Ascendancy (album)

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Ascendancy
Studio album by Trivium
Released March 15, 2005
Recorded Audiohammer Studios (Sanford, Florida);
Morrisound Recording (Tampa, Florida)
Genre Metalcore
Length 55:16
75:19 (Bonus Disc)
Label Roadrunner
Producer Jason Suecof
Matt Heafy[1]
Professional reviews
Trivium chronology
Ember to Inferno
(2003)		 Ascendancy
(2005)		 The Crusade
(2006)
Singles from Ascendancy
  1. "Like Light to the Flies"
    Released: 2005
  2. "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr"
    Released: 2005
  3. "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation"
    Released: 2005
  4. "Dying in Your Arms"
    Released: 2005

Ascendancy is the second studio album by heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on March 15, 2005 through Roadrunner Records.

Contents

[edit] Background

The album was produced by Jason Suecof and vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy. The album spawned four singles in "Like Light to the Flies", "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr", "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" and "Dying in Your Arms". Music videos for each of the songs were shot; a promotional video was filmed for the song "Rain".

A demo of the song "The Deceived" was included on the re-release of Trivium's debut album Ember to Inferno nearly a year before Ascendancy was released. Likewise, a demo version of "Like Light to the Flies" was included on the MTV compilation album Headbangers Ball Volume 2.[1] Also, a demo of the song "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" was included on the Ember to Inferno re-release and later re-recorded and included as a bonus track on the re-release of Ascendancy.

International versions of the album featured "Washing Away Me in the Tides" as a bonus track; the song was later included on the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack.[2]

[edit] Reception

Trivium's Ascendancy peaked at #151 on the US Billboard 200 and at #4 on the US Top Heatseekers charts. In the UK it peaked at #78, and shipped over 100,000 copies - attaining Gold status, without entering the UK top 75.[3]

[edit] Track listing

  • All lyrics by Matt Heafy
  • Music as indicated
  1. "The End of Everything" – 1:20 (Matt Heafy, Jason Suecof)
  2. "Rain" – 4:11 (Heafy, Corey Beaulieu)
  3. "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" – 4:51 (Heafy, Beaulieu, Travis Smith)
  4. "Drowned and Torn Asunder" – 4:17 (Heafy, Beaulieu)
  5. "Ascendancy" – 4:25 (Heafy)
  6. "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" – 5:55 (Heafy, Beaulieu)
  7. "Like Light to the Flies" – 5:40 (Heafy, Beaulieu)
  8. "Dying in Your Arms" – 2:53 (Heafy)
  9. "The Deceived" – 5:11 (Heafy, Beaulieu)
  10. "Suffocating Sight" – 3:47 (Heafy)
  11. "Departure" – 5:41 (Heafy)
  12. "Declaration" – 7:00 (Heafy)

[edit] Ascendancy UK Special Edition[4]

Ascendancy was re-released with a bonus song and a DVD.

  1. "Washing Away Me in the Tides" – 3:46

[edit] Ascendancy re-release[5]

Ascendancy was re-released on May 9, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. It comes with four bonus tracks added as well as a DVD.

  1. "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" – 5:10
  2. "Washing Away Me in the Tides" (Included on UK special edition) – 3:46
  3. "Master of Puppets" (Metallica cover) – 8:11
  4. "Dying in Your Arms" (Video mix) – 3:05

The included DVD includes the music videos for the songs "Like Light to the Flies", "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr", "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation", "Dying in Your Arms" and "Rain". The DVD will also include the live videos of each of the aforementioned songs performed at the London Astoria in London, England on September 18 2005, which was also included on the UK's re-release in early Feb 2006.

[edit] Performance line-up

[edit] Personnel

[6]

  • Produced by Jason Suecof and Matt Heafy
  • Mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap
  • Recorded at Audiohammer Studios (Sanford, Florida) and Morrisound Recording (Tampa, Florida)
  • Engineered by Jason Suecof
  • Assistant engineers: Jeff Weed and Aaron Cailier
  • Mixed and mastered at Backstage Production (Derbyshire, England)
  • All music written by Matt Heafy except:
  • "Rain", "Drowned and Torn Asunder", "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation", "Like Light to the Flies" and "The Deceived" written by Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu
  • "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" written by Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu and Travis Smith
  • "The End of Everything" written by Matt Heafy and Jason Suecof
  • All lyrics written by Matt Heafy
  • Gang vocals on "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" by Chad Sunderland, Gizz Butt, Andy Sneap, Matt Heafy and Travis Smith
  • All back-up vocals screaming/singing on album performed by Matt Heafy
  • Chad Sunderland and Gizz Butt appear courtesy SPV Records
  • A&R: Monte Conner and Mike Gitter
  • Management: Justin E. Arcangel for Dark Angel Management, LLC
  • Booking: Josh Kline and Tim Borror for Face the Music Touring
  • Road crew: Brian Mock and Ryan "Ralph" Germann
  • Legal: Roberts and Ritholz, LLP
  • Art direction and design by Paul A. Romano for workhardened
  • Original concept by Matt Heafy
  • Band photography by Josh Rothstein

[edit] References

  1. ^ Headbanger's ball
  2. ^ Underworld: Evolution Soundtrack
  3. ^ Chart Information and Track listing
  4. ^ Information on UK special edition
  5. ^ Information on re-release
  6. ^ Some credits listed here
v • d • e
Trivium
Matt Heafy · Corey Beaulieu · Paolo Gregoletto · Travis Smith
Brent Young · Brad Lewter
Studio albums
Ember to Inferno · Ascendancy · The Crusade · Shogun
Extended plays
Singles
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