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Biography
Trivium began with a talent show at the Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Way back in the year 2000, one of its acts was a fourteen year old guitar player by the name of Matt Heafy, whose performance of Metallica’s “No Leaf Clover” caught the eye of Trivium’s very first singer Brad Lewter. Impressed, the vocalist asked him to try out and soon after, Heafy was an official member of the band.
The band started gigging soon afterwards and after some time, Lewter left the band, allowing Heafy to take over lead vocal duties as well as playing rhythm guitar. It was with this set up that Trivium went into the studio and recorded their debut album “Ember To Inferno”, releasing it in October 2003. The album was enough to tour with Machine Head off the back of it, who in turn, introduced them to the folks at iconic metal label Roadrunner Records.
It was their second record however, that made the band what they are today. Released on Roadrunner in March 2005, “Ascendancy” wasn’t a hit immediately but thanks to positive critical reception, word of mouth and an utterly astonishing set at the 2005 Download Festival, it went on to make their name on the world stage. Over 100,000 copies sold in the U.K alone later, it became one of the decade’s touchstone metal albums.
Since then, they have remained near the top of the metal world as one of the century’s first true success stories. The likes of "Like Light to the Flies", "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" and "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" are new metal standards that thousands of garage bands practise to this day. There really is no higher compliment than that when it comes to rock and roll. No true metal head can go wrong with a Trivium gig, highly recommended.
Live reviews
Before Trivium even walked onto the stage, haunting, dark ambient music drifted across the festival, creating a brooding atmosphere. The band walked out and were playing "Rain" within seconds.
The audience was overwhelmed with energy, thrashing everywhere, and overcome with passion. The guitar riffs were so heavy, it was actually kind of surprising. The best thing that Trivium is known for is their use of melody just as much as abrasiveness, and it creates a truly beautiful mix. When the band switches from heavy chugging to emotional, somber and ecstatic riffage, you cant help but want to start slamming your head, and letting out every built up tension you have. The audience was it's own experience.
Completely different from what you see at other shows, there are walls and walls of people flailing about everywhere, passionately yelling along with the singer. You better be prepared to be knocked on the head a few times(but don't worry. If you fall, someone will happily help you back up.).The music was beautiful, heavy, and loud. What was not to love? Every song has plenty of energy, and cool riffs. Seeing Trivium was a great experience, and I recommend them to anyone who loves heavy, passionate music.
These guys just know what they are doing, you can hear that clearly and loudly. The crowd always goes wild because this band shows exactly what the power and love of music really is. I think these guys found the perfect balance between "heavy" and "melodic" songs and that is the reason why I also think their music is very unique. And I have to talk about Matt Heafy. This guy is probably the most down-to-earth vocalist I have ever seen, he is very respectful with everyone, and also very thankful for having a career like that, you can definitely see that he actually means it. So in conclusion, I am very happy that I discovered this band and I am a huge fanboy.
Electric concert. The band's playing is almost flawless, almost album worthy and Matt's antics are always a must. He really gets the crowd going. To bad his voice was not in the best shape, which is understandable in the end of the tour. The setlist was awesome, of course it's impossible to satisfy everyone, myself being an Ascendancy and Shogun guy did miss quite a few of my favourites but the new album was the one being promoted and some great tunes came of it that it was understandable it was the star of the show. That In Waves intro with everybody sitting down and jumping in the first IN WAVEEEEEESSS was insane. AWESOME !!!!!
We saw Trivium in Berlin, in Kesselhaus in der Kulturbrauerei. Show was amazing. Sound was not great, but it was passable. Venue was terrible. The atmosphere in the place, we got in about half an hour before the show started and it was already unbearably hot. When the actual show started, things got shameful, there was no air conditioning or ventilation whatsoever, it was hot to the point that we were actually surprised nobody passed out.
It was the second time we watched a show in Kesselhaus, and sadly it once again proved to be a very bad choice of a venue. Shame.
Absolutely fantastic live performance! All three bands, Light The Torch, Avatar, and Trivium were awesome. Very unique performance by Trivium with the last minute departure of Matt, but they pulled off a wonderful performance with Howard filling in for some, Avatar filling in some, and the band pulling together to cover the rest. I hope you will all be back through our corner of Canada again, you are all lived and respected! Thanks for a wonderful night and the ringing ears and sore neck today!!!
The show was fantastic! Really know how to get the crowd along. I didn't like the tuning of the instruments though. The drums were way off compared to other instruments and completely overshadowed them. It ruined the high guitar notes and even vocals. It was clear the people of Tivoli were struggling during per-tuning, but they should have accepted the fact that the tuning required some more attention instead of continuing due to time pressure.
Hope someone will pick this up!
Trivium is an awesome band, nothing wrong with that. The thing dislike is the fact that every concert i go to nowadays hits 108DB, so basically they are way too loud. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to wear earplugs and that you could actually hear the beauty of the instruments and vocals.
I think you could be the first to promote this. Maybe with a small step to limit it to 100DB.
Thank you for taking the timen to read this.
Paul
Great band, this is my second time seeing them live. They always put on a great show and get the audience in touch with their performance. Their sound is great too, they were the clearest most balanced sound band of the night. These guys know how to make themselves sound clear and loud at a show. Other bands tend to be too bass heavy. Great show overall! Hopefully they'll come out with a headliner tour soon, would love to see a longer set.
It was an awesome show. Sound was spot on, the Setlist has no holes. Moshpit was pretty huge for a show in a club.
Audience was very cool. A few oldschoolers. Many young guys around 20-27 years old. A few teens.
Huge recommendation for Trivium Live. These shows are more intense than their festival shows.
Looking forward to the new album.
Great show. I owned the mosh pit. Trivium played a great set and the Roxy sounded great as always. The drinks were a little pricey (13 bucks for a little crown and coke), but that's to be expected. The venue is a little small for a mosh pit, which made the venue feel crowded or over sold if you weren't in the pit.