I've been a big fan of Trivium since the ember to inferno days, having seen them 4 times prior, and even at Download last year i was already looking forward for them to unleash some brutality on the main stage on saturday.
I can't fault the guitar playing at all, it's excellent, although the whammy bar action might be getting a bit overdone, but hey! its still good.
What really confused, then pretty much made me depressed is how the vocal change is trying to appeal to a mass audience, i know many of you out there will strain to find the benefits in it, but i already feel alienated. The one reason i fell in love with trivium's music was the sound. That sound is disappearing and its in danger off falling into mediocrity.
I know trivium are still great, and matts voice is still great even when clean, i just dont think its a good idea to change a winning formula when a band like trivium in my opinion is still in its infancy. 20 years down the line maybe that would be a good idea.
I know everyone thinks Corey should do the heavy vocals, but he cant handle all of them, and his voice sounds weak compared to Matts, and Paolos voice doesnt harmonise that well and sounds out of tune sometimes.
After seeing the Dying in your arms video i was kinda hoping the lack of heavy vocals was purely to make it radio friendly, now im worried thats what every song will be like in the future, hell! even my grandma will be saying she loves trivium soon.
Im not trying to diss trivium just trying to work out wtf is going on, i was just very disappointed in their performance on saturday, i guess im gonna have to live on memories and watch old videos for my heavy trivium fix, so i dnt wanna get flamed by fanboys about this thread, seeing as i am one myself, just trying to get this off my chest.
Maybe an official word from one of the lads wouldnt be such a bad thing either, unless there already is one.

I think we all feel the same way. Matt's singing aint bad but his screaming was just so much better, and his new style just doesn't suit songs such as Rain.
IMO Corey has a better scream but thats just me :wink:

="DrSalvador" said:I think we all feel the same way. Matt's singing aint bad but his screaming was just so much better, and his new style just doesn't suit songs such as Rain.
amen to that i mean theres countless topics on this already so this is probably gonna get closed but it just wont be the same

there was a slight voltage problem with some of the amps aparently for some of the bands i dont know if trivium were affected but this is menace were for sure

im sick of people moaning about new singing style and thecrusade aint even out yet.

QUOTE(Lockey)im sick of people moaning about new singing style and  thecrusade aint even out yet.
Then dont read these kinds of topics bro.
I agree with the 1st post. But this thread is about their PERFORMANCE..not the singing..cause there are countless threads about the singing..
Performance was awesome. They were all into the music and interacting with the crowd. I loved when he yelled.." You still with us??" ^.^

I thought they put on one hell of a set and they did not dissapoint.
Crowd was into it the entire set including 7 circles pits at once!.

QUOTE(Lockey)im sick of people moaning about new singing style and  thecrusade aint even out yet.
Same here. Wait til you hear the new stuff before tearing it down. The Crusade will pwn!

QUOTE(Asphyxiated.)QUOTE(Lockey)im sick of people moaning about new singing style and  thecrusade aint even out yet.
Same here. Wait til you hear the new stuff before tearing it down. The Crusade will pwn!
But it's the change to the old stuff that annoys us.

what set did they play?

Matt didnt change his vocals to make their music more appealing. He did it because it was fucking up his throat so he had no choice, and i also think its great that they are turning away from the metalcore style of singing and doing something that bands dont do much anymore.