Trivium: Ranking All 9 Albums From Worst To Best

7. Ember To Inferno

Re-released at the tail-end of 2016 some 13 years after it was supposed to blow a hole in the side of the metal scene, the original pressing of Ember to Inferno was fractured into four different editions, with shipping errors and mislabelled versions making it nigh-on impossible to find.

Some of those early edition's songs made it onto Ascendancy, and though the band (minus drummer Travis Smith) were all in their mid-teens, the sheer complexity and level of artistry present in weaving together so many intricate guitar lines, vocals and drum patterns is astonishing, to say the least.

There's a youthful ferocity to early Trivium that pulls people towards Ascendancy as their all-time favourite. While Ember's highlights are farther apart, the pummelling Pillars of Serpents, hugely ambitious When All Light Dies and militaristic clatter of To Burn the Eye have all aged masterfully.

The only issue with Ember is the feeling that many songs can blur into one - something that doesn't have to be a negative if you find yourself clicking with its overall tonality and garage band feel, but does knock it down against the group's more expansive, refined efforts.