Trivium Discography < RECENT >

: Fans and critics loved this return to form.

To review Trivium’s discography is to watch a band refuse to stay still. They have oscillated between metalcore, thrash, prog, and stadium rock, often taking heat for changing their sound, only to be praised for it years later.

Following the success of Ascendancy , the band made a bold and divisive stylistic shift with their third album, The Crusade , released on October 10, 2006. Moving away from the metalcore sound, the band fully embraced classic thrash metal, heavily drawing comparisons to icons like Metallica and Megadeth. The most striking change was Matt Heafy’s decision to use exclusively clean vocals, abandoning the screams that had been a key part of their previous sound.