Tired of the same roses, chocolates, and dinner routine? Want to impress and at the same time have a blast yourself? Or do you just simply want your ass to be kicked from here to kingdom come by one of the best heavy metal acts out there? Then mark your calendars and save the date with a dagger, Pulp Magazine is bringing you Trivium, the rightful heirs to the heavy metal throne!
It’s never easier to be among “the next big things” in any field, let alone be granted honors by both aficionados and casual fans alike to be dead-center solid as THE band to look out for. Not only does it invite the added pressure to an already meticulous process of construction and creation, but also invites skepticism and a general negativity from both would-be contenders to the throne and passionate supporters of whichever field.
Fact is, any one- or any group- that’s worth even being considered as “the next big thing” has got to have balls the size of cannonballs, guts that are hard to stomp on and break and skill that’s product of years of discipline and focus.
Trivium has all that.

Which is why they may very well be the next best thing in metal: situated on top of a worldwide competitive game to be the fastest, loudest, and most aggressive, Trivium are no longer shrouded by the confines of the genre's underground but have consistently been pummeling faces and eardrums on a bigger scale would-be challengers and newbie bands can only dream of. Vocalist/guitarist/chief songwriter Matthew Heafy, in 1999, emerged from Orlando, Florida, (land of giant insects and death metal... and the BackstreetBoys) and hooked up with past vocalist Brad Lewter, after Lewter saw Heafy perform songs from Metallica and The Offspring. Lewter, who was already jamming wih drummer Travis Smith in a band alled Trivium, intorduced Heafy as a guitarist. It was then when the trio decided they would do the regular rounds in local bars and clubs, but not long after, Lewtere decided to leave the band as Heafy took over vocal duties and by year 2003, managed to produce a demo that intrigued German metal label Lifeforce. Soon after, the band recorded its debut release Ember to Inferno.

The following year 2004 proved to be a pivotal year for the then strugglin band, as key members guitarist Corey Beaulieu and Paolo Gregoletto joined in just around the time the band was scheduled to support Machine Head. It was also around this time when major label Roadrunner Records started gaining serious interest in the band, and ultimately signed the band ater it's commitment with Lifeforce expired. The band then began writing songs for what would be one of the most commerciall successful metal albums in the millenium, 2005's Ascendancy.

Now this was to Trivium as what The Black Album (aka None More Black) was to Metallica, as the band slowly began crafting songs that were not only requisite execises in brutality and technique, but also had a ring to them that wasn't so hard to grasp, or like, even, Debuting at nuber 151 on the Billboard 200 and at number 4 on the Top Heatseekers chart and was also recognized as the "Album of the Year" by Kerrang! Magazine, it was clear that the momentum was not only limited to the standar group of passionate metallers. Fueled by the success of what was probably THE heavy metal anthem of the year "Pull Harder ont he Strings of Your Martyr," the band garnered heavy radio and music video rotation worlwide. The band immediately hit the road to make appearances at the legendary Ozzfest, and slugged it out their collective heroes Machine Head, Fear Factory, Iced Earth, and Killswtich Engage, to mention a few, and a historic performance at the Download Festival in Donnington, England launched the band worlwide.