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, Heavy Metal
Length	55:16
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer(s)	Jason Suecof Matt Heafy
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Trivium chronology
Ember to Inferno (2003)	Ascendancy (2005)	The Crusade (2006)
Alternate cover

Original album cover

This article refers to the 2005 album by the metalcore band Trivium; for the DOS-based computer game, see Ascendancy.

Ascendancy (2005) is an album by the band Trivium. It was released on March 15, 2005 through Roadrunner Records. 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.

The song "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" is included on the soundtrack to the PSP video game "Infected."

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 (2006) soundtrack.

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 just over 100,000 copies going Gold, without even appearing in the UK top 75.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Ascendancy UK Special Edition
- 1.2 Ascendancy re-release
2 Performance line-up
3 Credits

[edit] Track listing

"The End of Everything" (Matt Heafy, Jason Suecof) – 1:22
"Rain" (Heafy, Corey Beaulieu) – 4:13
"Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" (Heafy, Beaulieu, Travis Smith) – 4:53
"Drowned and Torn Asunder" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 4:19
"Ascendancy" (Heafy) – 4:27
"A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 5:57
"Like Light to the Flies" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 5:42
"Dying in Your Arms" (Heafy) – 2:54
"The Deceived" (Heafy, Beaulieu) – 5:13
"Suffocating Sight" (Heafy) – 3:49
"Departure" (Heafy) – 5:43
"Declaration" (Heafy) – 7:00

[edit] Ascendancy UK Special Edition

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

"Washing Away Me in the Tides" – 3:46

[edit] Ascendancy re-release

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

The bonus tracks are as follows:

"Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" – 5:40
"Washing Away Me in the Tides" (Included on UK special edition) – 3:46
"Master of Puppets" (Metallica cover) – 8:06
"Dying in Your Arms" (Video mix)– 3:05

The included DVD will include 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

Corey Beaulieu — guitarist, backing vocals
Paolo Gregoletto — bassist
Matt Heafy — vocalist, guitarist
Travis Smith — drummer

[edit] Credits

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 Paul Wood:*"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
Chad Sunderland and Gizz Butt appear courtesy SPV Records
A&R: Monte Coomer 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