Grammy-nominated metal band TRIVIUM — featuring vocalist/guitarist Matthew K. Heafy, guitarist Corey Beaulieu, bassist Paolo Gregoletto and drummer Alex Rüdinger — have announced their new studio album, “Crown In The Grave”. The album is set for release on November 20 via Roadrunner Records.
TRIVIUM have released the title track from their upcoming album, “Crown In The Grave”. The song gradually builds through layers of riffs before erupting into a powerful wall of metal, combining crushing heaviness with the precision, melody and technical intensity that have characterized the band for more than 20 years. “Crown In The Grave” delivers classic TRIVIUM elements, from galloping riffs and fiery guitar solos to hard-hitting drums and multi-layered vocals. At the same time, the track expands on the band’s established identity, staying true to their signature sound while pushing it into new and unexplored sonic territory.
The accompanying post-apocalyptic music video, inspired by Japanese Noh theater, brings the album’s artwork and themes to life inside a smoke-filled dojo, where the central characters prepare for an approaching confrontation through a series of tense and atmospheric scenes. Reflecting the band’s longstanding fascination with traditional Japanese theater and martial arts, the video emphasizes the discipline, drama and physical intensity that shape the song’s narrative.
“‘Crown In The Grave’ is our eleventh record, and when you get this far into a career, it’s easy to rest on what you’ve already done — or to reinvent yourself just for the sake of it,” says Gregoletto. “With this record, we wanted to find the space between those two things: Take everything we’ve learned and everything that makes TRIVIUM what it is, but present it in ways we hadn’t before.”
He continues: “We also wanted the record to exist within its own world. That began with the title track, inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Throne Of Blood’, and led us deeper into Japanese horror and cinema from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s. That influence grew into this darker, ghostly atmosphere that became a set of guardrails for the music, lyrics, artwork, and overall identity of the record”.
The bassist finishes: “We built our studio so we could give ourselves the time and space to figure out exactly what an eleventh TRIVIUM record should be, and ‘Crown In The Grave’ is the answer we arrived at. It honors where we’ve been without living in the past, and pushes into new territory without abandoning what makes us TRIVIUM. I think when you hear it, it’ll somehow feel both new and like a return”.
“Crown In The Grave” track listing:
01. Jorōgumo
02. Crown In The Grave
03. Dead Inside Of Me
04. The Terror
05. The Haunting Never Ends
06. Lie Of It All
07. Blackout The Dawn
08. Paradise Of Sinners
09. Death Throes
10. The Agony
11. Devour Your Dreams
12. Serpent In The Flame
