Shogun (Trivium album)

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Shogun (将軍 Shōgun) is the fourth studio album by American metal band Trivium. It is planned for release on September 30, 2008 by LO-MAX Records in Argentina and Peru and Roadrunner Records for the rest of the world. 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 due to the fact that they wanted to explore new ideas.

One song from the album, "Into the Mouth of Hell We March," was featured on the soundtrack for the 2008 video game Madden NFL 09.

Background information

In an interview with Metal Injection, Matt Heafy stated:

We started demoing after Family Values, like October... We started writing some songs, demoing them. The demo quality is so good it sounds like a real album, which is awesome, so it gives us a really good basis to compare and fix shit, so we've been revising and going back in and changing shit up. We're doing another set of demos. I think we're probably going to have 30 songs to pick from and we're working with Nick Raskulinecz (who produced for Foo Fighters, Rush, Velvet Revolver, Shadows Fall and Stone Sour).

In an interview with Revolver, Corey Beaulieu stated:

We want to capture the best ingredients of everything we've done. Each song has a little bit of everything, going between something heavy and then melodic, and then back to something heavy. So it has a really interesting balance. On The Crusade, Matt did almost all singing, so this time we're bringing back some of the screaming that's on Ascendancy.

Paolo Gregoletto stated on The Making of Shogun:

We can't just have a CD that sounds small. We've already done that, that's what The Crusade was. It sounded like a small album, it didn't kick peoples' asses right in the face-- well, right in the face...It didn't kick peoples' asses

The band confirmed the album's title and release date in a further MySpace bulletin, posted on June 24, 2008.

Promoting the album

On June 16, 2008, Trivium posted a bulletin on their MySpace profile titled "New Album Update" with an embedded YouTube video, implying that the album will be released on September 30, 2008, by Roadrunner.

On July 31, 2008, the first track from the new album, Kirisute Gomen, was made available as a free digital download through the Roadrunner Records website for 24 hours only. Also, a video for the single Down From The Sky will be released on September 1, 2008.

On August 8, 2008, the cover art for the album was revealed.

On August 12, 2008, the fifth track from the new album, Into The Mouth Of Hell (We March), was made available for purchase on iTunes.

Track listing

Shogun will feature 11 tracks as well as possibly three bonus tracks, including a cover of Iron Maiden's "Iron Maiden." As stated by the band, one of the tracks will be even longer than "The Crusade," at a running time of 13 minutes.

1. "Kirisute Gomen" - 6:43
2. "Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis"
3. "Down from the Sky"
4. "Insurrection"
5. "Into The Mouth Of Hell (We March)" - 5:57
6. "Throes of Perdition"
7. "He Who Spawned the Furies"
8. "Of Prometheus and the Crucifix"
9. "The Calamity"
10. "Like Callisto to a Star in Heaven"
11. "Shogun"

Bonus tracks

12. "Upon the Shores" (Bonus Track)
13. "Poison, Knife, and the Noose" (Bonus Track)
14. "Iron Maiden" (Iron Maiden Cover) - 3:43

The special edition will include a DVD containing a making of a documentary.

Personnel

• Matt Heafy – Vocals, Guitars
• Corey Beaulieu – Guitars, Backing vocals
• Paolo Gregoletto – Bass guitar, Backing vocals
• Travis Smith – Drums, Percussion
• Nick Raskulinecz – Producer

External links

• Making of Shogun Webisode 1
• Making of Shogun Webisode 2
• Making of Shogun Webisode 3