The Sin and the Sentence

The Sin and the Sentence is the eighth studio album by Trivium. It was released on October 20, 2017 through Roadrunner Records.

It was the first album to feature Alex Bent on drums. The album also marked the return of Matt Heafy's screaming vocals which were completely absent from the band's previous album Silence in the Snow after he severely damaged his vocal cords.

Betrayer was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, but lost to Electric Messiah by High on Fire.

The Japanese version of the album contains a re-recorded version of Pillars of Serpents from the band's debut album Ember to Inferno. This version was released as a single world-wide on March 22, 2019.