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"I remember coming to the studio and the producer just had his head in his hands and he was like, ‘Oh no, no, no!’" Why Matt Heafy had to delete and re-record all the guitar parts on a Trivium classic

Turns out a guitar that's even slightly out-of-tune can ruin a whole record...

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Feel old yet? These classic metal albums turn 20 in 2025

Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are 20 years old now, and your knees aren’t what they used to be

Metal Hammer

Trivium 'deleted everything' and started again after Ascendancy session took bad turn

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has recalled how the band "deleted everything" and had to re-record their breakthrough album.

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Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine announce pop-up shops for UK tour – and you can get tattooed there if you’re brave enough!

Based in the UK? Get exclusive merch and a fresh piece of ink before seeing Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine play their 2005 albums in full

Metal Hammer

“I knew The Poison was going to be massive!” Metal Hammer releases exclusive Trivium x Bullet For My Valentine bundle – featuring a t-shirt you can’t get anywhere else!

Get the newest Metal Hammer with an exclusive cover and brand-new t-shirt, just in time for Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s mammoth Poisoned Ascendancy world tour

Metal Hammer

"We've been to hell and back, and we came out the other side": Bullet For My Valentine almost broke up, but a billion streams says they're ready to celebrate

Touring with Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine will be "throwing the kitchen sink at making the show look fantastic"

Metal Hammer

"We got **** in the press, we got bullied...but we’ve had the same trajectory." Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium are together on the cover of Metal Hammer for the first time ever

We speak to Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium about 20 years of The Poison and Ascendency

Metal Hammer

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"I’d love to do a crossover Sleep Token track." Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck and Trivium's Matt Heafy field questions on Welsh cuisine, punching people in the face and having a willy for a nose

Two of metal's best Matts answer questions from their biggest fans (and no, we still don't know who the next Metallica is)

Metal Hammer

“It worries the hell out of me. We’ve been outcasts for our whole career. If what we do becomes some sort of trend, will we die with it?”: How Dream Theater became the kings of progressive metal – and stayed there

In 2009, Dream Theater released Black Clouds & Silver Linings – an album the prog metal giants claimed could give Slipknot and Trivium a run for its money in heaviness

Metal Hammer

“It deals with the intense depression that I’ve dealt with most of my life”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy names the most personal song he’s ever written

In the new issue of Metal Hammer, Trivium’s leader names the song that most candidly deals with his mental health

Metal Hammer

“Possibly the most aggressive, ignorant and direct song we have ever written.” Get your head caved in by nasty new Malevolence single Trenches

Hot off tours with Trivium, Lamb Of God, Mastodon and more, rising metalcore champions Malevolence have returned with a crushing new tune

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Crowdfunding started for Trivium drummer Alex Bent’s baby daughter, now hospitalised for 70 days

The drummer’s baby girl was born weeks prematurely in August, with donations going towards medical fees and other expenses

Metal Hammer

“We can’t wait to see everyone!” Sonic Temple festival announces full 2025 lineup, including Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Korn and much more

Linkin Park and Korn will join a double dose of Metallica, plus more than 100 other bands, at the Columbus weekender in May

Metal Hammer

Cult of the Lamb is releasing an EP where metal legends rework the game's chiptunes, and the first track is a total banger

Death to all but metal.

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Current and former members of Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Animals as Leaders, Polyphia, While She Sleeps and more team up for epic, metalled-up Cult of the Lamb game soundtrack - listen to first single Cult

Breakout indie game Cult of the Lamb is getting a special soundtrack makeover courtesy of some metal heavyweights

Metal Hammer

“David Draiman wanted to help us make the best music we could. He didn’t ask us to write The Sickness!”: Why Trivium enlisted some superstar help to make Vengeance Falls

Trivium’s career has been a whirlwind of highs and lows – but with 2013’s Vengeance Falls, they finally learned to follow their own instincts...

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He describes his lead style as “neoclassical dad solos”, but Trivium’s Matt Heafy is a giant of modern metal playing – and he has plenty of ideas that will take your rhythm game to the next level

Fleet-fingered modern metal maestro Matthew Kiichi Heafy combines lead techniques and neoclassical melodic ideas with fast-paced riffing in this lesson in his signature style

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Bloodstock announces 13 bands - including an ultra-rare performance from Max Cavalera's Nailbomb - for 2025 and weekend tickets sell out

August's Bloodstock line-up just got even bigger with the likes of Ministry, Nailbomb and Fear Factory joining the bill

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“We paid $30,000 to get bullied like we were in high school!” Trivium were asked to egg Iron Maiden at Ozzfest 2005. They declined and started wearing Iron Maiden shirts onstage

A feud between the Osbournes and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson came to a head during Ozzfest 2005. Trivium, who paid 30 grand to join the tour, steered clear and started supporting their heavy metal heroes

Metal Hammer

"At their heaviest, they feel genuinely dangerous." Heriot live up to their potential as Britain's best new metal band on Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell

Beloved by Lamb Of God, Trivium and Machine Head, Heriot just proved that 2022's Profound Morality EP was just a taste of what they can do

Metal Hammer

“It’s the metal tour of 2025, so don’t miss out!” Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine add North American dates to Poisoned Ascendancy world tour; August Burns Red, Sylosis and Bleed From Within supporting

One of 2025’s most exciting tour packages is going stateside, with some stellar support acts added in

Metal Hammer

“The crowd was booing us and spitting on us, the entire set”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy remembers being bullied by his heavy metal idols

Some veteran bands were extremely jealous as Trivium blew up in the mid-2000s

Metal Hammer

“I don’t think the underground or extreme metal scene will ever dig us. It’s elitist”: How Trivium defied the gatekeepers and split the critics with The Crusade

Trivium broke big with 2005’s Ascendancy – but a year later, The Crusade saw the backlash hit

Metal Hammer

“I feel so proud of what we’ve achieved as a band in the last two decades, and it all started with that debut album”: Bullet For My Valentine to release 20th anniversary edition of The Poison, featuring bonus songs and Live At Brixton album

The reissue comes in a 4LP boxset stacked with Bullet For My Valentine-themed goodies

Metal Hammer

“Hold onto your socks, it’s gonna be brutal!” Trivium, Machine Head and Gojira to headline stacked Bloodstock 2025 lineup

Emperor, Lacuna Coil, Creeper and more have also been announced for the Derbyshire weekender in August 2025

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