You wouldn't catch Ozzy Osbourne singing Suffer The Children after a few bevvies, would you? No. Although it would be hilarious. Metal music has endlessly morphed and mutated since Black Sabbath's inception yet, 40 years on, Sabbath remain the heaviest, most downright evil band on the planet. Keep that in mind. It doesn't matter that there's no screaming on Trivium's seventh full-length, 'Silence In The Snow', because it's heavier than a transit van full of dinosaurs.
Matt Heafy's cleans have improved so much that he could sing over a Europop rave and it'd still be amazing. He wrestles with notes previously thought untouchable on songs like Pull Me From The Void, The Ghost That's Haunting You and the record's eponymous opening track as Trivium extend a middle finger to their detractors. It's not Metallica worship, nor is it Disturbed-influenced tripe. It's just fist-pumping, anthemic metal.
While Ronnie James Dio has been cited as a major influence on 'Silence In The Snow', this isn't exactly Elf. The choruses of The Thing That's Killing Me and the title track are both iron-clad singalongs, but this is, at its core, very heavy stuff.
Rise Above The Tides exudes one of those sleek, dual-harmony riffs Trivium have lovingly nicked from In Flames for a decade and Breathe In The Flames' mid-section bludgeons with merciless low-end riffing.
Until The World Goes Cold culminates in a 'Shogun'-esque guitar solo and its finale is so disturbingly dense, you will soil your knickers. New drummer Mat Madiro expertly deploys blastbeats in a more concise, taut manner than Nick Augusto did on 'In Waves' and maybe, with Madiro on the stool, fans will finally stop whining about Travis Smith's absence.
There are solos for days. The choruses will nestle into the trenches of your brain and refuse to leave. Those Gothenburg-inspired riffs present on 'Ascendency' have returned in full force. Feeding off the grandiose path they've trundled down, Trivium have crafted their strongest album since 'Shogun'.
Some might not get past the absence of screaming. That's fine. They can listen to Deicide albums on their own. Not many bands would have the stones to do what Trivium have attempted and, aside from Beneath The Sun presenting itself as Built To Fall: MK 2, 'Silence In The Snow' is a beast of a record.
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