Silence in the Snow by Trivium

Silence in the Snow, Trivium's seventh studio album, arrived through Roadrunner on October 2, 2015, and it's the Orlando band's boldest left turn: for the only time on record, there isn't a single harsh vocal on it. Matt Heafy sings every line clean, and the songs are built around that choice, all soaring melodies and trad-metal gallop, with Heafy and Corey Beaulieu trading riffs over Paolo Gregoletto's bass. Michael "Elvis" Baskette, whom the band had met back during the In Waves sessions, produced it.

It's also the lone Trivium album with drummer Mat Madiro, who joined in May 2014 and was gone by December 2015. The band road-tested the title track and "Blind Leading the Blind" while headlining Bloodstock Open Air, and "Until the World Goes Cold" became their first single ever to crack the top 10 of the Active Rock chart. A week before release, Octane streamed the whole album while Heafy, Beaulieu and Gregoletto talked through what the songs meant.

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