The Crusade
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October 6, 2006 |
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| Label (s) | Roadrunner Records | |||
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
57 min 22s |
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Jason Suecof, Matthew Heafy |
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Studio (s) |
Audio Hammer Studios |
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The Crusade is the third music album by the US thrash metal band Trivium . It was released on October 6, 2006 through Roadrunner Records .
With this album the band moved away from metalcore and turned to thrash metal . In many cases, comparisons were made with Metallica . Singer Matthew Heafy sings on this album with a clear, deeper voice reminiscent of James Hetfield . Heafy said in an interview that the entire band actually doesn't like screams, which is why they decided not to use them anymore.
The album in the Audio Hammer Studios in was taken Sanford ( Florida ), directed by Jason Suecof and Matthew Heafy. It was mixed by Colin Richardson . On September 14, 2006, the album first appeared on the Internet. As a result, Roadrunner Records moved the release date from October 20th to October 6th.
Reactions
The Crusade received mostly good to excellent reviews. The German rock-hard magazine named The Crusade "Album of the Month" and the German-speaking MetalHammer named it the best Thrash Metal album of 2006. Nevertheless, there were a few voices accusing the band of cheap Metallica imitations to be.
In the UK , the album was released on October 9th and sold 60,000 copies on the first day alone. The Crusade received a silver record for this. The album reached number 9 on the UK album charts. In Germany the album reached number 23 in the United States Place 25th
Track list
- Ignition - 3:54 (Heafy)
- Detonation - 4:28 (Heafy)
- Entrance of the Conflagration - 4:35 (Heafy)
- Anthem (We Are the Fire) - 4:03 (Gregoletto, Heafy)
- Unrepentant - 4:51 (Beaulieu, Heafy)
- And Sadness Will Sear - 3:34 (Heafy)
- Becoming the Dragon - 4:43 (Heafy)
- To the Rats - 3:42 (Gregoletto, Heafy)
- This World Can't Tear Us Apart - 3:30 (Heafy)
- Tread the Floods - 3:33 (Beaulieu, Heafy)
- Contempt Breeds Contamination - 4:28 (Heafy)
- The Rising - 3:45 (Gregoletto, Heafy)
- The Crusade - 8:19 (Heafy)
Texts
According to Matt Heafy, the themes from Ascendancy to The Crusade have shifted from his personal experiences to societal and human issues. Some songs on the album relate to murder cases that have caused a great social stir.
Entrance of the Conflagration
This song is about Andrea Yates , who drowned her five children in a bathtub on July 20, 2001. After all of the children died, she called the ambulance and was arrested immediately afterwards.
In court , Yates stated that she suffered from postpartum psychosis associated with a mental illness . The court sentenced Yates to life imprisonment. On January 9, 2006, the life sentence was converted into a suspended sentence in an appeal hearing with the condition that Andrea Yates be treated in a psychiatric hospital .
Unrepentant
The Pakistani Nazir Ahmad (40) killed his three daughters and his stepdaughter Muqadas Bibi in front of his wife. Bibi (25) married against her stepfather's will. When she was asleep, Ahmad slit her throat with a machete . Immediately afterwards, Ahmad also killed his three biological daughters. He wanted to prevent her from marrying against his will. He was arrested a day later. He told the police that his act was an honor killing .
Sadness Will Sear
Matthew Shepard was victim of a robbery on the night of October 6-7, 1998 , of which he died five days later. The case caused quite a stir because Shepard died because of his homosexuality . Shepard was tied to a fence by the perpetrators (Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson), hit on the head with a pistol and finally left to his fate.
In court, McKinney and Henderson said they felt threatened by Shepard's homosexuality. Eventually Henderson confessed and was sentenced to two life terms without early release. McKinney was also sentenced to two life sentences without early release for willful murder.
Contempt Breeds Contamination
The Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo, 24, was shot dead by four police officers on February 4, 1999. Diallo was mistaken for a serial rapist in New York and should be arrested. During the conversation with the police, Diallo grabbed his jacket, which is why the officers assumed he would pull a gun and fire at him. They fired 41 shots and killed the unarmed man with 19 hits.
The police officers were acquitted in the appeals court after an initial guilty verdict. They stated that they shot out of fear of attack alone.
Anthem (We are the Fire)
The first single reached number 40 on the UK singles chart. In addition to the title track, there are two songs that cannot be found on the album.
Track list
- Anthem (We Are the Fire) - 4:03
- Vengeance - 3:36
- Broken One - 5:49
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Matt Heafy at blabbermouth.com ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 16, 2009
- ↑ a b Trivium Biography on rockhard.de ( Memento from December 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on November 27, 2012.
- ↑ Interview with Heafy on blistering.com ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 16, 2009
