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Trivium

Trivium is a band from Orlando, Florida. They formed in 2000, and after three years, released a demo that helped them get signed to Lifeforce Records, releasing Ember to Inferno. Following on from this, they were signed to Roadrunner Records and released Ascendancy. However, their popularity grew, as their next, and most recent album, The Crusade peaked at #25 on the US Billboard 200 and #7 in the UK. They have toured many countries and played alongside many different bands, including Iron Maiden, Metallica and Machine Head. Originally Trivium was a metalcore band, as is heard on their first two records: Ember to Inferno and Ascendancy. However, they have recently developed a more thrash metal sound as heard on The Crusade.

Biography

Early days

The band members chose the name Trivium, which is Latin for the crossroads of the three schools, because they "liked the way it implied an open-mindedness to different styles, and summed up their musical aesthetic".[2] After a couple of gigs at parties, Brad Lewter quit the band and Heafy took over the vocals after the other members saw Heafy perform "Self Esteem" by The Offspring at a high school talent show.[3] Heafy also spent time in the Orlando black metal band Mindscar,[4] before leaving to focus on Trivium. For the next two years, the band spent time honing in on its sound.[citation needed] In 2002, Heafy won the Best Metal Guitarist Award at the Orlando Metal Awards.[5] Later, at the beginning of 2003, Trivium went into the studio to record their first high-quality demo disc.[6] From this demo, German label Lifeforce signed Trivium and sent the band into the studio to record their debut album, Ember to Inferno.

After changing the instruments that each of the band members played, Brent Young decided to stick with bass while Corey Beaulieu became the rhythm guitarist. In 2004, Paolo Gregoletto joined as the band's bassist just prior to a tour with Machine Head.[7] After good sales of their debut album, Trivium was signed to Roadrunner Records and began writing songs for their follow-up album, Ascendancy.

Rise to fame

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"Pull Harder on the Strings of your Martyr" from Ascendancy, 2005.
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The writing for the band's second album, Ascendancy, was mostly completed by July 2004.[7]It was recorded in Audiohammer and Morrisound Studios in Orlando,[8] Florida and released on March 15, 2005 through Roadrunner Records. The band toured to support the release of the album. Playing along such bands as Machine Head, Iced Earth, Killswitch Engage, and Fear Factory helped to add to the hype building about the band.[8] "What's cool about a tour is every night's a party," Heafy said at the time- "It's not always because everyone's drinking, but people are getting along well and hanging out. The energy from the crowds is amazing."[8] Their touring cycle also included the Roadrage 2005 US tour, featuring bands such as The Agony Scene, Still Remains and 3 Inches of Blood.[9] The band also made 13 appearances at 2005 Roadrage in the UK through the summer.[10] Trivium also performed on the main stage at Download Festival 2005.

During the months of July and August 2005, Trivium appeared at Ozzfest, playing second stage alongside bands like As I Lay Dying, Arch Enemy, Killswitch Engage, and Rob Zombie. After Ozzfest, the band headed back over to the UK for a headlining tour with All That Remains and It Dies Today.[11] They later toured in Japan with Arch Enemy,[12] and then toured in the United States and Canada for a main support tour with Children of Bodom and Amon Amarth.[13] In early 2006, Trivium were the main support for the Swedish band In Flames' North American tour, along with DevilDriver and Zao.[14]

In 2006, Trivium recorded a cover of "Master of Puppets" for the Kerrang! Remastered 20th anniversary tribute to Metallica's album Master of Puppets. Also appearing on that album doing tributes are Machine Head, Mendeed, Bullet for My Valentine, Fightstar, Chimaira, Mastodon, and Funeral for a Friend. This was released exclusively with the issue of Kerrang! magazine, released on April 5 2006.[15]

The Crusade

Trivium began recording a new album in April 2006, just after their 2006 headlining tour "The Crusade III: Ascend Above the Ashes" with God Forbid.[16] The band played on the main stage of the Download Festival in 2006, beneath only Korn and Metallica.

The Crusade was a change in their musical style. The majority of the lyrics were sung, unlike in the previous two albums, where most vocals were screamed. In an interview with Blabbermouth, Heafy was quoted as saying-[17]

"If anyone is wondering why the screaming is gone it's because the four of us were never into bands that scream and we don't like any of the current bands that scream, so we asked ourselves why we're doing it. The only reason I started screaming in the first place is because I sucked at singing and wanted to be the frontman of a band. This time around I wanted to be a better singer because that's what we wanted to hear, so we dropped the screaming and did a lot of vocal training and vocal work. I think everyone will be really happy with it and those that aren't can go listen to any of those dime a dozen bands that are all doing the same thing. I have this quote that I've been randomly throwing out and that is ‘evolve or be eaten' and we evolved."

The album was placed at #172 in the UK Rock Charts and debuted in the UK album charts at #7. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard charts at #25.[18] The album saw use of seven string guitars on a number of songs, including the tracks "This World Can't Tear Us Apart", "And Sadness Will Sear", "Becoming The Dragon", "Contempt Breeds Contamination" and the title track of the album. The band's style was described as having returned to the classic thrash sounds of bands such as Metallica, Testament, and Megadeth. The album received generally positive reviews from critics.[19][20] The album was voted #9 on Metal Hammer's Best Albums of 2006[21], as well as Trivium being voted the Best Live Band at Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Awards.[22]

On April 28, 2006, Trivium announced a North American re-release of their album Ascendancy, which included four bonus tracks, one of which was their cover of the Metallica song "Master of Puppets". It also contains reworked art, and a DVD featuring all official Trivium music videos existing at the time.

To support the album they toured under Iron Maiden on the European leg of their 2006 world tour from November 9 - December 23.[23] During this short tour of the UK, Kerrang! 105.2 arranged one day in which Trivium was the headline band, on 13 December. No tickets were sold for the gig; tickets were awarded through a competition on Kerrang!.[24]

The third and most recent single the band has released is from The Crusade and is called "The Rising". It debuted at number 32 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts. The music video was first posted officially online on May 14th on MySpace.[25]

Recent events

Heafy playing on Trivium's Spring 2007 European Tour

Trivium toured Australia in early 2007, making appearances at the Big Day Out (also the Big Day Out in New Zealand) and went to many major cities including Adelaide and Sydney.[26] Trivium has announced recently that they will take part on the Family Values Tour alongside Korn, Atreyu, Hellyeah, Flyleaf, Evanescence and others.[27]

Between April and June 2007 they went on a headline tour of much of Europe and the UK with label mates Annihilator and Sanctity, as well as Gojira.[28] They opened their sets with "Entrance of the Conflagration" and ended with "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr".[29]

Recently, Matt and Paolo signed on as endorsed artists for EMG active pickups. Also, in an interview with the UK music channel Scuzz, Corey informed fans they could expect a new album by summer/winter 2008, although no particular date or target has been set as of now.[30]

It was announced at the Download Festival on Saturday June 9th that Trivium and Machine Head will co-headline UK arena tour in November 2007 called The Black Crusade, with support coming from Dragonforce and Arch Enemy. On Saturday the 16th of June, Shadows Fall were announced as the final support band for the tour.[31] Later in October, Trivium will be playing in Japan for the 2007 Loud Park festival with bands like Heaven and Hell, As I Lay Dying, and Blind Guardian.[32]

Band members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Studio albums

Date of release Title Label US billboard peak UK chart peak US sales UK sales
2003 Trivium Self-Financed - - - -
October 14, 2003 Ember to Inferno Lifeforce Records - - - -
March 15, 2005 Ascendancy Roadrunner Records 151[36] 78[citation needed] 145,000+[citation needed] 100,000+[citation needed] (Gold)
October 10, 2006 The Crusade Roadrunner Records 25[18] 7[18] 31,000+[18] 25,000+(Silver)[18]

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Mainstream Rock UK Singles Chart UK Rock Singles
2005 "Like Light to the Flies" - - - - Ascendancy
2005 "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" - - - - Ascendancy
2005 "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" - - - - Ascendancy
2005 "Dying in Your Arms" - - - - Ascendancy
2006 "Entrance of the Conflagration" - - - - The Crusade
2006 "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" - - 39[37] 1[citation needed] The Crusade
2007 "The Rising" - 32[38] - - The Crusade

References

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  2. ^ "Biography" (HTML). Trivium. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
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  4. ^ "Matt Heafy joins". Mindscar. 15th May 2002. Retrieved 2007-06-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Trivium Bio". Carnage Inc. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  6. ^ "Trivium Bio". MTV. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  7. ^ a b Lumpkin, Sharitta (2004). "Road Rage 2004 review" (HTML). FourteenG. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
  8. ^ a b c "Trivium Bio". Lime Light. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
  9. ^ "Interview with Road Rage 2005 US bands". Metal Underground. 12th April 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Stuart A Hamilton (19th April 2005). "ROAD RAGE Club Nights Across The UK". MetalUK.com. Retrieved 2007-06-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Adam Starkey (16th September 2005). "Trivium, All That Remains, It Dies Today (Manchester Academy)". MetalUK.com. Retrieved 2007-06-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Blabbermouth (3rd September 2005). "Arch Enemy and Trivium to tour Japan". Metal Underground. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Amon Amarth past tour dates". Amon Amarth. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  14. ^ "In Flames News Archive". In Flames. 23rd November 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, MASTODON Pay Tribute to METALLICA On 'Remastered' CD". Blabbermouth. 21st March 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "TRIVIUM To Record New Album In April/May". Blabbermouth. 9th November 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ "MATTHEW HEAFY: 'Our Crusade Is To Make TRIVIUM Something Enormous In The World'". Blabbermouth. 24th September 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  20. ^ Thom Jurek. "The Crusade". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  21. ^ "Metal Hammer Albums Of 2006". Metal Hammer (on Rock List Music). Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  22. ^ "Golden God Award Winners". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  23. ^ "IRON MAIDEN Announce Full European Tour". Blabbermouth. 6th March 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ "Trivium @ Barfly". icBirmingham. 15th December 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |Author= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "TRIVIUM: 'The Rising' Video Posted Online". Blabbermouth. 14th May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  26. ^ "Trivium drummer Travis Smith talks about respect and how luck has played no part in their success". Roadrunner Records Australia. 21st January 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  27. ^ "FAMILY VALUES 2007: KORN, EVANESCENCE, ATREYU, FLYLEAF, HELLYEAH, TRIVIUM Confirmed". Blabbermouth. 26th March 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ "Gojira and Sanctity To Join Trivium's European Tour". Metal Underground. 8th February 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "TRIVIUM PHOTOS POSTED ONLINE". Roadrunner Records UK. 11th June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  30. ^ Scuzz Interview Featured on Roadrunnerrecords.com
  31. ^ "Shadows Fall Added to The Black Crusade". Blabbermouth.net. 16th June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  32. ^ "Trivium in LOUD PARK festival". Loudpark.com. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  33. ^ Trivium line-up
  34. ^ "Trivium". MTV. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
  35. ^ Trivium at Orlando Weekly with mention of past member Brad Lewter
  36. ^ Ascendancy Billboard
  37. ^ "Anthem (We are the fire)". top 40 charts. 8th October 2006. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  38. ^ "Trivium Chart Positions". US Billboard Charts. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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