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lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Ascendancy</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ascendancy_album_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/Ascendancy_album_cover.jpg/220px-Ascendancy_album_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/Ascendancy_album_cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Trivium_(band)" title="Trivium (band)">Trivium</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">March 15, 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-03-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">September – October 2004<sup id="cite_ref-triviumupdates_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-triviumupdates-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Audiohammer (<a href="/wiki/Sanford,_Florida" title="Sanford, Florida">Sanford, Florida</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Morrisound_Recording" title="Morrisound Recording">Morrisound Recording</a> (Tampa, Florida)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metalcore" title="Metalcore">Metalcore</a><sup id="cite_ref-popmatters_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popmatters-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrash_metal" title="Thrash metal">thrash metal</a><sup id="cite_ref-AM_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melodic_metalcore" title="Melodic metalcore">melodic metalcore</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">55</span>:<span class="s">10</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Roadrunner_Records" title="Roadrunner Records">Roadrunner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Suecof" title="Jason Suecof">Jason Suecof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Heafy" title="Matt Heafy">Matt Heafy</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Trivium_(band)" title="Trivium (band)">Trivium</a> studio album chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Ember_to_Inferno" title="Ember to Inferno">Ember to Inferno</a></i><br />(2003) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Ascendancy</b></i><br />(2005) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crusade_(album)" title="The Crusade (album)">The Crusade</a></i><br />(2006) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Ascendancy </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Like_Light_to_the_Flies" title="Like Light to the Flies">Like Light to the Flies</a>"</span><br />Released: January 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-01</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Pull_Harder_on_the_Strings_of_Your_Martyr" title="Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr">Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr</a>"</span><br />Released: March 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-03</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/A_Gunshot_to_the_Head_of_Trepidation" title="A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation">A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation</a>"</span><br />Released: May 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-05</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Dying in Your Arms"</span><br />Released: November 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ascendancy</b></i> is the second studio album by American <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> band <a href="/wiki/Trivium_(band)" title="Trivium (band)">Trivium</a>. It was released on March 15, 2005, through <a href="/wiki/Roadrunner_Records" title="Roadrunner Records">Roadrunner Records</a> and was produced by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Suecof" title="Jason Suecof">Jason Suecof</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Heafy" title="Matt Heafy">Matt Heafy</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This marks the first Trivium album to feature guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto. The album was produced by Jason Suecof and frontman <a href="/wiki/Matt_Heafy" title="Matt Heafy">Matt Heafy</a>. The album spawned four singles: "<a href="/wiki/Like_Light_to_the_Flies" title="Like Light to the Flies">Like Light to the Flies</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Pull_Harder_on_the_Strings_of_Your_Martyr" title="Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr">Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr</a>", "<a href="/wiki/A_Gunshot_to_the_Head_of_Trepidation" title="A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation">A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation</a>" and "Dying in Your Arms". <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">Music videos</a> for each of the songs were shot; a promotional video was filmed for the song "Rain". An earlier version of the video for "Dying in Your Arms" was also filmed (inspired by <a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)" title="The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)">The Phantom of the Opera</a>), but was scrapped for unknown reasons. </p><p>The music video for "Like Light to the Flies" debuted at MTV2's Headbangers Ball on September 25, 2004<sup id="cite_ref-triviumupdates_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-triviumupdates-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and features the original demo of the song, which was included on the <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> <a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">compilation album</a> <i><a href="/wiki/MTV2_Headbangers_Ball,_Vol._2" title="MTV2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2">Headbangers Ball Volume 2</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, <a href="/wiki/Demo_(music)" title="Demo (music)">demos</a> of songs "The Deceived" and "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" were included on the re-release of Trivium's debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Ember_to_Inferno" title="Ember to Inferno">Ember to Inferno</a>,</i> nearly a year before <i>Ascendancy</i> was released. </p><p>Speaking to <i><a href="/wiki/Kerrang!" title="Kerrang!">Kerrang!</a></i> about the songs' lyrics, Matt Heafy said: "Definitely, some of the lyrics are about my personal insecurities and my social issues and disorders, and there's a thing about quietness in the music industry – people assume you're a dickhead if you don't want to talk, and that was definitely said about me. Being in a band forced me to have to get over my awkwardness around people and you can really see what I was going through in there."<sup id="cite_ref-kerrang_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerrang-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical">Critical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Critical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-AM_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/PopMatters" title="PopMatters">PopMatters</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="7/10 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="7/10 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/7px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/14px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/7px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/14px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/7px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/14px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/7px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/14px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-popmatters_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popmatters-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Upon its release, the album received critical acclaim. In a very positive review, Johnny Loftus of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> said about the album, "<i>Ascendancy</i> aligns real-deal thrash with powerful modern influences. But at all times it's a platform for Trivium's own crazed talent."<sup id="cite_ref-AM_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2005, <i>Ascendancy</i> won the "Album of the Year Award" from <i><a href="/wiki/Kerrang!" title="Kerrang!">Kerrang!</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-kerrangalbum_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerrangalbum-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Dying in Your Arms" was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Kerrang!_Award_for_Best_Single" title="Kerrang! Award for Best Single">Best Single</a> at the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Kerrang!_Awards" title="Kerrang! Awards">Kerrang! Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In August 2009, <i>Ascendancy</i> ended up No. 22 in <i>Kerrang!</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "21st Century's Greats" list.<sup id="cite_ref-kerrang_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerrang-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In October 2018, <i>Ascendancy</i> ended up No. 11 in <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Hammer" title="Metal Hammer">Metal Hammer</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the 21st Century list.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its release, <i>Ascendancy</i> has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the U.S., the album peaked at No. 151 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and at No. 4 on the <a href="/wiki/Top_Heatseekers" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Heatseekers">Top Heatseekers</a> charts, and has sold over 140,000 units.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the UK, it peaked at No. 79, and shipped over 100,000 copies, attaining Gold status, without entering the UK top 75.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All lyrics are written by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Heafy" title="Matt Heafy">Matt Heafy</a></p><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Music</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"The End of Everything" (instrumental)</td><td>Heafy, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Suecof" title="Jason Suecof">Jason Suecof</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">1:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Rain"</td><td>Heafy, <a href="/wiki/Corey_Beaulieu" title="Corey Beaulieu">Corey Beaulieu</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:11</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Pull_Harder_on_the_Strings_of_Your_Martyr" title="Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr">Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr</a>"</td><td>Heafy, Beaulieu, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Smith_(musician)" title="Travis Smith (musician)">Travis Smith</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Drowned and Torn Asunder"</td><td>Heafy, Beaulieu</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:17</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Ascendancy"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Gunshot_to_the_Head_of_Trepidation" title="A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation">A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation</a>"</td><td>Heafy, Beaulieu</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:55</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Like_Light_to_the_Flies" title="Like Light to the Flies">Like Light to the Flies</a>"</td><td>Heafy, Beaulieu</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Dying in Your Arms"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:53</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"The Deceived"</td><td>Heafy, Beaulieu</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:11</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Suffocating Sight"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Departure"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Declaration"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:58</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>55:10</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>United Kingdom special edition</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Music</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Washing Away Me in the Tides"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>58:56</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Worldwide re-release</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Music</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Washing Away Me in the Tides"</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Puppets_(song)" title="Master of Puppets (song)">Master of Puppets</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a> cover, lyrics by <a href="/wiki/James_Hetfield" title="James Hetfield">James Hetfield</a>)</td><td>Hetfield, <a href="/wiki/Lars_Ulrich" title="Lars Ulrich">Lars Ulrich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Burton" title="Cliff Burton">Cliff Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Hammett" title="Kirk Hammett">Kirk Hammett</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">8:11</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"Dying in Your Arms" (video mix)</td><td>Heafy</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:05</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>75:22</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <dl><dt>Bonus DVD</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Promo videos:</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Like Light to the Flies"</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr"</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation"</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Dying in Your Arms"</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Live at the London Astoria – 9/18/2005:</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"The End of Everything" (instrumental)</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Rain"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Dying in Your Arms"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Like Light to the Flies"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:45</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The bonus track "Washing Away Me in the Tides" was included on the <a href="/wiki/Underworld:_Evolution_(Soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Underworld: Evolution (Soundtrack)"><i>Underworld: Evolution</i> soundtrack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A demo of the song "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" was included on the <i><a href="/wiki/Ember_to_Inferno" title="Ember to Inferno">Ember to Inferno</a></i> re-release and later re-recorded and included as a bonus track on the re-release of <i>Ascendancy</i>.</li> <li>A demo of the song "The Deceived" was also included on the <i><a href="/wiki/Ember_to_Inferno" title="Ember to Inferno">Ember to Inferno</a></i> re-release and was later re-recorded and included as a track on <i>Ascendancy</i>.</li> <li>The entire <i>Ascendancy</i> album was originally recorded in Drop D♭ tuning. However, because of an error, everything ended up out of tune, so the band tuned up to Drop D.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>Trivium <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Heafy" title="Matt Heafy">Matt Heafy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lead_vocalist" title="Lead vocalist">lead vocals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Guitars">guitars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">production</a>, art concept</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Beaulieu" title="Corey Beaulieu">Corey Beaulieu</a> – guitars, <a href="/wiki/Backing_vocalist" title="Backing vocalist">backing vocals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Gregoletto" title="Paolo Gregoletto">Paolo Gregoletto</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass</a>, backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Smith_(musician)" title="Travis Smith (musician)">Travis Smith</a> – <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a>, percussion, gang vocals on track 6</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>Production personnel</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Suecof" title="Jason Suecof">Jason Suecof</a> – production, <a href="/wiki/Audio_engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio engineering">engineering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)" title="Audio mixing (recorded music)">mixing</a> on track 15, guitar solo on track 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Sneap" title="Andy Sneap">Andy Sneap</a> – mixing, <a href="/wiki/Audio_mastering" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio mastering">mastering</a>, gang vocals on track 6</li> <li>Jeff Weed – engineering assistance</li> <li>Aaron Caillier – engineering assistance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lewis_(music_producer)" title="Mark Lewis (music producer)">Mark Lewis</a> – co-engineer on track 15</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>Additional personnel</dt></dl> <ul><li>Chad Sunderland – gang vocals on track 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gizz_Butt" title="Gizz Butt">Gizz Butt</a> – gang vocals on track 6</li> <li>Paul A. Romano – <a href="/wiki/Art_director" title="Art director">art direction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Album_cover" title="Album cover">artwork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graphic_design" title="Graphic design">graphic design</a></li> <li>Josh Rothstein – <a href="/wiki/Photography" title="Photography">photography</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2005–2006) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="Scottish Singles and Albums Charts">Scottish Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Scotland_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Scotland_-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">93 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK2_-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">79 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Rock_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Rock Chart">UK Rock & Metal Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UKRock_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UKRock_-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Trivium_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_Trivium-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">151 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomTriviumAscendancyalbumCertRef_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomTriviumAscendancyalbumCertRef-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ascendancy_(album)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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