The Sin and the Sentence

The Sin and the Sentence
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
StudioHybrid Studios, Santa Ana, California
Genre
Length57:15
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerJosh Wilbur
Trivium studio album chronology
Silence in the Snow
(2015)
The Sin and the Sentence
(2017)
What the Dead Men Say
(2020)
Singles from The Sin and the Sentence
  1. "The Sin and the Sentence"
    Released: August 1, 2017
  2. "The Heart from Your Hate"
    Released: August 24, 2017
  3. "Betrayer"
    Released: October 15, 2017
  4. "Endless Night"
    Released: April 9, 2018

The Sin and the Sentence is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 20, 2017, through Roadrunner Records and was produced by Josh Wilbur. The album is the first to feature fifth drummer Alex Bent (formerly of Battlecross and currently of Brain Drill and Dragonlord), who replaced drummer Paul Wandtke. With the release of the album's title track, this album would also mark the return of frontman Matt Heafy's screaming vocals since the band's 2013 album Vengeance Falls, which were completely absent from the band's previous album Silence in the Snow due to an injury which caused Heafy to blow out his voice.

Upon its release, the album received critical acclaim, with the song "Betrayer" being nominated at 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019 for Best Metal Performance.