Band Top Tracks Lists - The Revolution Edition
After seeing Sonny's "Band Top Tracks Lists" threads for The Fallen and The Guardians, I decided to start those threads as well, in a couple of my own clans. If you have any bands each with 20 of your favorite tracks from them, feel free to post them here.
Let's start with two of my favorite metalcore bands:
Trivium
1. In Waves - In Waves (2011)
2. Becoming the Dragon - The Crusade (2006)
3. Strife - Vengeance Falls (2013)
4. The Sin and the Sentence - The Sin and the Sentence (2017)
5. Watch the World Burn - In Waves (2011)
6. The Heart From Your Hate - The Sin and the Sentence (2017)
7. Ember to Inferno - Ember to Inferno (2003)
8. Forsake Not the Dream - In Waves (2011)
9. Pillars of Serpents - Ember to Inferno (2003)
10. Like Light to the Flies - Ascendancy (2005)
11. Throes of Perdition - Shogun (2008)
12. Endless Night - The Sin and the Sentence (2017)
13. In the Court of the Dragon - In the Court of the Dragon (2021)
14. Inception of the End - In Waves (2011)
15. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr - Ascendancy (2005)
16. Silence in the Snow - Silence in the Snow (2015)
17. Built to Fall - In Waves (2011)
18. The Shadow of the Abattoir - In the Court of the Dragon (2020)
19. Blind Leading the Blind - Silence in the Snow (2015)
20. What the Dead Men Say - What the Dead Men Say (2020)
August Burns Red
1. Indonesia - Constellations (2009)
2. Carol of the Bells - Sleddin' Hill (2012)
3. Leveler - Leveler (2011)
4. Composure - Messengers (2007)
5. Poor Millionaire - Leveler (2011)
6. The Truth of a Liar - Messengers (2007)
7. Thirty and Seven - Constellations (2009)
8. The Frost - Phantom Anthem (2017)
9. Identity - Found in Far Away Places (2015)
10. Spirit Breaker - Rescue & Restore (2013)
11. The Seventh Trumpet - Thrill Seeker (2005)
12. Redemption - Messengers (2007)
13. Crusades - Constellations (2009)
14. The Eleventh Hour - Messengers (2007)
15. Echoes - Rescue & Restore (2013)
16. Quake - Phantom Anthem (2017)
17. Reckoning - Death Below (2023)
18. Bones - Guardians (2020)
19. Everlasting Ending - Found in Far Away Places (2015)
20. The Cleansing - Death Below (2023)
A couple Spotify playlists I've made based on those two lists, including a few extra songs in each playlist:
Trivium - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Mo15LhBBqDuWx4QdUhzVa
August Burns Red - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/79N4Mmrs66n4IrIqnpBKeX
After doing my top 20 list of favorite tracks by Trivium, I decided to do a genre analysis of each and every track from my list to see if they really live up to their melodic metalcore sound that I enjoy so much. Though I won't do the same with August Burns Red because their metalcore sound stays almost the same in each song, nor Strapping Young Lad because their sound has different sounds all over the place, making it difficult to dissect. Anyway, here's how I would tag the genres in these 20 Trivium tracks:
1. In Waves - melodic metalcore
2. Becoming the Dragon - thrash/melodic metalcore
3. Strife - heavy/thrash/melodic metalcore
4. The Sin and the Sentence - melodic metalcore/thrash metal
5. Watch the World Burn - melodic metalcore/thrash/progressive metal
6. The Heart From Your Hate - heavy metal
7. Ember to Inferno - melodic metalcore/thrash/melodic death metal
8. Forsake Not the Dream - melodic metalcore/thrash metal
9. Pillars of Serpents - melodic metalcore
10. Like Light to the Flies - melodic metalcore
11. Throes of Perdition - melodic metalcore/heavy/progressive metal
12. Endless Night - heavy metal/hard rock
13. In the Court of the Dragon - melodic metalcore
14. Inception of the End - melodic metalcore/thrash metal
15. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr - melodic metalcore
16. Silence in the Snow - heavy/power metal
17. Built to Fall - heavy/melodic metalcore
18. The Shadow of the Abattoir - heavy/power/symphonic/melodic metalcore
19. Blind Leading the Blind - heavy metal
20. What the Dead Men Say - melodic metalcore/thrash metal
So based on what I've analyzed, I enjoy a lot of Trivium's melodic metalcore sound, which is the main genre in most of their albums. Though there's a solid amount of classic heavy/thrash metal tracks from this band that I enjoy. They also seem to experiment with progressive/power metal, and to a lesser one-time extent, melodic death/symphonic metal/hard rock. All in all, Trivium still reigns as one of the most diverse melodic metalcore bands around, and I'm glad their music still touches my metal heart.