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Universal acclaim- based on 88 Ratings
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Positive: 84 out of 88
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Mixed: 1 out of 88
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Negative: 3 out of 88
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Aug 10, 2013Don't listen to metacritic. They do a poor job of collecting all the reviews (they also sometimes get the scores wrong on some reviews). This album is Trivium's strongest effort to date combining all past elements from their previous albums. It should be on the shelves of anyone who enjoys music in general.
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PatrickLJan 7, 2009
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Mar 14, 2013
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Dec 7, 2010Hands down. Best metal album of 2008. No excuses.
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MarkKMar 14, 2009It's better then their earlier work but it still sounds like Iron Maiden done in a very hyperactive manner.
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Aug 30, 2010There is no flaw in this album. Worth your money. You will like it if you're human. The guitar work is out standing. The vocals coming from the almighty Matthew Kiichi Heafy are outstanding. The Bassist is amazing and if you listen he is audible without draining out the music. The drumming is awesome. The lyrics are a big highlight of the album. Just all around, great album
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Pal101Dec 2, 2008The 90% guy is closest to the mark, the other reviewers seem to be very wide of the mark to me, this album is almost as good as it gets. This is Trivium's best album yet, the best heavy metal album of the year, and one of the best of the decade. An essential album for any heavy metal fan!!
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JonathanSDec 25, 2008Shogun is a masterpiece with its mix of Ascendancy and The Crusade styles. Matt Heafy, Corey, Poalo, and Travis demonstrate their outstanding musicianship skills with this album.
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ClaytonHJan 13, 2009Greatest album of 2008 hands down. This album goes so deep that it BLOWS your mind. Every song is great. Can't put it down and can't understand why only a 66! If you are into metal, GET THIS CD!
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MrXOct 16, 2009The structure of their music, the epic riffs, the incredibly skilfull solos, the malicious screams, the aggressive rough vocals, the amazing clean vocals and the heavy hitting drums and bass truly make this a masterpiece album. Trivium's work is on the same level as work by At the Gates, Death, Dissection and Opeth. Can't get any better than that.
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Feb 15, 2012Wow. The only I reason I didn't score this album a 10 is because I just can't see everybody out there really understanding the music. This album had one solid musical theme: To push Trivium way past what everyone was expecting. I would possibly put this album in a "Best of Decade..." list.
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Mar 27, 2012
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Aug 9, 2018
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Feb 28, 2023Amazing album, sonically and lyrically. The retelling of myths combined with the themes of old honor and war are purely amazing. No skips, all raw emotion.
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Shogun is easily Trivium's most challenging and ambitious album yet, and even though it isn't likely to spawn any hit singles, it was clearly the album Trivium had to make in order to get unduly prejudiced metalheads off their backs and finally silence undue suspicions over their abundant talent and devotion to heavy metal.
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Q MagazineSo while fourth album Shogun is impressive, Trivium continues ro make "...And Justice For All" when they could do with a "Black Album" instead. [Nov2008, p.107]
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Shogun is by no means an outstanding metal album, but it should be enough to satisfy both fans of their older material and those attracted to the meatier hooks of ‘Anthem (We Are The Fire)’ and ‘Entrance Of The Conflagration.’