Anyone who has spent any time talking to Matt Heafy, vocalist for U.S. metal titans Trivium, will agree it is time spent with a man who knows his music, especially his heavy music. It should come as no surprise then that Rashomon, the first fruits of Ibaraki, a black metal idea that first manifested itself almost ten years ago, is an absolutely majestic piece of work. Once you have got over the rather random guest list which includes extreme metal icons like Emperor frontman Ihsahn and Behemoth leader Nergal, alongside My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, hearing Heafy talk about their influences on him as an artist and the music on this album, leaves you intrigued as to how Rashomon will pan out. Well, trust me when I say that, from the opening moments of the “Hakanaki Hitsuzen” to th...