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Trivium - Silence In The Snow review



Reviewer:
6.3

232 users:
6.53
Band: Trivium
Album: Silence In The Snow
Release date: October 2015


01. Snøfall
02. Silence In The Snow
03. Blind Leading The Blind
04. Dead And Gone
05. The Ghost That's Haunting You
06. Pull Me From The Void
07. Until The World Goes Cold
08. Rise Above The Tides
09. The Thing That's Killing Me
10. Beneath The Sun
11. Breathe In The Flames
12. Cease All Your Fire [Deluxe edition bonus]
13. The Darkness Of My Mind [Deluxe edition bonus]

I have to be honest, I was quite excited for this album when I heard the tracks that the band released before the official launch of the album ("Silence In The Snow" and "Until The World Goes Cold"), so I bought the record on the day it came out. Now I listened to most of the albums that Trivium has released (mostly because they seem to have a pretty big fanbase), but I have to say that outside of Shogun there aren't many albums by them that are interesting, in my opinion. Most of their albums are forgettable to me. I really thought Silence In The Snow would change that. I really liked the two previously mentioned tracks, but when I listened through the whole album, I realized that outside of "Cease All Your Fire" they were the only tracks that I liked.

This album just sounds so uninspired to me. The lyrics are often really cheesy but try to sound important. Now I'm someone who listens to quite a lot of power metal so I'm used to cheesy lyrics, but usually the bands realize they have cheesy lyrics and don't try to hide that. Here I honestly feel like they take the lyrics way too seriously; at least that's how I perceive them.

The production is excellent. The guitars sound really good, the drums sound powerful. No complaints here. Matt sounds really good on this record. Strong vocals as you've come to expect from him. But the lack of inspiration in the songwriting and most of the riffs are the things that disappoint me the most. The guitar solos are another part that I think feel dull overall, which shouldn't be the case. A guitar solo should excite you but unfortunately that's not the case here.

It's not a terrible album, it's just after I heard those two songs before the album was released, I expected more. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot of people that like it. The album is forgettable for me. If I want to go listen to Trivium, it would probably be Shogun or In Waves. Those are way stronger albums. More consistent and overall more pleasant to listen to.

If I had to use one word to describe this record then it would be "generic". The cheesy lyrics, the uninspired guitars, dull solos - that's unfortunately (wow I'm using that word a lot) how I feel about this album. I assume they tried to find a sound to appeal to an even larger audience but I think it failed.

Overall the album goes by quickly but nothing sticks in your head. These are probably the most disappointing records because you expect to at least feel something while listening to the album. This one, though, didn't make me feel anything. Again, it's not bad, it's just dull. If you would like to listen to any of the songs, I can recommend "Silence In The Snow" and "Until The World Goes Cold". The other songs aren't as memorable.


Rating breakdown
Performance: 7
Songwriting: 4
Originality: 5
Production: 10

Written by tominator | 02.01.2017




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Comments

Comments: 3   Visited by: 53 users
02.01.2017 - 06:46
UPDIRNS

I agree with this review a lot too. This album is their worst album IMO. Boring, generic, rehashed crapola.

They need to go back to the their Ascendancy and Shogun albums and get inspired again. This band has too much talent to put our poor albums, but they did it with this one.
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02.01.2017 - 10:28
Rating: 6
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
As I said on the album page, this one is a nice little collection of catchy pop songs. Nothing to take too seriously, just something to enjoy for a little while and then discard.
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02.01.2017 - 11:53
Rating: 6
tominator
At best deranged
Written by UPDIRNS on 02.01.2017 at 06:46

I agree with this review a lot too. This album is their worst album IMO. Boring, generic, rehashed crapola.

They need to go back to the their Ascendancy and Shogun albums and get inspired again. This band has too much talent to put our poor albums, but they did it with this one.


Shogun is a really good album and very consistent as well. Easily my favourite album that they have ever released. Ascendancy is pretty good as well. For me it's on the same level as In Waves.

In my opinion they haven't made a stellar record yet, but Shogun showed that they have a lot of potential. This album however just feels like they had no inspiration at all. It feels forced in a lot of ways (especially the lyrics). I really hope their next album will be better. They have a lot of potential and it would be disappointing if they don't manage to put that potential in their records.

That's also the reason why I'm so disappointed with this record. I know they can do better, they have proven that in the past.
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