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Ascendancy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. Released on March 15, 2005 by Roadrunner Records.
Background and production
The album was produced by Jason Suecof and frontman, 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.[3] Also, a demo of the song "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" was included on the Ember to Inferno re-release and later re-recorded and included as a bonus track on the re-release of Ascendancy.
Sales
In the U.S., Ascendancy peaked at #151 on the Billboard 200 and at #4 on the 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.[4]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| 411mania |  |
| Allmusic |   |
| Amazon | |
| Sputnikmusic |  |
| Ultimate Guitar |  |
Upon it's release, the album received very positive reviews from most music critics. Brandon Ratliff from 411mania, gave the album a perfect review, saying this about the band, "Watch out for this band twenty years from now. They will be as influential to so many as bands like Sabbath, Slayer, and Metallica were before them. As I said before, this album is in every way perfect, and that’s why I am proud to announce the first album to ever get a perfect score from me. Now go and buy this album. If you like metal at all you will." In another very positive review, Johnny Loftus of Allmusic had this to say about the album, "Ascendancy aligns real-deal thrash with powerful modern influences. But at all times it's a platform for Trivium's own crazed talent." Fans and critics alike consider Ascendancy to be the bands' breakthrough album.
Accolades
Ascendancy won the "Album of the Year Award" from Kerrang!" magazine.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Matt Heafy, except where noted
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "The End of Everything" (Instrumental) | 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 |
| Total length: | 55:16 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 13. | "Washing Away Me In The Tides" | Heafy | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 59:02 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 13. | "Blinding Tears Will Break The Skies" | Heafy | 5:10 |
| 14. | "Washing Away Me In The Tides" | Heafy | 3:46 |
| 15. | "Master Of Puppets" (Metallica cover, lyrics by James Hetfield) | Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett | 8:11 |
| 16. | "Dying In Your Arms" (video mix) | Heafy | 3:05 |
| Total length: | 75:19 | ||
Notes
- The bonus track, "Washing Away Me in the Tides" as a bonus track; was included on the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack.[5]
- A demo of the song "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" was included on the Ember to Inferno re-release and later re-recorded and included as a bonus track on the re-release of Ascendancy.
Personnel
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