I was thinking about going and picking it up on the day of release, but the t-shirt/autographed photo plus special edition for only $35 combo was just too good of an offer to pass by... I'm a sucker lol..

I wish I could either (pre-)order it OnLine or buy it in a music store here, in Serbia... the Internet purchase isn't that well developed and some payment systems (PayPal for example) don't really have us on the list, in spite of the petitions and sufficient number of people possessing Internet payment eligible credit cards (unlike me, at the moment; but I'll get one soon). On the other hand, even the music stores don't get that much of Metal-oriented records (and there are no specialized stores, as far as I know; well, maybe only in the capital, Belgrade), so I don't have any Trivium record... and I've got their logo tattooed on my upper arm, lol.
Whatever, I swore that I'm gonna buy all of their shit - I have to; I owe them that much. So, I'm gonna hear the new Trivium after I download it from a torrent or something... but as I said, I'll make up for that as soon as I get the chance (finding their albums being sold somewhere in Serbia).
P.S. Sorry if I tangled this up a bit; you've realized by now, English is not my mother tongue, so I'm trying to be as comprehensive as I can, but I'm not always sure if I'm succeeding...

Don't worry about it man, your English is better than some who've been speaking it all their lives!
Seriously though, good luck with trying to get hold of a copy of the album. You sure that places like Amazon won't ship to Serbia??

do you have any friends from somewhere where the album is easy to get... could ask them if they could get it for you if you send them the money...