Trivium discography
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The discography of Trivium, an American heavy metal
band formed in 1999, consists of five studio album
s, one demo, eight singles
, and fifteen music video
s. Trivium
signed with German label Lifeforce Records
and released their full-length debut, Ember to Inferno
, in October 2003, with a lineup that included vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy
, bassist Brent Young, and drummer Travis Smith
.
The band then signed with Roadrunner Records
for their next release. Before they recorded their second album, Young was replaced by bassist Paolo Gregoletto
, and Corey Beaulieu joined as the band's second guitarist. The follow-up Ascendancy
appeared in March 2005, peaking at number four on the Top Heatseekers
chart. In 2006, they released their third studio album, The Crusade
, which peaked at number seven on UK Albums Chart
. The band's fourth release, Shogun, appeared in September 2008, peaking at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200
chart. The band are set to release their fifth studio album, In Waves, on August 9 with new drummer Nick Augusto
, after the band's decision to fire Travis Smith.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band formed in 1999, consists of five studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s, one demo, eight singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, and fifteen music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s. Trivium
Trivium (band)
Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. Signed to Roadrunner Records, the band has released five studio albums, eleven singles, and twelve music videos...
signed with German label Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore. Their current roster contains bands such as Burning Skies, This or the Apocalypse, Light Pupil Dilate and Nightrage, and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to...
and released their full-length debut, Ember to Inferno
Ember to Inferno
Ember to Inferno is the debut album from American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 14, 2003 on Lifeforce Records.-Background:...
, in October 2003, with a lineup that included vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy
Matt Heafy
Matthew Kiichi "Matt" Heafy is a Japanese-American musician, best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the American Metal band Trivium. Heafy is also the vocalist for the band Capharnaum, along with Trivium's former producer Jason Suecof.-Biography:Heafy is Japanese from his mother...
, bassist Brent Young, and drummer Travis Smith
Travis Smith (musician)
Travis Smith is the former drummer in the metal band Trivium. He was with Trivium since forming the band in 1999. Travis is best known for his very fast footwork, and intricate rhythms on the toms, a skill that has been noted several times by music magazines such as Revolver and Modern Drummer as...
.
The band then signed with Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
for their next release. Before they recorded their second album, Young was replaced by bassist Paolo Gregoletto
Paolo Gregoletto
Paolo Gregoletto is an Italian-American bass player for the band Trivium. Gregoletto resides in Pompano Beach, Florida. He is Italian on his fathers side and American on his mothers side...
, and Corey Beaulieu joined as the band's second guitarist. The follow-up Ascendancy
Ascendancy (album)
Ascendancy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. Released on March 15, 2005 by Roadrunner Records.-Background and production:The album was produced by Jason Suecof and frontman, Matt Heafy...
appeared in March 2005, peaking at number four on the Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart. In 2006, they released their third studio album, The Crusade
The Crusade (album)
-Reception:* Allmusic [ link]* IGN * Kerrang! * Metal Hammer * Rolling Stone * Sputnikmusic * Total Guitar -Personnel:Trivium*Matt Heafy – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars*Corey Beaulieu – lead and rhythm guitars...
, which peaked at number seven on UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
. The band's fourth release, Shogun, appeared in September 2008, peaking at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart. The band are set to release their fifth studio album, In Waves, on August 9 with new drummer Nick Augusto
Nick Augusto
Nick Augusto is an Italian-American drummer of the heavy metal band Trivium . He replaced Travis Smith on 4 February 2010. Since joining Trivium, Augusto has recorded eighteen tracks: "Shattering the Skies Above"—which featured on the God of War: Blood & Metal EP— a cover of Sepultura's "Slave...
, after the band's decision to fire Travis Smith.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
IRL Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
NLD MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
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SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 2003 | Ember to Inferno Ember to Inferno Ember to Inferno is the debut album from American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 14, 2003 on Lifeforce Records.-Background:...
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| 2005 | Ascendancy Ascendancy (album) Ascendancy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. Released on March 15, 2005 by Roadrunner Records.-Background and production:The album was produced by Jason Suecof and frontman, Matt Heafy... Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:... (RR 8251-2) DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... ) |
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| 2006 | The Crusade The Crusade (album) -Reception:* Allmusic [ link]* IGN * Kerrang! * Metal Hammer * Rolling Stone * Sputnikmusic * Total Guitar -Personnel:Trivium*Matt Heafy – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars*Corey Beaulieu – lead and rhythm guitars... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
25 | 14 | 44 | 115 | 23 | 12 | 64 | 31 | 92 | 7 | UK: Silver |
| 2008 | Shogun
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23 | 4 | 30 | 75 | 27 | 30 | 49 | 28 | 42 | 17 | |
| 2011 | In Waves In Waves In Waves is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium, released worldwide on various dates August 2, 2011 and August 9, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.-Background:... |
13 | 9 | 17 | 74 | 8 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 24 | 16 | |
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Demos
| Year | EP details |
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| 2003 | Trivium
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Singles
| Year | Song | US Main. |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
UK Rock UK Rock Chart The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales.... |
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| 2005 | "Dying in Your Arms Dying in Your Arms "Dying in Your Arms" is a 2005 single written by Matt Heafy. It is the eighth track on Trivium's second album Ascendancy. The Ascendancy Special Edition also includes the music video for the song, the song being performed live and the single edit of the song... " |
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| 2006 | "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" | — | 40 | — | The Crusade |
| 2007 | "The Rising The Rising (Trivium song) "The Rising" is a single by metal band Trivium. It was the third single from their 2006 album, The Crusade. There has been great confusion over whether or not the song was going to be released. However, it appeared for download on their website mid-April with the sub-title "The latest single off... " |
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| 2008 | "Kirisute Gomen Kirisute Gomen "Kirisute Gomen" is a song by metalcore band, Trivium, released as the first single from their fourth album, Shogun. It was made available as a free digital download through the Roadrunner Records website for 24 hours on .... " |
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| "Into the Mouth of Hell We March Into the Mouth of Hell We March "Into the Mouth of Hell We March" is a song from Trivium's album, Shogun, and was released on August 11, 2008 in promotion of the album.The song is featured on the EA sports game, Madden NFL 09. Due to the ESRB rating of the game, the song is heavily censored, with delay masking certain words in... " |
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| "Down from the Sky" | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "Throes of Perdition Throes of Perdition "Throes of Perdition" is the second single off Trivium's fourth studio album, Shogun. This song was released on Roadrunner Records's compilation album, Annual Assault 2009.- Music video :... " |
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| 2011 | "In Waves In Waves In Waves is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium, released worldwide on various dates August 2, 2011 and August 9, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.-Background:... " |
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| "Built to Fall In Waves In Waves is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium, released worldwide on various dates August 2, 2011 and August 9, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.-Background:... " |
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 2004 | "Like Light to the Flies Like Light to the Flies "Like Light to the Flies" or "Like Light", as it is often referred to, is a song by heavy metal band Trivium and is the first single and music video from their 2005 album, Ascendancy... " |
Dale Resteghini Dale Resteghini Dale Anthony Resteghini better known as Rage is a renowned music video director. He is also a film director and music producer... |
| 2005 | "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" is a song by heavy metal band Trivium. It appears on their 2005 album Ascendancy and was released as the album's second single in the same year.... " |
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| "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" is a song by Trivium's, released as the third single from their second album Ascendancy. It features mainly screamed vocals and solos by both Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu. Its main riff has been voted 63rd on Total Guitar's 100 Greatest Riffs.- Meaning :"It's... " |
Shane Drake Shane Drake Shane C. Drake is an American music video director originally from Redding, California. He has directed videos for bands such as Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, Hawthorne Heights and... |
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| "Rain" | ||
| 2006 | "Dying in Your Arms" | Bill Yukich |
| "Entrance of the Conflagration Entrance of the Conflagration "Entrance of the Conflagration" is the first single released by Trivium from their third studio album, The Crusade. The single was released on September 6, 2006.... " |
Dale Resteghini | |
| "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" | Nathan Cox | |
| 2007 | "The Rising" | Artificial Army |
| "To the Rats" | Jim Parsons Jim Parsons James Joseph "Jim" Parsons is an American television and film actor. He is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, with his performance often cited as a significant reason for the program's success... |
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| "Becoming the Dragon" | Ramon Boutviseth | |
| 2008 | "Down from the Sky" | |
| 2009 | "Throes of Perdition" | |
| 2010 | "Shattering the Skies Above" | Paolo Gregoletto |
| "Slave New World Slave New World "Slave New World" is Sepultura's fifth official single, and the second of three to be taken from the album Chaos A.D., released in 1993. The lyrics were co-written by Evan Seinfeld from Sepultura's Roadrunner label-mates Biohazard... " |
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| 2011 | "In Waves" | Ramon Boutviseth |
| "Built to Fall" |