Best Of The Crusaders, The - Crusaders (The)

Advantages: Rocking / great if you like music with a guitar or 2!
Disadvantages: Bit heavy / will not suit everyone!

...I was fortunate enough to see Iron maiden on their world tour last year, on their final day at Earls Court. Having been a Maiden fan all my life this was the best I had ever seen a live band at, and when I heard that Trivium were supporting I had mixed reactions too it at first. So I brought the album to familiarize myself with some of their songs, and I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of musicianship and rigor displayed on the album. When hearing them live I was amazed at their raw talent, perhaps not everyone's cup of tea but if you like to rock out at a show, Trivium don't disappoint. I would recommend buying The crusade because I think every music collection should have a diverse range of music from jazz to soul to heavy metal. And the Crusade is a great heavy metal album to come out of 2006! The Crusade is... Read review

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Advantages: couple of promising riffs and songs
Disadvantages: no song really stands out; two very bad songs

...with this song is that the verse and chorus are repeated many times in order to make the song last the 3 minutes. 7/10 11. contempt breeds contamination for this song trivium tuned the guitars right down and it can be heard immediately in the opening riff. the lyrics in this song are quite good and suit the song. a fairly good song. 7/10 12. the rising this song is just pure disappointment for me all round. the song is slowed down completely, i don't know if this is to try give the feeling of a pantera-esque rhythm or to just sound heavier but it does not work at all. boring at best. 5/10 13. the crusade at some point we were all expecting it. an instrumental song from trivium which cements their intent at being the next metallica. well here it is and for me is neither good nor bad. it is nothing like the metallica instrumentals... Read review

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Advantages: It's different from previous albums - See Review
Disadvantages: It's different from previous albums - See Review

...Since The Crusade was launched in the UK on 10th October 2006 I have read a number of reviews across a range of sites about this album and it seems to have split Trivium fans down the middle. A lot of fans were disheartened at the style of singing, choice of fact based lyrics and a new sound from the metal kings from Florida. In the bands early days there were a number of changes in the original lineup, Corey and Paolo were relatively late-comers having arrived after a number of Ember's songs had been wrtten and performed. Months of playing together, the Trivium we all know and love pulled together Ascendancy. Similar sounding to Ember but edging away from the metalcore towards thrash metal, the band had produced an album that was, for such a young band, a masterpiece in the making. Even for Metal fans who don't like Trivium (aren... Read review

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