Trivium Deep Dive — “Ember to Inferno”

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I am not a writer, nor do I read album reviews, but something is calling me to combine the two: writing album reviews. I am not writing album reviews for the sake of writing album reviews, but I am writing them as a challenge.

This idea began while preparing for a Megadeth concert. I had not really listened to Megadeth much in my life, so I really wanted to listen to their music in depth before going to their concert. I think the experience at concerts is so much more enriching the more familiar you are with the music of a band.

For 30 days, I listened to Megadeth every day and documented my journey on Instagram (@metalcutieuwu). I listened to Megadeth’s full discography and had a really great time! I enjoyed it enough that I want to continue this trend. This time around I think giving more full album reviews would be better though. I think it will help me improve my writing skills and gain some confidence!

The next band I am doing a deep dive for is Trivium. I have listened to Trivium a little bit, but since I also plan on seeing them live soon, I thought they would be a perfect band for me to do a deep dive on next.

On Day 1 of listening to Trivium, I started off listening to their first studio album “Ember to Inferno”. This album was released October 14, 2003 through Lifeforce Records. It is pretty impressive to hear an album like this with the vocalist Matt Heafy only being 17 years old and the…