Trivium
Biography
Trivium formed in 2000 and soon built a buzz around the Orlando, FL, metal community with their blend of metalcore, thrash, and progressive metal flourish. They secured a deal with the German imprint Lifeforce, and in October 2003 issued the full-length debut Ember to Inferno with a lineup that included vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy, drummer Travis Smith, and bassist Brent Young. The album was well received, and Trivium signed with Roadrunner for their next effort. Ascendancy appeared in March 2005, at which point band personnel had shifted to include Heafy, Smith, bassist Paolo Gregoletto, and guitarist Corey Beaulieu. The album was reissued in May of the following year with four additional tracks and a bonus DVD in tow. Trivium headed over to the U.K. in June for the 2006 Download Festival and multiple other European headlining gigs before they were back in the States in time for the summer's traveling metal/hardcore fest Sounds of the Underground. The tour saw them playing alongside other heavy-hitting bands like As I Lay Dying, GWAR, Cannibal Corpse, and Terror. Crusade then appeared that fall. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
yeah they need Shogun up here..
and Amon Amarth got a new CD the same day.. Twilight of the Thunder God. Check them out! |
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well it seems like everyone loves to talk smack about trivium, as they are a very controversia l band due to gay melodic singing and badass screaming. look at you tube for some excellent oldschool matt heafy then yall will shut the f**k up look at feel my hatred and suffocating sight and tell me matt and corey arent metal as f**k!!!!!
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Sounds like a MCR version of Killswitch Engage. Horrible. Only cool thing here is the halfway decent guitars.
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this is the typical u either hate it or love it band.
and im along with those who love Trivium. why? just listen to "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" or "Becoming the Dragon" or "Requiem" orr "Pillars of Serpents" .. "Dying in Your Arms" is probably their most well known song. give all 4 cds a chance, there's deff good stuff on each one |
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these guys are pretty good and they're from where im from, i think thats why i liked them although im not really interested in metal.
this world cant tear us apart- very good song at least i can hear what they say and still got the metal guitaring and drumming, which is pretty much the only thing i like about metal. black sabbath, wow i never even knew they were metal. i mean there so good |
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I just got introduced to trivium today and i listened to like 3 songs and I and i liked them, gonna look into some more songs and see how they are
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You guys or should i say gays are terrible. You are Slayer wanna bees. F**k Trivium!!
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I love this band.heavy as testament and technical by the likes of dream theater and mainstream enough with the melody to be played on rock radio.Can't wait to see them in town fri the 19th sep
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I saw these guys live in 2004 openeing for ICED EARTH. They were pretty good live. Don't care for the screaming "cookie monster" vocal delivery. However they are good musicians. Not my cup of tea by they are OK.
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Anyone who says that Trivium sucks doesnt know what they're talking about.
look. their The Crusade cd has a different tone and sound compared to their Ascendancy and Ember to Inferno albums, but that doesnt mean that its a bad sounding album. The Crusade has a lot of sweet riffs and solos and i love the sound despite the fact that they dropped the screaming. wait till Shogun for more screaming |
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I like some of their songs but 70% of them suck. They all sound way different.
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Yeah these guys are more like a boring hardcore band than a metal band. oh and fearsintopho b i a s , metla got that screaming style from punk, in fact death metal, black metal and all those extreme metal bands would never be here if not for punk. Before punk showed up, metal was all spacey, like Hawkwind or Black Sabbath. Punk sped up metal, and punk brought the fury that bands like Slayer soon found crucial. In fact Slayer was heavily influenced by the hardcore punk scene, never forget that.
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Unoriginal and weak, Trivium's forced lyrics and predictable formula "metal" is another entry in a long line of forgettable, smirk-induci n g bands. Their "roaring" sounds like a kitten mewing and the guitar tracks verge into punk and hardcore like a curious child. Fallout Boy fans looking for a harder sound will love Trivium, and conversely, I'm sure Fallout Boy has picked up a few Trivium fans. If Florida metal as a genre wants any respect, it needs to stay far far away from poseurs like this.
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Dude! I dont think these guys on their worst day could ever put out some new-metallic a type garbage. Cut 'em some slack!
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I didnt know metallica changed their name, hahaha. I agree with rccars411. I saw them at SOTU as well and they were so boring. I've never been that bored watching a metal band in my life. I love how there are always comments from people who cant take the screaming. Thats what 90% of metal is, if you dont like it, go listen to fall out boy, and keeping suckling on your moms tit milk
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I've seen these guys live recently and they still got it. Sorry rccars411, they still kick a** and probably always will.
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These guys dropped and FELL hard. Seen them twice in show, second time was at SOTU. Never was so disappointed in my life at a show. They were beyond horrible, there were about 30 people left on the floor for the whole Trivium set.
The Crusade has killed their future... it is the St Anger to this band! The writing is horrible, and the music on that cd is way too repetitive AND generic. Too bad they copied the hell outta metallica... yuck |
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They are pretty good live, I think Ascendancy is their best record. Can't wait to hear the new album!
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I see the comments below and everybody seems to be a little divided on Trivium, I too am divided, at least on Crusade they stopped that confounded screaming, that made them almost unbearable to hear, they are impressive guitar players though.
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Heafy and Beaulieu are absolutely excellent guitarists. They'll be the guys you'll talk about for their awesome riffage and face melting solos 20 years from now.
Sadly...Heaf y , with his markedly poor and sometimes embarassing lyrics, body-less scream, and poor singing, is the one holding the band back. I still like them...but they could achieve so much more. |
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god this band is amazing. pull harder, gunshot, ascendency, the dragon, entrance to the conflag., anthem... they are all amazing songs.
I sing the anthem, WE ARE THE FIRE! |
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