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\"\"<\/a>\u201c\u2026it\u2019s kind of gotten stronger over time, that Matt, Corey and I always really had each other\u2019s backs and always been able to work out differences, and always working towards the same goal and we always know what we want and we\u2019re working towards that together.\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: Trivium catapulted into the first ranks of modern metal with 2004\u2019s Roadrunner debut, Ascendancy<\/em><\/strong> which was named \u201cAlbum of the Year\u201d by Kerrang!<\/u> 2006\u2019s The Crusade<\/em><\/strong> incorporated new melodic colours into the band\u2019s sound, resulting in widespread critical applause. Shogun<\/em><\/strong> followed two years later and received even greater acclaim and chart success. In Waves<\/em><\/strong> hit then two years later Vengeance Falls<\/em><\/strong> arrived, just two years ago, Trivium made a stunning impact with Silence In The Snow<\/em><\/strong>, marking Trivium\u2019s fourth consecutive Top 10 debut in Australia. Now Trivium has unveiled details of their new album, THE SIN AND THE SENTENCE<\/em><\/strong> out October 20<\/em><\/p>\n

At home in South Florida enjoying a break before a tour, we caught up with Paolo from Trivium to talk about the band\u2019s new album \u2018The Sin and The Sentence\u2019, new blood, touring, advice, aspirations, and more.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been about two years since we last chatted, so let\u2019s catch up, how have the last two years been for you?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s been great, eventful which is normal for us *laughs* between the touring and sort of at the last minute of last year having to make the switch and getting Alex into the band I mean that was sort of the culmination of the year but the last record we had some really awesome success in America especially with rock radio and \u2018Until The World Goes Cold\u2019 became probably our biggest single to date, so that was like a really a great thing to happen, then getting Alex in the band was probably even much better because it lead to where we are right now with this record and we\u2019ve just very excited for getting out and just getting the music out there. I keep listening to it over and over and I forget that no one else has heard it yet besides us and some press but we\u2019re stoked for it.<\/p>\n

I was going to ask about that, what are the feelings like for you around album release time?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s kind of weird, the few weeks coming up a record I\u2019ve already heard the music so much that it feels like it\u2019s already out, so usually the day it comes out I\u2019m reminded and excited again but like for a couple of weeks before hand, I don\u2019t know, I already know what\u2019s on it but once people that haven\u2019t heard it start hearing it and you start getting reactions back it\u2019s like kind of what feeds into the excitement for us, and once we can play it live. We have had the chance to play one song live when we were in Europe a few weeks ago so that was like really exciting and now it\u2019s died back down again and once we can get back out it will be like super exciting again.<\/p>\n

With \u2018The Sin and The Sentence\u2019 did you set out to do anything differently this time around compared to your previous releases?<\/strong>
\nBefore we even kind of really got into the music side of it I just had the thought that the writing we had to get back to some ways that we wrote but also I felt like we kind of needed to change up a couple of things and the biggest change that I wanted was that we would start the vocals right when we started the music and we did the writing over two different periods. When Alex came in we wrote six songs, and when we got done with Europe we did the next six songs, and any time we started a song before we left that day we\u2019d started vocals, and some songs had more ready and some didn\u2019t but the thinking behind it for me was that we always do our best when we\u2019re very prepared and that\u2019s just a natural thing for us, but I didn\u2019t want the music to get so far ahead and get so solidified before we had the vocals, so by doing that the vocals were developing beside the music and often times changing the music to fit and be better and to make the song structures better and made us think a lot differently, and it was really an amazing process because I mean we had some really big changes that fundamentally altered where the song went and I think like playing \u2018The Sin and the Sentence\u2019 live feels so natural because we have been playing that song for about six months before we played it live and getting out there just felt like such a natural song, the vocals, the riffs, everything, I think a lot of that came down to the way we changed up the writing process a bit and that was just a really big thing for me. I\u2019m always thinking of how to make the process better, how to get into the song better, how can we record faster and more efficient\u00a0 so that\u2019s always like at thing in the back of my mind, aside from trying to wrote some good riffs and trying to write the lyrics.<\/p>\n

You guys love to play a bit of Spinal Tap with your drummers, and this album marks your first with a new drummer, what was it like working in the studio with new blood?<\/strong>
\nMan, it was really unbelievable, he recorded a lot of the songs in like two takes *laughs* and it was pretty crazy to watch I\u2019ve never seen anything like that, like he did \u2018The Sin and the Sentence\u2019 in two takes and the first take is the one that everybody hears on the record because it was better, he\u2019s just that kind of next level playing. He\u2019s 24 but he\u2019s been doing this for a while and also just the day we met him it was like when you know something\u2019s gonna work you just know right away and we\u2019re all at this point kind of been jaded from the whole thing with the drummers and so you don\u2019t want to get ahead of yourself and just go out on tour and see what happens, it just kept getting better and the fit kept getting better and even after the touring we just knew that it was gelling and it was gonna work, and when we got into the studio and it was like we couldn\u2019t have asked for a better drum session, he killed it, he was done in like two and a half days.<\/p>\n

So, when do you think we might see you and your new drummer back in Australia?<\/strong>
\nNothing officially confirmed but when we have a couple of things planned out next year we\u2019ll know when we can probably, hopefully try to get down and I hope it\u2019s soon because I love coming down there. I always want to stay longer, so maybe this will be the time I can stay after a tour and bounce around and have fun down there because I love coming down there it\u2019s one of my favourite places.<\/p>\n

So obviously things change over time, but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same over your time together in Trivium?<\/strong>
\nI mean I would say the one thing and it\u2019s kind of gotten stronger over time, that Matt, Corey and I always really had each other\u2019s backs and always been able to work out differences, and always working towards the same goal and we always know what we want and we\u2019re working towards that together. It started like that in the beginning but it\u2019s gotten stronger and stronger and I think any time we\u2019ve had to deal with anything it\u2019s made that even stronger of a bond between us and that\u2019s just been a consistent and I think that\u2019s why we love doing this, we love playing, we love recording and all the good stuff that\u2019s happened with the bad has completely outweighed any of the negative stuff and I wouldn\u2019t change that for anything.<\/p>\n

Other side of that though, is there one piece of advice you were given when you started in the band that you\u2019ve maintained and stuck with throughout the years that you still go back to?<\/strong>
\nHmm\u2026 let me think. I remember kind of early on, obviously we know him pretty well now, Rod who manages Iron Maiden, Rod Smallwood, but I remember in the beginning when we first met him through our manager or something and we maybe showed him \u2018Ascendency\u2019 or something and we were just talking and he kind of just was like his biggest thing was you always have to be growing, you always have to be looking for new was to make your band not only grow in terms of like tickets and all that but musically and sonically and in every way, and the moment you stop doing that your band starts to kind of shrink and the scope of everything starts to get smaller and smaller and this is coming from a band that is at the top, literally one of the biggest bands of all time, and definitely in our genre. I guess that just inspired us to always be forward thinking and never rest and never think that we\u2019ve gotten to this point and it\u2019s all smooth sailing from here. No, you have to kind of keep fighting and keep pushing your band and I think that mindset and that thing that he gave us then has always come back because any time it felt like we were not doing that you could kind of feel it right away and we\u2019ve corrected course. You keep finding ways to make your band grow you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s gonna be but you\u2019ve gotta get out and figure it out and try things and that was a very inspiring thing to learn and hear from someone who\u2019s been there and done it a million times and that\u2019s definitely stuck with us.<\/p>\n

Over your career you\u2019ve done a lot so far but is there anything that tops your list of things to do you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to do?<\/strong>
\nLet me think here, I mean to be able to play places that don\u2019t get bands often or have never had bands, I mean there\u2019s not a lot of places that are that cut off at this point, but when we\u2019ve gotten to go to places like South Africa or South America for the first time or playing places like Indonesia and The Philippines, any time we can cross off a new place or get back to a place we haven\u2019t been many times I mean that\u2019s always something that we\u2019re looking to do. Hopefully maybe one day we can cross off some festivals that we could headline, that\u2019s one of kind of big swinging for the fences type goals but you never know, you\u2019ve gotta just keep growing and I guess that\u2019s something to look forward to and keep pushing ourselves. Even now when we headline a smaller festival somewhere I\u2019m blown away thinking like wow, this is stuff we were dreaming about ten years ago so who knows where the next ten years will go and just gotta keep making music and coming back and that seems to be the thing that works.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2018 Trivium will\u2026<\/strong>
\nWill definitely get back to Australia *laughs*.<\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Orlando, FL, USA<\/p>\n

Band Members:<\/strong> Matt Heafy \u2013 lead vocals, guitars, Corey Beaulieu \u2013 guitars, Paolo Gregoletto \u2013 bass, Alex Bent \u00a0\u2013 drums<\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> The Sin and The Sentence (Out Now \u2013 Warner Music Australia \/ Roadrunner Records)<\/p>\n

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Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.trivium.org<\/a><\/p>\n