标题：trivium
概述
  歌手： Trivium
音乐流派： 摇滚 
风格：Hardcore（硬核）、Metalcore（金属核）、Nu Thrash（新激流金属）
成立时间：1999
地区： 美国
语言： 英语
简介：当今最为杰出的金属核殿堂级乐队
乐队历史及发展
首张专辑乐队早在1999年成立于奥兰多，当时读高中的Matt在一次学校演出中翻唱了美国朋克乐队Offspring的"Self Esteem" 给乐队最初的主唱Brad Lewter留下了深刻印象.他邀请Matt来进行演奏.俩个人于是到鼓手Travis Smith那里，一起演奏了Metallica的"For Whom the Bell Tolls".对Matt的表现大为惊讶，于是正式邀请Matt加入了这支名为Trivium的乐队担任吉他手，trivium正式成立.不久原主唱离开乐队，年仅15岁的Matt开始身兼主唱和吉他手，并且包揽了乐队的创作，在Matt的带顶下乐队频繁参加各种小型演出，在当地逐渐小有名气.
在METALLICA,PANTERA这些THRASHMETAL的音乐熏陶里长大，同时身在当时NUMETAL如火如荼的浪潮中，年轻的trivium并没有跟风成为STEPA那样昙花一现的SCHOOLNU-METALBAND，他们迅速而且坚定的确定了自己的风格，将很多新老乐队的成功元素融合在一起，继承了新金属里可用的节奏，抛掉过于简单直白的RIFF，同时拥有欧洲的重型音乐同行细腻的技术.2002年奥兰多当地的金属奖项中Matt获得最佳金属吉他手后trivium开始受到更为广泛的关注和赞誉.
2003年初乐队酬款录制发行了同名DEMO"trivium".凭借这张demo乐队于2003年被德国著名金属厂牌LifeForceRecords发掘，成为如今NU-TRASH阵营中如日中天的SHADOWSFALL当时的同门乐队.同年发行乐队第1张专集Ember to Inferno.唱片里面的歌有几首选自之前的Demo.
已经成型的NU-THRASH风格具有非凡张力,MATT攻击性的Riff，简洁、流畅，音乐中充满了年轻人的活力和自信。唯一的遗憾是乐队当时还缺少一名技术精湛的吉他和固定的贝司手，尽管MATT的技术已经非常了得，可是在连续的巡演中肩负吉他和主唱重担仍然会力不从心，在经历了无数次的乐手更换后，吉他手CoreyBeaulieu和当时和IronMaiden鼓手NickoMcBrain玩票的年轻贝斯手PaoloGregoletto最终成为乐队正式成员. 
由于各方面原因，包括LifeForceRecords宣传不力，第一张专集并没有使乐队一炮走红。加入新血液后的trivium开始了近乎疯狂的排练磨合，吉他手Corey对欧洲金属的狂热给乐队带来了更多的新古典主义色彩和更加旋律化的吉他SOLO，trivium的音乐日渐成熟，并且开始受邀为MachineHead，IcedEarth，KillswitchEngage,FearFactory等乐队巡演开场，“和这些伟大的乐队巡演是相当酷的经历”Matt说道，“而且每次的演出我们都能赢得在场所有的乐迷，来自观众的能量是总是让我们亢奋”。
凭借他们的首张专辑Ember to Inferno以及出色的才华，乐队很快就被RoadrunnerRecords相中，随后成为RoadrunnerRecords历史上签下的最年轻的乐队。第二张专辑2004年Trivium开始录制了他们的第二张专辑Ascendancy，并于2005年3月正式发行.这张专辑首次进入Billboard 200，排在第151位.，并在Top Heatseekers chart里越到第四位.Allmusic 的乐评人Johnny Loftus 评价这张专辑以及Trivium 是"ridiculously tight quartet,unleashing thrilling dual guitar passages and pummeling kick drum gallops as surely as they do melodic breaks and vicious throat screeds",Decibel 杂志的Rod Smith 称赞说 "Smith’s impeccably articulated beats,bassist Paolo Gregoletto’s contained thunder,and,especially,Heafy and guitarist Corey Beaulieu’s liquid twin leads."这张专辑被Kerrang! 杂志评为年度最佳专辑.
RoadrunnerRecords一向以其与时俱进，商业和音乐并重的作风和OZZFEST一道走在开发新型重型音乐的最前沿。当时36crazyfists,illnino之类的NU-METAL乐队大势已去，chimaira,KillswitchEngage,devildriver这样纯种的NU-THRASH风格过于泛滥而难有新的突破，音乐更具多元化与包容性，技术出类拔萃的trivium顺理成章成为RoadrunnerRecords新的顶梁柱，在RoadrunnerRecords的力捧之下，trivium不负众望的加入到OZZFEST2005整容中，并且成为第2舞台压轴乐队。
在2005年，Trivium在英国Castle Donington举行的Download Festival上演出，作为他们踏上世界舞台的一步.
几支单曲以及MV发行，包括 "Like Light to the Flies","Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr","A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation",和 "Dying in Your Arms". 这些MV在 MTV2的电视节目里循环播放，Pull Harder on The Strings of Your Martyr 成为他们最广为熟知的一首歌曲，也成为此后他们的谢场曲目. 为了配和专辑的发行，乐队与其它一些相当有名的艺人或乐队一起举行了许多场演出. 他们与 Killswitch Engage,Iced Earth,Fear Factory，以及对Trivium影响颇大的 Machine Head均合作过. Ascendancy在2006年重新发行，加入了4支附赠曲目和一张刻录了乐队所有MV和现场表演片段的DVD.
7月举行的英国最具规模的金属音乐节METALHAMMERAWARDS也对trivium抛出绣球，邀请其为这个世界顶级的金属盛会开场。
这只年轻的乐队用超凡实力和天才的音乐领悟能力为金属界注入了宁人振奋的血液，同时他们的冷静和激情为“80年代后”画上了浓重的一笔。正如主唱Matt所说，“天才和非凡的领导能力是每一个真正的音乐家必备的素质，但是没有勤奋和毅力，很多乐队不知不觉就被人遗忘。我们坚定的认为，现在的trivium仅仅是1个开始。”第三张专辑2006年4月，在于Mendeed 和 God Forbid一起的一场爆炸性的巡演后，Trivium 开始进入录制准备.也再次在Download Festival上演出，这次是与Korn和Metallica同场.Trivium 在同年10月发行了第三张专辑The Crusade，跃入了Billboard 200第25位.在发行第一周内就卖出了超过32,000 张.这张专辑极其成功，滚石的Andy Greene of Rolling Stone 称其 "Nothing mars a good metal record like so-called harsh vocals" .Don Kaye 评价The Crusade "is one of the best metal releases of 2006 and quite possibly the heavy music album of the year." 
在The Crusade这张专辑里，主唱Matt Heafy的声音从上一张专辑里金属核式的嘶吼变得更倾向于演唱. 这种新的演唱风格，以及乐队的thrash金属音乐使得他们被指责说在模仿Metallica.而Metallica本身对乐队的影响很大.
对此Matt Heafy 回应说，"If anyone is wondering why the screaming is gone it's because the four of us were never into bands that scream and we don't like any of the current bands that scream,so we asked ourselves why we're doing it. This time around I wanted to be a better singer because that's what we wanted to hear,so we dropped the screaming and did a lot of vocal training and vocal work."(如果你们要问为什么嘶吼没有了，那是因为我们四个人从来就没有对招牌式嘶叫的乐队着迷，我们对现在所有的嘶吼的乐队也没有一个喜欢的，所以我们就自问既然如此为什么我们还要这样做呢.这次我想做一个好的歌手，因为这是我们想要听到的，于是我们停止了嘶吼，做了很多的演唱训练.)
配合专辑的发行乐队与Iron Maiden 和 Metallica一起举行了巡演，并且与 Machine Head,Arch Enemy,DragonForce 和Shadows Fall一起在专辑巡演中演出.还参与了一些欧洲的演出. 
Trivium 获得 Metal Hammer Golden God Awards 的2006年最佳现场乐队这个奖项.第四张专辑2007年10月Trivium 开始与Nick Raskulinecz 合作他们的新专辑. Heafy 说他又想回归如专辑Ascendancy里的那种嘶吼，乐队也没有再与Suec合作，因为他们已经合作了三张专辑，他们想要实现一些新的探索.录制工作于2008年6月结束.在英国Metal Hammer杂志的一次采访中，Matt Heafy 说他们的新专辑 将会有 "more thrash influences,more screaming and more raptors. Possibly more screaming because of the raptors." 他对 Revolver杂志说 "For the first time,we can't look at our songs and say who the riffs sound like. We're really making our own stuff and our own kind of music and art form,and that's exciting." 2008年9月，第七章全新专辑 Shogun发行.在发行的当周在美国卖出24,000张，登上Billboard 200 chart第23位.在英国摇滚专辑榜上居第一位.
8月14日Metal Hammer在其博客里公布了Matt Heafy的如下发言：“We have some stuff not as a whole band but each individual guy has maybe ten to twenty songs. I have done about fifteen,but I have gotten rid of all but six because I kept the good ones as I kept going on,the newer songs I was writing were stronger and better so I got rid of the ones that weren’t as good. Paolo (Gregoletto,bass) has a bunch of songs,like twenty or so,but he keeps cutting back as well. Everyone keeps writing as many as they can,but then cutting back the weak ones and not worrying about trying to make them better songs.”
Trivium 2009年整年几乎都在为专辑shotgun在美国，澳大利亚,日本，英国等地巡演.期间许多乐队如Chimaira,Darkest Hour,Dirge Within,Whitechapel,Rise to Remain 和 Black Tide纷纷助阵. 
Travis Smith 在名为"Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour"的系列巡演的第二章场中非正式离队.2010年2月4日，乐队真是宣布Travis确实已正式离队但没有说明离队原因，由 Nick Augusto接替. Augusto 是Maruta and Metal Militia的前成员，Simith的离队在Trivium发行了第一支缺席了前乐队鼓手Travis Smith的曲目 "Shattering the Skies Above"不久后，Matt Heafy 终于开口谈到Trivium失去Smith，以及Nick Augusto顶替了他的原因."We were coming to the point where the band was -- not necessarily dissolving -- but dissolving in creativity and maybe in live fire and energy,so we had to make a change for the positive," Heafy 对Noisecreep这样说. "Thankfully,we were able to find Nick,who was able to step it up and really be that guy to take us to the next level."
这些年来乐队与Smith的关系逐渐变得糟糕.但即使在2009年十月他宣布将会因为要料理一些私人事情而缺席'Into the Mouth of Hell I tried to tour'巡演，乐队也没有立即替换他的计划. 直到乐队与Augusto 在一次巡演中合作时才意识到Trivium完全能够接受新的血液.
"I was familiar with Nick's stuff with Maruta,and I knew he could play really fast,but I was really curious on how he'd do with our band," Matt Heafy 说. "I remember stepping out of the car and hearing him practicing 'Into the Mouth of Hell We March,' and I'd never heard the song played with that ferocity. It sounded like the album,but it was a little faster,harder and angrier. The first song we played [with him] was 'Rain' [from 2005's Ascendancy] and I remember him playing the end section and it was so effortless it almost looked fake. I looked at Corey and we both started laughing at the same time. I could tell we were both just thinking,'Who the fuck is this guy?' So it's very cool he was able to bring that intensity to stuff that already existed and bring his own flair as well."
直到现在，Matt Heafy依然坚持说他对究竟是什么'私人事情'使得Smith不能参加巡演一无所知. 但是他很庆幸有机会与Augusto合作，并祝福Smith未来一切顺利.
"We told him over the phone [that we were continuing with Augusto,] and it was hard for everyone involved," Heafy said. "But I hope it's going to be something Travis recognizes was for the better for him in years to come. For his own health and well-being as well and for our own. I heard that he's doing very well now and that's the best you can wish for. And we hope he does amazingly,no matter what he picks in life to do next."
在OneMetal的一次采访中，吉他手Corey Beaulieu说 "...over time,things just kinda weren’t working out,and we did a headline tour of the US and about halfway through Travis just said he wasn’t going to do the next tour,so regardless we had to think about getting someone to fill in,then once we started playing with Nick we just knew it was the right thing." 谈及Smith的离队的原因及想法，他说"...things were falling apart,and we just kind of pulled the trigger first,just to get it done,move forward and get the new guy settled in and comfortable. It’s been working really great with Nick and when people see the show they will see why." 
Trivium 为动作探险游戏 God of War Ⅲ 的原声音乐录制了歌曲 "Shattering the Skies Above". 这首歌曲被独家收录在游戏的终极版的电子EP "God of War: Blood & Metal"里 . 乐队也录制了一首翻唱歌曲 "Slave New World",原唱为 Sepultura. "Shattering the Skies Above" 在2010年2月12日在他们的歌迷俱乐部 (TriviumWorld) 独家发行，随后在15日公开发行.第二天翻唱歌曲"Slave New World"通过Metal Hammer UK
发行，并在英国提供免费下载.
在STV的采访中，Heafy 说： “Things are great and its definitely preparing us for our next record which is what we have been prepping for and we have been writing for it.“It’s going to be and has to be the best record we have ever done. Every record we say that but this is going to be definitive,this is going to be the one.” 贝斯手Paolo Gregoletto 说： “We have been rehearsing full new songs at soundchecks and stuff. We have a lot of new ideas and every year we talk about what we want the album to be and we are still in the stages of finding where I think it’s going to be and it’s starting to shape up right now. We just have tons of material written already and after this tour,[we'll] take a small break and then we’re hitting the warehouse where we rehearse and write the music and we’re going to start demoing and hopefully we’ll get it started by the summer and finished by the fall.”
在 Guitar World的采访中, 据说在他们即将发行的第五章专辑里，Trivium 会以退为进，回归到之前的一些风格，但向前迈进. 乐队会重现如之前的俩张专辑里的特点，如复杂宏大的编曲，tricked-out,leads 以及七弦吉他. Trivium 会采取他们第二张专辑Ascendancy （2005） 的一些路数. "When we did Ascendancy,we were writing specifically for the songs,not to show how well we could play," Matt Heafy说. "That wasn’t exactly the case with our next two records." 另外一位吉他手Corey Beaulieu说，"We're making sure every part in every song needs to be there and is super-catchy and doesn't go over people’s heads."Heafy 在 Twitter上称他们会在1月2日进录音室. 新专辑里将会有 10 - 13 首歌.
2011年1月31日，Trivium 宣布将会第二次参加wMayhem Festival 的演出，同Machine Head,In Flames,Megadeth,Godsmack，和Disturbed.一起.
2月18日宣布Trivium 将作为特别演出嘉宾出现在Iron Maiden的8月6日的伦敦巡演现场. 在他们的官方网站上，Matt Heafy说 “We couldn’t be more honoured and excited to share a stage with the legendary Iron Maiden. This will be Trivium’s first UK show in a long time & we’ll have a new record under our belts to debut. Lights Out London for an immense night of metal. Up The Irons.” 
新专辑已经录制完成.Paolo在facebook上透漏专辑名字已定，但暂时不公开.目前乐队已经播出了3张短片，记录了新专辑的录制过程，包括Matt一段solo的录制，Corey的吉他旋律的一部分以及Matt录制的他自己的录音片段.
乐队还播出了一支新专辑的戏玩短片，里面是乐队录制专辑的黑白片段，伴着一支原声歌曲.但还不确定这首歌曲时都来源于新专辑，还是仅仅为这张短片而制作的.
Matt Heafy 通过facebook宣布新专辑预计于8月左右发行.
乐队目前成员
Matt Heafy：主唱兼吉他手
Corey Beaulieu：主唱兼吉他手
Paolo Gregoletto：贝司手
Travis Smith：鼓手
专辑列表
【1】Ember To Inferno （2003）
【2】Ascendancy （2005）
【3】The Crusade （2006）
【4】Shogun （2008）
【5】In Waves （2011） 　01. Capsizing The Sea
02. In Waves
03. Inception Of The End  04. Watch The World Burn
05. Dusk Dismantled
06. Black
07. Built To Fall
08. Caustic Are the Ties That Bind
09. A Skyline's Severance
⒑ Forsake Not the Dream
⒒ Chaos Reigns
⒓ Of All These Yesterdays
⒔ Leaving This World Behind
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