News from the band: Paolo here, just giving you an update before we head out early tomorrow for tour. "We have finished tracking all of 'The Crusade, 15 songs total. Mixing has already begun and should be done in the next few weeks! We are incredibely excited with what we have accomplished in the studio. There will be much more info about the new album in the next few weeks, so now about the summer touring...We are kicking things off in Germany this weekend!!! It's great to get back overseas and play a load festivals with incredible line ups. Hopefully everyone can get out and support us at all the shows, let the beer and metal flow!

Hi guys! Sorry for the long silence but i was very busy..so we got 2 interviews, one with Travis for the Drummer Magazine and one with Corey taken from the Roadrunner records uk site:

1. Hey Corey, what do you hope will happen for Trivium this year ? We got a new record coming out later this year so we all are very excited about that coming out. Also lots of tours coming up so we are hoping things to just keep building and getting bigger and better !

2. How do you guys plan to raise the bar on 'Crusades' after everything you've accomplished with 'Ascendancy'? We all have improved as musicians and we are growing as a band so we are just writing stronger material... so we are going to take what we did on ascendancy and expand on our sound and make a pure ass kicking metal record.

3. I've heard you were into guns and roses before you really got into metal, have they influenced your songwriting at all do you think? p.s. for the love of god don't do something like November rain and sell out. Gnr was the first band I ever heard so it got me into the hard rock/metal genre they didn't influence me songwriting wise they were more of a blues based rock band I was more influenced by the metallica/megadeth side of things.. November rain is a great song! none of us can play piano so there isn't a way to write a song like that... but I am a big fan of the epic big orchestrated songs gnr did on the UYI 1/2 record ...

4. Do you think metallica sold out with the black album and lost their sound from then on? you guys say you want to be bigger than metallica would you ever do what they did down the line? I don't think they sold out... they just wanted to do something different. just cause the songs are accessible and easier for people to understand and get into doesn't mean they sold out... the point of that record wasn't to make a shitload of money.. it could of flopped you never know when doing a album how its going to do... we just write music we want to play and would want to listen to if we were a fan... later on in our career sometimes bands change things up to make things fresh for them and keep the fire for what they love.... working the same job everyday and doing the exact same thing gets really fuckin' boring so I think that's why some bands down the road do something to mix things up..

5. What made you pick up the guitar and start playing and how long ago was that? I picked up the guitar when I was 14 so that was about 8 years ago and I picked up the guitar cause I wanted to learn how to play metallica riffs and stuff like that.

6. In terms of metal bands Trivium are quite young, especially Matt, so what is it like for yourself and Trivium to tour with other older metal bands? P.S. Cant wait for the new album! It's no problem at all... we get along with the older bands better then the younger ones. They are all very nice and cool to us and we all hang out. The older bands who have been around longer then us usually look out for us and are class acts!

7. What is your favorite song off of Ascendancy and Ember To Inferno and Why? Man that is a tough one ..... Ascendancy would have to be flies cause that is the first tune I helped write in the band so it has a special meaning. Ember would have to be probably the title track just the chorus is simple and sticks in your head.

8. Hi, do you still get nervous on stage, even though I'm sure you have nothing to worry about because you and matt are both real good guitarists TRIVIUM RULE. I never get nervous before i play sometimes i get excited cause I just want to play cause usually during the day is pretty boring ... so playing is something that I look forward too!

9. Being a brilliant guitarist in a brilliant band what actual bands inspired you the most? Bands that inspired me were like metallica, megadeth, pantera,iron maiden.

10. Hi, I just had to ask this What process do you do when trying to write your songs, they are so amazing, 'Dying In Your Arms' is fan-fucking-tastic. Cheers Depends on the songs.. some are jammed out as a band and some are written by one person and they we all just learn it and put it together so its different depending on our mood haha.

11. If you could be the lead guitarist of any other band in the world apart from Trivium, who would it be? p.s you fuckin rocked in leeds! Man it would have to be like megadeth or iron maiden

12. What is your favourite solo ever? Favourite solo, that's a tough one... either tornado of souls by megadeth or floods/ cemetary gates pantera

13. Who is you biggest influence and your best Roadrunner band? Favourite guitar players is Dave/Marty Megadeth Dimebag, George Lynch, Michael Angelo Batio, Dave/Adrian Iron Maiden. Favourite Roadrunner bands are past bands king diamond, annihilator, and newer bands likes Devildriver, Sanctity.

14. Whats the most weirdest thing you have had thrown on stage? Nothing to crazy , a blow up alien with trivium written all over it was different... other then that its allot of flags, and shoes end on stage that come flying off the crowd surfers haha

15. Will you be playing any of your songs from 'the crusade' at the download festival? yeah we album will be done being recorded at that point so the songs will be finished so we will have new material ready to go!

16. What were your thoughts and feelings on the morning of Saturday 11th June 2005, just before heading into your performance at the download festival? Also your feelings throughout and after the performance. We were the first band on so I wasn't sure how many people would come out to see us that early since they probably were up all night drinking the night before haha... would of looked stupid with no one there... thank god people woke up to check us out! It was a great show one of the most memorable ones we have ever had. After the show I couldn't believe what had happened. It was very special for us and we were al very excited with how everything turned out! look forward to this year.

17. Hi Corey. what's the craziest thing a fan has done for you? I don't know of anything anyone has done that has been crazy... people getting trivium tattoos or our signatures on them I wouldn't say is crazy but shows the most dedication to the band! inked for life.

18. If you could work with any musician alive or dead who would it be?? Dimebag darrell.

19. What's the next album gonna be like? has your style changed at all? It sounds like TRIVIUM its just more thrashed.... more musical and teched out guitar wise then the last one... the biggest different between the record is going to be the vocals .. It will be different then what everyone probably thinks.

20. Corey dude, you've taken to stages along side legendary bands like Maiden and Sabbath, and played spiritual metal and rock venues like Donington, if you had to pick a single performance from your whole time with Trivium that tops all the others, what would it be? Our first time playing download was great biggest crowd we have every played in and it was great... but ill probably say this years download when we get there haha.

21. Hey Corey! Do you ever get tired off girls throwing themselves at you, or the press saying that you're "the next motley crue"?! holly xx Well girls don't throw themselves at us... we use to be motley style but its harder to find chicks cause more people know us.. before we just walk out into he crowd and go hang out with chicks but we cant just walk around the crowd anymore... and the girls seem too young or too shy so it doesn't happen.. 3/4th have gf's now so no one really cares at this point haha.

22. What's your least favorite part of touring? Overseas, I dont have my cell phone so that sucks! And sometimes i'm not digging the food in some countries.

23. Who do you think is a better on guitar Kirk Hammet or Dave Mustaine Mustaine owns

24. Hey Corey what would be your dream line up of metal gods put into one big mega group? Dimebag - guitar Mustaine - guitar Steve Harris - bass Hetfield - vocals Vinnie Paul - drums

25. What's the augmented 4th of G#? Off the top of my head I believe that is D

26. Will you marry me? I love you. x Well send me pictures then we will see! haha

Thanks for all the questions you sent in - see you on tour real soon!!

CRUSADE UPDATES

05.13.2006

Trivium have finished recording their upcoming CD The Crusade. On Thursday, frontman Matt Heafy started tracking vocals at Audiohammer Studio in Orlando, Florida, where the band also recorded guitars and bass. Heafy is co-producing the disc with Audiohammer owner and previous collaborator Jason Suecof, and the album will be finished by the end of May for a fall release. Songs include "Ignition," "Contempt Breeds Contamination," "And Sadness Will Sear," "Vengeance," "To the Rats" and "Contemporary Plague." "There's one acoustic song, a Skid Row/ Mötley Crüe-sounding song, a Def Leppard, Southern-rock metal song and then 11 ridiculously technical thrash songs," Heafy said. "It's a solo insanity CD, but in a good way." ...

INTERVIEW AND AND THE DEAN DIME RAZORBACK V

05.11.2006

Corey will be laying down solos this week on his new Dean Dime Razorback V, thanks to Elliott and Dean of Dean Guitars for the support, Visit the Dean Guitar Web Site. There is also an interview in Pit Magazine's Guitar Corner with Matt, read the article!

TEARS THAT BLIND

05.06.2006

As you know there will be a special edition of Ascendancy in the United States, it contains 4 new song including Metallica cover "Master of Puppets", "Dying in your arms" video mix, Washing away me in the tides and Blindig tears will break the skies, that you can download! For more infos about the release click here..bye!

KERRANG! COMPETITION (UK ONLY)

05.05.2006

Watch Kerrang! (Sky channel 354) all this week for your chance to win tickets to Download to meet Trivium, and snag yourself a copy of Ascendancy and a set of Sabian cymbals signed by the whole band. To enter the competition Call 09058 176176 or text 84030

SOME PHOTOS FROM THE STUDIO

05.05.2006

Hi guys we got some new photos from the studio where Trivium are recording the new album called The Crusade, thanks to Mimmo for the news! So check photo n.1, photo n.2, photo n.3, photo n.4, photo n.5, photo n.6, photo n.7, photo n.8, photo n.9, photo n.10.

RECORDING THE NEW ALBUM

05.04.2006

This is an old news from our italian site (04.22.06): we are getting loads of infos about the new material that our Trivium are recording in their studios. A big update about the new album will be released during next few days, you will be able to read this news both on the official site and on our site. At the end of the next week Trivium will have completed the recording of a fisrt demo of 14 songs, they will add other 2 songs for the album "The Crusade". This Weekend Travis will finish the drums recordings, so the CD is officially being recorded! They are also filming the recordings and the songs seems to be great!

TRIVIUM CRUSADE

05.04.2006

ROADRUNNER UK CONTEST - WIN A SIGNED TRIVIUM GUITAR...

04.26.2006

Our friends at Roadrunner Records in the UK have come up with something special for our friends and fans in the UK: To celebrate the release of Trivium's 'Ascendancy' Special Edition CD/DVD (OUT NOW), we have all teamed up to give you the sickest Trivium comp known to man!! Simply fill in your details and you could win one of the following sick-ass prizes!

 1) Trivium Signed Tanglewood Guitar courtesy of PlayRecord.net
 2) 200 Attitude clothing voucher
 3) A ton of runners up prizes, including signed photos, & limited edition cd's

Entering this competition really couldn't be any easier. All you need to do is name 5 friends that you would like to tell about Trivium. Click here to sign up for Trivium guitar competition!

TRIVIUM HAPPENINGS...

04.24.2006

Last time we caught you up on Trivium, guitarist Corey Beaulieu was seen lounging at home, drink in hand, following a year-long bout of touring behind the band's formidable Ascendancy L.P. - named 'Album of the Year' by Kerrang! Magazine, among numerous other kudos. Well, coming May 9th that future metal classic will be receiving the Special Edition treatment, complete with 4 new tracks and a bonus DVD containing all of Trivium's videos, plus over 30 minutes of live performance - read all about it in their brand new Ecard, also showcasing the band's tour-depicting video for "Dying In Your Arms." And speaking of tours, as most of you are well aware, Trivium will also be appearing in this summer's Sounds of the Underground extravaganza, so keep your eyes peeled on RR.com for lots more Trivium happenings in months to come.

METAL HAMMER AWARDS & PUREVOLUME...

04.21.2006

MP3.COM PREMIER OF DYING IN YOUR ARMS VIDEO...

04.11.2006

MP3.com is premiering Trivium's new video for "Dying In Your Arms" this week - click here and look for it in the main window along with Dissection and Witchery.Depicting Trivium's life on the road over the past year, the video showcases the fourth single from the band's unstoppable second album, Ascendancy, soon to be released in a special edition by Roadrunner, enhanced with a bonus DVD - more details coming soon...

SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND TICKET PRESALE...

04.08.2006

Tickets are about to go on sale for the Sounds of the Underground 2006 Tour. There have been a block of tickets arranged for presale. These tickets will have service fees much lower than the usual outlets, also a portion of the service fee will be donated to "Cure Autism Now". On top of all that, people who purchase in blocks of 4 will receive a discount coupon good for the SOTU T-Shirt!

Tickets are Available at
http://tix.artistarena.com/soundsoftheunderground/

You can visit the official SOTU website at
http://www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com/
 

MOP COVER - IRON MAIDEN ADD SECOND EARLS COURT SHOW TO ALBUM TOUR...

04.05.2006

You can listen to the whole track of Trivium's addition to the Kerrang! Remastered Metallica tribute CD "Master of Puppets" on our official myspace page!

- Trivium Myspace Page -



OFFICIAL IRON MAIDEN WEBSITE

Owing to phenomenal demand for tickets for their UK Tour, Iron Maiden are pleased to announce that they have added a second Earls Court show on Saturday 23rd December 2006. Tickets will be made available to the public this Thursday 6th April at 9.00 am via Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.co.uk
To ensure that members of the Iron Maiden fan club are able to access the best tickets for this second night at Earls Court, special arrangements have been made with Ticketmaster to reserve adequate standing and best seated tickets for fan club members. These ring-fenced tickets can only be accessed on line with use of a unique code. This privileged access is available to existing members of the online fan club and will be available until 10pm on Sunday 9th April. If you are an IMOC member, please log in to your account and check the site for more information. Reaction to the tour has been overwhelming with many of the shows selling out within hours of them going on sale, including a third extra date added in Stockholm as well as other additional shows across the Europe. This extra Earls Court show will be the last date on the European Leg of the bands new album tour before they head out in the New Year for selected dates around the World. The as yet untitled album is currently being recorded and will be released prior to the tour later in 2006. Says Steve Harris,' The recording is going brilliantly so far and we're all very excited about the new album and how it's sounding. The news that the tour is selling out all over the place so many months in advance is just great and playing two nights at Earls Court right before Christmas means it will be a great party for everyone!' US based Trivium, who will play on almost the whole European Tour with Maiden, will be special guests.


Tour Dates December 2006

Monday 11 - CARDIFF, International Arena - 02920 224 488 - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 12 - BIRMINGHAM, NEC - 0870 909 4133
Thursday 14 - MANCHESTER, MEN Arena - 0870 190 8000
Friday 15 - GLASGOW, SECC Hall - 0870 040 4000
Sunday 17 - NEWCASTLE, Metro Radio Arena - 0870 707 8000
Monday 18 - SHEFFIELD, Hallam FM Arena - 0114 256 56 56
Friday 22 - LONDON, Earls Court - SOLD OUT
Friday 23 - LONDON, Earls Court - 0870 903 9033