Trivium - The Future of Metal?

Rising Floridian stars Trivium is being hailed as the Future of Metal and are "...gonna be the next Metallica" according to the bands 19 year old frontman, vocalist & guitarist Matt Heafy. Trivium sure as hell is worth paying attention to, having "...garnered celebrity fans in the form of such heavy metal luminaries as Machine Head, Chimaira, Slipknot and Danzig..." (August 2005 edition of Metal Hammer).

In brief; Yes, Triviums latest album Ascendancy (Roadrunner 2005) is a masterpiece. End of discussion. Combining haevy metal, trash and power metal with hardcore, the band will of course be labelled as metalcore by some. I couldn't care less if the band is metalcore or not, their music is truly awesome. Tim Pigeon's (as always) excellent review in Metal Review speaks for itself:

"...Trivium play modern American metal, in the vein of Shadows Fall and God Forbid’s Gone Forever album, with an accessible bent. At the heart of their sound is a blazing thrash attack spearheaded by wunderkind guitarist & vocalist Matt Heafy. He just turned 19, but he shreds like a grizzly veteran. Between Heafy and Corey Beaulieu, the listener is spoiled by a wealth of vicious riffs and slick solos...

Trivium can flat-out play metal, no question about it. If Ascendancy came out four or five years ago, they would be on top of the modern metal scene. I can’t fault them for being young, as they mesh enough influences from times of yore to be accused of just jumping on the bandwagon. As long as they can maintain the path for another couple albums, they’ll be the Metallica for this decade – that accessible metal band with enough chops and songwriting skill to appeal to a wide swath of the metal populace..."

There you have it. Just go get the album, will you?

PS: Only one half-ass review of Ascendancy in Norwegian press yet, Panorama. Big surprise? I think not.