Ember to Inferno

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Ember to Inferno
Ember To Inferno.jpg
Studio album by
Trivium
ReleasedOctober 14, 2003
RecordedJune – July 2003
Genre
Length48:58
LabelLifeforce
Producer
Trivium chronology
Caeruleus ("The Blue Demo")
(2003) 		Ember to Inferno
(2003) 		Ascendancy
(2005)
Alternative cover
Ab Initio cover
Ab Initio cover

Ember to Inferno is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 14, 2003 through Lifeforce Records and was produced by Jason Suecof and the band themselves.

Background[]

This album is the final release by the band with former bassist Brent Young. Frontman Matt Heafy was 17 years old when the album was written and recorded.

Corey Beaulieu toured in support of the album, but did not play on the album according to the re-release booklet.

The 2004 reissue of the album includes early versions of "The Deceived" and "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies". Both songs were re-recorded for Ascendancy, with the latter appearing only on the 2006 special edition. "Demon" is taken from the Trivium EP.

"Inception: the Bleeding Skies" is "A View of Burning Empires" played in reverse.

On December 2, 2014 it was announced by Matt Heafy on Twitter that Ember to Inferno would be re-released again with new artwork along with the band's early demo EPs.[1] The re-release was officially revealed on October 14, 2016, via Trivium's Facebook page. It was released on December 2, 2016, two years after the initial announcement by Heafy. The re-release is dubbed Ab Initio, Latin for "From the Beginning".

"Pillars of Serpents" was re-recorded by Trivium for their 2017 album The Sin and the Sentence. Titled "Pillars of Serpents '17", it was included as a bonus track exclusively on the Japanese edition of the album. The re-recording was widely released to services such as YouTube, Spotify and iTunes on March 22, 2019 under the title of "Pillars of Serpents (2019)".[2][3]

Ember to Inferno has been generally described as metalcore,[4][5][6] melodic death metal,[7][8][9] thrash metal,[10] alternative metal,[6] power metal,[6] and "fantasy metal".[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[6]
Sputnikmusic2/5 stars[5]
LouderSound3.5/5 stars[11]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Matt Heafy. All musical arrangement by Heafy and Travis Smith.

No.TitleLength
1."Inception: the Bleeding Skies" (instrumental)0:35
2."Pillars of Serpents"4:35
3."If I Could Collapse the Masses"4:42
4."Fugue (A Revelation)"4:21
5."Requiem"4:53
6."Ember to Inferno"4:11
7."Ashes" (instrumental)0:53
8."To Burn the Eye"7:01
9."Falling to Grey"5:37
10."My Hatred"4:34
11."When All Light Dies"6:23
12."A View of Burning Empires" (instrumental)1:48
Total length:48:58
2004 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" (from Flavus - The Yellow Demo)5:41
14."The Deceived" (from Flavus - The Yellow Demo)6:00
15."Demon" (from Caeruleus - The Blue Demo)3:27
Total length:64:06
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
13."The Storm" (from Caeruleus - The Blue Demo)6:05
14."Sworn" (from Caeruleus - The Blue Demo)4:29
Total length:59:32
Ab Initio
No.TitleLength
1."Pain"7:18
2."Thrust"5:38
3."Lake of Fire"6:14
4."To Burn the Eye"6:59
5."Requiem"5:01
6."Fugue"4:29
7."My Hatred"4:51
8."The Storm"6:03
9."Sworn"4:27
10."Demon"3:29
11."Like Light to the Flies" (Heafy, Corey Beaulieu)5:37
12."Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies"5:42
13."The Deceived" (Heafy, Beaulieu)5:48

Notes

  • Tracks 1 to 3 are from Ruber (The Red Demo).
  • Tracks 4 to 10 are from Caeruleus (The Blue Demo).
  • Tracks 11 to 13 are from Flavus (The Yellow Demo).

Personnel[]

Trivium

Additional musicians

  • Jason Suecof – keyboards on "Inception: the Bleeding Skies" and "A View of Burning Empires", lead guitar on "Ember to Inferno" and "To Burn the Eye", choir vocals on "When All Light Dies"
  • Alex Vieira – lead guitar on "When All Light Dies"
  • George Moore – acoustic guitar on "A View of Burning Empires"
  • Icky – acoustic guitar

Production

  • Jason Suecof – producer, mixing, engineer
  • Matt Heafy – producer
  • Travis Smith – producer
  • Brent Young – producer
  • Tom Morris – mastering
  • Christophe Szpajdel – logo (2016 re-issue)

Charts[]

Ab Initio

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 85
UK Rock Album Chart [13] 15

References[]

  1. ^ "Matthew Kiichi Heafy on Twitter".
  2. ^ Espronceda, Karen (March 22, 2019). "Trivium Release Re-Recorded "Pillars of Serpents"". Metal Sucks. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pillars of Serpents (2019) - Single by Trivium". Apple Music. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Prato, Greg (December 1, 2003). "Trivium Ember to Inferno". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Stagno, Mike. "Ember To Inferno – Trivium". Sputnikmusic.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Henderson, Alex. "Ember To Inferno – Trivium". Allmusic.
  7. ^ "Trivium – Ember To Inferno: Ab Initio album review". Louder Sound. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Trivium's Matt Heafy on the band's "Cursed" debut album 'Ember to Inferno'". music feeds. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. ^ "The 20 greatest Trivium songs - ranked". Kerrang!. Sam Law. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Trivium The Crusade". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Trivium – Ember To Inferno: Ab Initio album review". Louder Sound. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  12. ^ "ARIA CHART WATCH #398". auspOp. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  13. ^ "UK Top 40 Rock Albums". Radio 1. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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