Trivium’s “The Sin and the Sentence” Lyrics Meaning

The metaphors used in the song “The Sin and the Sentence” are intended to liken a social-media lynch mob to a real-life witch hunt. So let’s say “the sin” is akin to making a statement on say Twitter that is highly frowned upon. And “the sentence” is a bunch of people ganging up and dissing the damn out of you as a result. And we all know of people whom those type of things actually happened to.

So we can say that Trivium also sympathizes with such individuals. Or as stated earlier, they are comparing their persecutors to a lynch mob. And to relay this sentiment, the singer takes on the role of such a person being persecuted. Those who are harassing him are in fact “honest men” who unfortunately have “become deranged”. Or stated differently, they have decided to submit “to a lie” and follow the crowd in anguishing said individual.

The interesting thing about the way Trivium approached “The Sin and the Sentence” is that, even though this song is once again about internet-based persecution, they never make any reference to social media or even computers at that. Nor do they restrict the song to any particular era. Thus it can be concluded that the thesis of this track is that a lynch mob, no matter what form it may come in, is indeed a lynch mob.

Facts about “The Sin and the Sentence”

This is the title song from Trivium’s seventh-studio album. The song itself was released by Roadrunner Records as the first single from that project on 1 August 2017. The bands famed track “Sever the Hand” also appears on this particular project.

This song was written by band members P. Gregoletto, M. Heafy, A. Bent and C. Beaulieu.

And the producer of “The Sin and the Sentence” is J. Wilbur.