page_title: Tria Mera
section_title: First live shows and achievements (2010–2011)
hierarchical_section_title: Tria Mera / History / First live shows and achievements (2010–2011)
caption_attribution_description: English: Tria Mera with Dez of Devildriver 2011
context_page_description: Tria Mera are a heavy metal band from Brisbane, Australia. Officially formed in 2010, the group consists of guitarists Juz Cook and Ian Konrad, bassist Mike Radeck, and drummer Matt McRae. The band name is Greek for "Three Day", though referred to commonly as "Third Day", as it appears in the movie White Noise 2: The White Light. Tria Mera's musical style is heavy metal, but has been compared to the styles of modern European metal due to the melodicism found throughout their music.
  Since its formation, Tria Mera have released 2 EPs, been featured on multiple compilation albums, played several local festivals, and won a QMusic Award for their song "A Burning Horizon".
context_section_description: Before hitting the live scene, Tria Mera played a private house party to celebrate Scott and Ian's birthdays. The band's first public show was played on 26 November 2010, supporting the Australian band Lord. The band had pulled the majority of the crowd using the show as a chance to launch their debut EP and break into the local scene.
  Their efforts were recognised when JJJ stumbled across the band on their Unearthed website, hand-selecting Tria Mera to play the main stage at the Brisbane leg of the Soundwave Festival alongside Iron Maiden, Queens Of The Stone Age, One Day as a Lion, Slash, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bullet for my Valentine, Stone Sour, Primus, Social Distortion, Feeder and MXPX/The Ataris. Also performing at the festival were Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Murderdolls, Devildriver, Sevendust and Rob Zombie.
  Performing at Soundwave opened up doors for Tria Mera, allowing them the opportunity to draw bigger crowds to local shows and build their reputation as a live band breaking out of the scene.
  In June 2011, original vocalist Scott Moss announced he was leaving Tria Mera due to ever-growing family and work commitments. The next day, the band began advertising the vacant frontman position and later organised one final farewell show, which was held in August.
  The success of the EP continued almost a year after its release when the band were nominated, and then won, a Queensland Music Award for their song "A Burning Horizon". The award was presented by Costa Zouliou, a former Triple J radio announcer. This helped to keep momentum while the band continued searching for a new frontman.
caption: Members of Tria Mera with Dez Fafara of Devildriver
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