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Shogun

Trivium · 2008

79 min · 14 tracks · heavy metal · progressive metal · thrash metal

A sprawling journey through complex arrangements, blending melodic metalcore with thrash and progressive elements.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • long, immersive listening sessions
  • dynamic emotional journeys
  • gradual builds and payoffs
  • layered, dense sonic textures

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2008, 'Shogun' was Trivium's fourth studio album, following their commercially successful 'The Crusade.' By this point, the band had solidified their position within the heavy metal scene and began to explore more ambitious songwriting and thematic depth.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Kirisute Gomen 6:27
  • 2 Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis 6:49
  • 3 Down From the Sky 5:34
  • 4 Into the Mouth of Hell We March 5:52
  • 5 Throes of Perdition 5:54
  • 6 Insurrection 4:57
  • 7 The Calamity 4:58
  • 8 He Who Spawned the Furies 4:07
  • 9 Of Prometheus and the Crucifix 4:40
  • 10 Like Callisto to a Star in Heaven 5:25
  • 11 Shogun 11:21
  • 12 Poison, the Knife or the Noose 4:14
  • 13 Upon the Shores 5:21
  • 14 Iron Maiden 3:43

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