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Trivium

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Trivium (1999-present): a Thrash Metal band from Orlando, Florida, USA.

he band formed in 1999 at an eighth-grade talent show where Matt Heafy (guitars/lead vocals/backing vocals/bass) performed a cover version of No Leaf Clover by Metallica. Singer Brad Lewter noticed Heafy and later asked him to try out for his band as lead guitarist. The pair went over to drummer Travis Smith's house where they played a rendition of Metallica's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Impressed with Heafy's performance, they accepted him into the band known as Trivium, which means in Latin 'three-way intersection'; they used to explain their music as combining metalcore, melodic death metal and thrash metal. Lewter played a number of local gigs with the band before departing about a year later. In mid-2001 Trivium parted ways with its bassist. They then asked Richie Brown from local black metal band Mindscar to fill in on bass duties until a full-time member could be brought in. A string of successful shows followed and then a search was conducted for a permanent bassist. As a three-some, Matt Heafy (guitars/vocals), Brent Young (R.I.P. 2020; bass) and Travis Smith (drums) they released Ember to Inferno (2003).

With new members of Corey Beaulieu (guitars/vocals (backing)) and Paolo Gregoletto (bass/vocals (backing)), Ascendancy (2005) followed.

In April 2006, after a headlining tour with Mendeed and God Forbid as openers, Trivium entered the studio with Suecof and Heafy producing again. The band played the Download Festival for a second time, again on the main stage, with Korn and Metallica. Trivium released The Crusade (2006). Shogun (2008) followed.

Trivium contributed to the God of War III soundtrack by recording the song, Shattering the Skies Above. It is exclusively included on God of War: Blood & Metal, a digital EP that comes with the Ultimate Edition of the game and is available from the iTunes Store.

Nick Augusto assumed drums for In Waves (2011). In an interview with guitar World Magazine, it was stated that for that fifth studio album, Trivium would move forward by looking back. The group would forgo the complex epic compositions, tricked-out leads and seven-string guitars that characterized its past two albums. Trivium took take an approach similar to that of its second album Ascendancy by using uncluttered riffs, drop C# tuning, and more straightforward solos.

Vengeance Falls (2013) would be the last recording for Augusto; Mat Madiro would take over drums. Madiro didn't last long because Alex Bent would assume it for The Sin and the Sentence (2017), What the Dead Men Say (2020), In the Court of the Dragon (2021), the Deadmen and Dragons EP (2021), and the Struck Dead EP (2025).