Hails and Horns Magazine is hosting a readers' poll to determine the best metal albums of 2011 - and among the nominees are Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn of Events, Machine Head's Unto the Locust, Opeth's Heritage and Trivium's In Waves. You can vote once a day, and vote for up to three bands each time, so head over there and make your voice heard.
There's a hilarious new website collecting stories of what they call "Rock and Roll Tedium" - people's encounters with rock stars at the grocery store, on the train, or other everyday places. Here are a few examples: I MADE GEDDY LEE FROM RUSH A CUP OF COFFEE When I lived in Toronto I worked in a cafe when one day Geddy Lee walked in and ordered a latte.
The UK's O2 chain of live venues has established a pretty cool YouTube channel, O2fancam - basically, they set cell phone camera footage of bands, shot by fans at the show, to live audio from that same performance. They've put together a couple of videos from Trivium's recent UK concerts that give a pretty good idea of what it's like to see them live right now. Here's a clip of them performing "In Waves" at the O2 Academy in Brixton on December 4:
And here's footage of them playing "Black" at the O2 Academy in Glasgow on December 6:
And finally, here's a clip of "Built to Fall," from the O2 Academy in Newcastle on December 7:
Trivium will be on tour in the US starting January 12; stop by our tour page to find a show near you.
Trivium are about to launch a North American tour in support of their latest album, In Waves, and the band wants to know which songs they should play. Bassist Paolo Gregoletto posted the following on the band's Facebook page:
"Rehearsals begin tomorrow and we are debating which new songs to play from In Waves.
Happy Holidays. We've gathered some of your favorite Roadrunner artists and asked them to extend season's greetings to fans, and they were happy to oblige.
Happy Holidays. We've gathered some of your favorite Roadrunner artists and asked them to extend season's greetings to fans, and they were happy to oblige.
Anybody who plays video games knows they're violent as hell. This year, IGN has assembled a pretty ass-kicking montage of some of the bloodiest action available to gamers, and set it all to Trivium's "Black," from In Waves.
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