One might not expect the Florida-based Trivium to have a sophomore’s polish on a freshman album, yet the release of Ember to Inferno on the German label Lifeforce, followed by a nearly instantaneous pickup by Roadrunner proves that a hard-working young band with the right attitude can go far quickly in today’s bustling metal market. Listening to the deep voice of eighteen-year-old Matt Heafy, there is a remarkably veteran tone to it. Pitriff caught up with the singer/guitarist in the middle of the Road Rage tour with Machine Head and Chimaira. What follows is perhaps wisdom beyond someone of Heafy’s years.
PITRIFF - Hey, Matt, how are you doing, brother?
MH - Pretty good, how are you?
PITRIFF - Cool. I originally met you at the Recher Theatre in Baltimore when you opened for Iced Earth. Maybe you remember?
MH - Yeah, I do remember that now.
PITRFF: That was a wicked show, man.
MH - Thank you very much.
PITRIFF - So how was that tour for you, getting to play with Iced Earth?
MH - That tour was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe we were on tour with them. (laughs) I can’t believe the tours we’ve been on so far; we’ve played with some unbelievable bands. It’s just mind-boggling to be playing with these guys, especially right now with Machine Head and Chimaira.
PITRIFF - Right. Well, even with Iced Earth, you had a chance to play to a diverse audience. I mean, you had the old fans and the new fans. To me, it kind of defines your sound, because you have a good element of both the classic and the current styles of metal going on.
MH - Yeah, we definitely were able to play for some of the people who wouldn’t normally hear us, and both tours nobody knew who we were, so yeah, it was great. I mean, people totally dug it on the Iced Earth tour, which was really cool.
PITRIFF - Yeah, I was completely charged off your set; the energy man, it was really cool. So with Chimaira and Machine Head, you’ve had quite an adventure dodging hurricanes and tornadoes in your travels, right?
MH - Holy shit, it’s like that for every tour, yeah. I mean, that tornado and stuff, all that stuff was happening when were in Atlanta, totally blew through Atlanta, and then my hometown (in Florida) was about to get destroyed by a tornado.
Article comments
1 - Mistress Fyah
That was awesome! I've started collecting everything that has to do with Trivium LOL. One of my friends said that Trivium was emo and it pissed me the fuck off. I don't listen to shitty ass emo bullshit and I don't give a fuck what people have to say I love Trivium. I can relate to them in so many ways. They're young and they have huge goals. And for the fuckers who don't like that Matt said they're going to be the biggest band in the world, FUCK YOU!! They can be whatever the fuck they want. Matt fronts Trivium like a true metal super star. And I'm proud to be a fan. I've started a project that promote bands and I've started on this huge Trivium project on my site. Trivium's page in the most visited project on my site. And it's not because it's the best project. It's because they fucking kick ass!! I love those guys. I hope God keeps blessing them and keeping them safe! Oh yeah Matt is a fucking cutie he looks good with all the hair styles I've seen him with. I personally have become sick of long haired dudes being related to metal and guys with short or no hair get shit on about it. YOUR HAIR DON'T MAKE THE MUSIC!! :} Matt Is different and thats why I wanted to hear they're music so bad.
2 - shannon
I hate the fact that people use the metal sign and dont even know what it means.I agry that the fact that matt is a hottie(lol)and people think that there cool with long hair.Well I think that if you put your mind to it you could acheve goals that you thought you could never acomplish.No mater what the fuck your hair looks like. All my freinds get dissed for what their hair looks like and I dont fuckin like it. In my school its realy bad.I listen to Trivium because I think they fuckin rule,but in my school you have to earn the right to like metal. It was starting to piss me off until they realised that I was more of a rocker than they were. I had a band and all they did was sit around all day listening to metal and their grades were starting to get low.I love to just sit back and listen to metal to but I atlesed thought of my self first and instead of failing I was acheving. I knew that if the band failed I atlesed knew that I wouldnt fail in life.So now they say hello knowing the fact that I had the the better choice in life.To be in a band is not easy you cant just join a band not knowing what the fuck your doing.Ive been playing guitar since I was 8 years old. Its not easy you have to practice real hard. I you think you can just pic up a guitar and not know how to play it and expect your self to become cool. "YOUR A FUCKIN DICK HEAD" Because we all had to learn the hard way.Trivium changed my life in a way that I cant explain.First of all they were the first metal band I have ever heard or liked.Paolo has the "cutest" voice and Matts voice "soothes" me. Coreys voice is like a "fuckin deamon" which is fuckin awsome and travis plays like a drummer "GOD".It just goes to show you it takes guts,creativity and soul to be in that business.