"The Crusade"   01. Ignition 02. Detonation 03. Entrance of the
Conflagration 04. Anthem (We Are The Fire) 05. Unrepentant 06.
And Sadness Will Sear 07. Becoming the Dragon 08. To The Rats
09. This World Cna't Tear Us Apart 10. Tread the Floods 11.
Contempt Breeds Contamination 12. The Rising 13. The Crusade
RATING: 8.5/10  TRIVIUM blasts back onto the scene with a third
effort that is one of the best metal releases of 2006 and quite
possibly the heavy music album of the year. "The Crusade" sounds
like the record that METALLICA could have made during the height
of its early years, and while some may be uncomfortable with
frontman Matt Heafy's occasionally too-dead-on James Hetfield
impersonation, his sheer energy, bravado and fire, coupled with
the band's relentless onslaught of blistering leads, amazingly
technical yet memorable riffing, and dizzying rhythms captures
not just the best of METALLICA, but MEGADETH, TESTAMENT and a
number of other bands from the glory days of speed and thrash.
But TRIVIUM isn'