Trivium: In The Court of the Dragon
Obvious? Sure. But correct? Yes. One of the big whiff moments of The Dark Ages is the fact that the moment the Slayer gets his laser-winged steed isn’t scored like the Angel of Death himself just took flight. Meanwhile, there’s a whole-ass Trivium album that in retrospect, every single song feels like you could track it into that cutscene and all the sky battles after, and then the player would IRL be able to take off into the sky like Superman right after. Oh well. At the very least, you do actually still have this awesome album, which is maybe the most back-to-basics album Trivium have made in a minute—but it’s also the one where Matt Heafy taking vocal cues from the guy from Disturbed doesn’t feel like a hideous mismatch.
