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"There's always that one song you aren't expecting when you begin writing a new album," says Trivium's bassist, Paolo Gregoletto, sharing an inside look at the band's songwriting process. "It could be a riff written on the spot in the rehearsal space, a lyric that pairs just right with a melody, or in the case of 'Feast of Fire,' sitting right there in front of us in the middle of a demo that Corey (Beaulieu - guitar) brought in. We were well into pre-production at Full Sail when we all decided that something about the demo we had tracked was good but could be even better. Our producer Josh Wilbur even had in his notes: 'Bridge is special, maybe so special it needs its own song.' We tore the song apart and began again on the spot." He continues, "We went into this album knowing we had time to consider everything and anything that came about during this period, and if need be, we could start again if it didn’t feel right given that no touring was on the horizon." Further pulling back the curtain, he says, "I had the words 'Feast of Fire' written in my running list of notes for lyric ideas that I try to amass before we record. Something about the phrase stuck out to me. It felt like the missing piece of the story we were trying to tell with this album, a climactic moment and a real centerpiece for the narrative." He finishes, "After all these years I’m still blown away at how a song can really appear out of thin air and take the album to a place you weren’t expecting. Those are the moments we are always looking for when making a record."
Every album, I usually say there’s no way Trivium can top what they did before. And every time they prove me wrong. Since they found Alex Bent - one of the most incredible drummers on the planet, bar none - this band has absolutely taken off. He’s helped them reach an entirely new level. Frankly, Trivium should be headlining arenas by now. There are few bands that hold a candle to them, and they’re still quite young.Dead Men is an absolute masterpiece. Dragon…is just as great, while sounding completely different. Matt’s vocals have gotten a little more extreme again, but hopefully it doesn’t hurt his vocals any more. There’s simply not a hint of a bad song on this album - just like the last one (and there’s only one song on Sin that’s a throwaway for me). They’ve managed to create a triad of metal albums very few bands can pull off (Machine Head comes to mind).Bottom line: I can barely stop listening to this album. You can’t call yourself a fan of this band unless you buy and fall in live with Dragon. End of story.