Trivium SIN & THE SENTENCE

Personnel: Trivium (vocals); Matt Heafy (vocals, guitar); Daniel Rodriguez, Mike Miller , Josh Brooks, Jon Paul Douglass, Thomas Oliveira, Elijah Rojas, Gerardo Carrero, Jonathan Carrion, Kevin Martincowski, Josh Wilbur, Brandon Diaz (vocals); Corey Beaulieu (guitar); Paolo Gregoletto (bass guitar); Alex Bent (drums).Audio Mixer: Josh Wilbur.Recording information: Hybrid Studios.Photographer: Jon Paul Douglass.The Florida-based decibel pushers continue their sonic metamorphosis from thrash-blasted metalcore to melody-driven (almost) trad-metal on Sin and the Sentence, their eighth full-length effort and first studio outing with touring drummer Alex Bent. If 2015's Silence in the Snow marked Trivium's deep dive into arena rock, then Sin and the Sentence is the free fall; a perfectly formed horned hand framed by a smoldering wall of pyrotechnics. It may have taken eight albums to get there, but the band has never sounded more confident, delivering a positively lethal 11-song set that str