Silence in the Snow

Trivium’s seventh album is packed with references to the cold, but the band\'s all-out assault could melt the harshest winter. Matt Heafy is a howling madman on nearly every song—but not so mad that his operatic leads aren\'t acutely dialed in. On the title track and \"Rise Above the Tides,\" his muscular, melodic vocals leave lots of room for guitarist Corey Beaulieu\'s searing shredfest—easily an equal star in this intense, maniacal, gorgeously theatrical gallop across a frostbitten plain.

For better and worse, Trivium haven't made the same album twice since 2005's Ascendancy.

Trivium have a serious identity crisis, which is to say they don't really have much of an identity at all. After starting their career as an...

A review of Silence in the Snow by Trivium, available October 2nd Worldwide via Roadrunner Records.

The sense of indecision that hung over Trivium’s previous albums is replaced by focused, refined, heavy-metal power on their latest