riff-heavy, technical

Tracklist

  1. Ignition (3:54)
  2. Detonation (4:28)
  3. Entrance of the Conflagration (4:35)
  4. Anthem (We Are the Fire) (4:03)
  5. Unrepentant (4:51)
  6. And Sadness Will Sear (3:34)
  7. Becoming the Dragon (4:43)
  8. To the Rats (3:42)
  9. This World Can't Tear Us Apart (3:30)
  10. Tread the Floods (3:33)
  11. Contempt Breeds Contamination (4:28)
  12. The Rising (3:45)
  13. The Crusade (8:21)
  14. Broken One (5:50)
  15. Vengeance (3:38)

Credits

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