The brand-new Trivium album, In Waves, has landed at #13 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, selling over 22,000 copies its first week in stores. The band also seized the #1 slot on both Billboard Hard Music charts.
Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu was interviewed by Away-Team.com recently, discussing everything from how he joined Trivium straight out of audio engineering school to functioning as half of a two-guitar team with frontman Matt Heafy. Says Beaulieu, "I joined the band about a month before I graduated, so after I graduated I just went full on with the band. And eventually it all took off and did what it’s done and we are lucky enough to make a career out of it.
Trivium frontman Matt Heafy was recently interviewed by Musik Universe when the band played the Heavy MTL festival in Canada the weekend of July 23 and 24. In the conversation, Heafy explains how In Waves is different from all previous Trivium albums, talks about the replacement of former drummer Travis Smith with Nick Augusto, and much more.
Trivium performed at this year's Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on August 5, and the set was streamed online. So now that the songs are almost all up on YouTube (for some reason, we couldn't find a clip of "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation"), we've gathered them up and put them in one spot, in case you weren't able to make it over there for the show.
A lot of Roadrunner bands have new albums out or coming soon: Theory of a Deadman and Trivium's latest are already out, and Dream Theater, Opeth, and Machine Head will all be releasing hotly anticipated new albums in September. Many of these bands will also be hitting the road in support of their new music, too (check our tour page for dates).
Trivium were chosen as Artists of the Week by the guitar site GuitarSquid.com. Guitarists Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu were interviewed about their new album In Waves, the gear they used during the recording process, and more. Says Heafy about the lengthy creative process behind In Waves, "At one point, we had made up about 40 songs, but we chose the best ones.
Trivium delivered powerhouse performances on this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour, premiering songs from their brand-new album In Waves (out this week) alongside classic metal anthems from their back catalog. We've got a gallery of exclusive photos from their Holmdel, NJ show on July 27, and you can check those out right here, right now..
Trivium frontman Matt Heafy was recently interviewed by the #1 horror website, Bloody-Disgusting.com. In the course of the conversation, he talked about the album's visual style and how it works in tandem with the music, the recording process, and much more. Regarding In Waves generally, Heafy said, "it’s probably the first time that Trivium has been completely definable in every single aspect, where it’s not just an auditory experience anymore but we’re taking the visuals in ways that the music videos match the music, match the lyrics, match the packaging, match the way the band looks, and everything is one cohesive package." He described the at times difficult recording process in detail, too, saying, "The vocal process had me doing about four to six to eight hours per day.
For one week only, Trivium are offering the song "Forsake Not the Dream," from their brand-new album In Waves, as a free download through iTunes. Click here to get a taste of the album absolutely free. In Waves is in stores today, in a standard CD format as well as a deluxe CD/DVD edition that includes five bonus tracks, a documentary about the making of the album, the video for the title track, and footage of the band performing eight songs, old and new, in a Florida warehouse.
The official listening party for Trivium's brand-new album, In Waves, is being held tonight at Idle Hands Bar in New York City. The event, hosted by Metal Army America, begins at 9 PM - there will be special guests in the house, drink specials all night, and the album will be played in its entirety.
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