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PeaceSells · 06-07-2006, 09:25 AM

Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto has posted the following update on the band's web site:

"Paolo here, just giving you an update before we head out early tomorrow for tour. We have finished tracking all of 'The Crusade', 15 songs total. Mixing has already begun and should be done in the next few weeks! We are incredibly excited with what we have accomplished in the studio. There will be much more info about the new album in the next few weeks, so now about the summer touring...

"We are kicking things off in Germany this weekend!!! It's great to get back overseas and play a load of festivals with incredible lineups. Hopefully everyone can get out and support us at all the shows, let the beer and metal flow!

"This goes out to all our friends in Australia and New Zealand who have been patiently waiting for us to come down and play shows for you. Thank you for all the messages you have sent to us, we get hundreds and hundreds a week. There is a good chance we will be down in early 2007, once we confirm them we will let you know! We aren't a band that likes to play a few shows, we will make sure we hit both coasts and play as many shows as we can. Thanks for spreading the word about us!!!! See you soon!!"

"The Crusade" was recorded primarily at AudioHammer Studio in Orlando, Florida. The band's guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy is co-producing the disc with AudioHammer owner and previous collaborator Jason Suecof. Songs include "Ignition", "Contempt Breeds Contamination", "And Sadness Will Sear", "Vengeance", "To the Rats" and "Contemporary Plague".

"There's one acoustic song, a Skid Row/Mötley Crüe-sounding song, a Def Leppard, Southern-rock metal song and then 11 ridiculously technical thrash songs," Heafy had previously said. "It's a solo insanity CD, but in a good way."

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Having seen them live myself (Three times), I know they put on a fantastic show and are well worth going to see if anyone cares, and as there music has grown on me more and more, I'm certainly looking forward to their next album.

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EDIT:
Trivium guitarist/vocalist Corey Beaulieu recently participated in a fan question-and-answer session via the Roadrunner Records U.K. web site. Parts of the interview are as follows:

· Q: How do you guys plan to raise the bar on "The Crusade" after everything you've accomplished with "Ascendancy"?

Corey: We all have improved as musicians and we are growing as a band so we are just writing stronger material... so we are going to take what we did on 'Ascendancy' and expand on our sound and make a pure ass-kicking metal record.

· I've heard you were into Guns N' Roses before you really got into metal. Have they influenced your songwriting at all, do you think?

Guns N' Roses was the first band I ever heard, so it got me into the hard rock/metal genre. They didn't influence me songwriting-wise — they were more of a blues-based rock band I was more influenced by the Metallica/Megadeth side of things. 'November Rain' is a great song! None of us can play piano so there isn't a way to write a song like that... but I am a big fan of the epic big orchestrated songs Guns N' Roses did on the 'Use Your Illusion' [parts] 1/2 record ...

· Do you think Metallica sold out with the black album and lost their sound from then on? You guys say you want to be bigger than Metallica. Would you ever do what they did down the line?

I don't think they sold out. They just wanted to do something different. Just 'cause the songs are accessible and easier for people to understand and get into doesn't mean they sold out. The point of that record wasn't to make a shitload of money. It could have flopped. You never know when doing a album how it's going to do. We just write music we want to play and would want to listen to if we were a fan. Later on in our career sometimes bands change things up to make things fresh for them and keep the fire for what they love. Working the same job every day and doing the exact same thing gets really fuckin' boring so I think that's why some bands down the road do something to mix things up.

· What's the next album gonna be like? Has your style changed at all?

It sounds like Trivium; it's just more thrashed... more musical and teched out guitar-wise than the last one. The biggest difference between the records is going to be the vocals. It will be different than what everyone probably thinks.

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This interview interested me, especially the ending in reference to their change in vocals. It's just made me more excited about hearing the new album.