Trivium have announced their eleventh album, Crown in the Grave, due November 20 via Roadrunner Records, and released a video for the title track. The Japanese Noh theater-inspired, post-apocalyptic clip was directed by Pavel Trebukhin and set in a smoke-filled dojo.
The record is the first made in the band's own Orlando studio, The Hangar, and the first with drummer Alex Rüdinger. It reunites them with producer Josh Wilbur (Korn, Lamb of God) and brings in mixer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amon Amarth) for the first time. Bassist Paolo Gregoletto says Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood inspired the title track and led the band into Japanese horror and cinema from the '50s, '60s and '70s. They also leaned on '90s albums with big choruses, citing Metallica's The Black Album, Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction and Soundgarden's Superunknown.
Tracklist
Jorōgumo; Crown in the Grave; Dead Inside of Me; The Terror; The Haunting Never Ends; Lie Of It All; Blackout The Dawn; Paradise Of Sinners; Death Throes; The Agony; Devour Your Dreams; Serpent in the Flame
Tour
The North American headline run starts Nov. 5 in St. Petersburg, FL, and runs through Dec. 19 in Charlotte, NC, with In Flames, Orbit Culture, Fit for an Autopsy and Frozen Soul.
