Trivium vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy has released the debut album “Rashomon” from his Ibaraki project. Inspired by black metal & Japanese mythology, the project blossomed out of a planned collaboration with Ihsahn of Emperor fame.
Ihsahn would go on to oversee the project in a production role, while Heafy would enlist several guests for the record, including Behemoth vocalist/guitarist Nergal & My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way. Heafy‘s Trivium bandmates Paolo Gregoletto (bass), Corey Beaulieu (guitar) and Alex Bent (drummer) were also all recruited to help flesh out the album.
Alongside today’s (May 06th) release of the album is the debut of a music video for the latest single “Kagutsuchi“. Heafy stated of it:
“‘Kagutsuchi‘ is the turning point in my relationship to black metal. Before crafting this piece, I believed I needed to stick to all the tropes of tradition — I didn’t believe that I was able to attach my name to keep something legitimately black metal.
Befriending Ihsahn and having him as a mentor showed me that being true to oneself is far more important than being true to a genre. Ihsahn freed my mind and encouraged the sharpening of the tools needed to begin Ibaraki properly.
The very recorded guitar tracks in this final album are actually from 2010/2011. This album is an auditory time-capsule of my journey in creating Ibaraki. ‘Kagutsuchi‘ was the first song I wrote after I had begun my tutelage under Ihsahn.”
This particular track finds Trivium‘s Paolo Gregoletto laying down a guest bass solo.
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