Trivium "In Waves" #13 on Billboard Top 200 & Embark on "Release Day" Tour in 3 Different Countries/2 Continents!

Trivium, who have been spending their summer on the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which was their second appearance on the tour, flew to Germany in the middle of the tour to perform at Wacken Open Air on Friday, August 5th, which was the German release day for In Waves. The Wacken performance was filmed and webcast worldwide in real time with the festival. Their performance was then re-broadcast on German national TV this past Friday. Wacken was a landmark show in Trivium’s career, as it was the foursome's biggest show to date, with over 80,000 in attendance for their main stage performance.



On Saturday, August 6th, the band flew to England for their UK release show. They celebrated by supporting Iron Maiden at the O2 Arena, on the final date of Maiden's current world tour. Over 18,000 Metalheads turned out for this sold-out spectacle.

While barely catching their breath, the band then hopped a flight back to the US, to resume their dates on the Mayhemfest, playing their domestic release date show on the main stage at The Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City, OK.

"Trivium want to thank our amazing fans around the globe both old and new for their support of our latest project In Waves. We’re blown away by the worldwide fan reaction and without you none of this is possible. It’s great to see metal make it into the global album charts where some say metal music doesn’t belong but this says it’s alive and well. We also want to thank all of the crazy fans who came to see us on our release day show odyssey. It's rare that a band gets to play more than one (if even one) show on the day of their album release date, but we did three! We played to an incredible crowd in Germany at Wacken Open Air with Judas Priest for the German release; then a show in England the next night with Iron Maiden for the UK release; and then two nights later a main stage show in Oklahoma City, OK with the Mayhem Festival for the US release. Through all the travel and about nine hours of sleep in total, it was completely worth it to spread the word of In Waves and live and breathe the music with our fans." - Frontman Matt Heafy

Mayhem wrapped over the weekend and the band, which was recently profiled in Billboard, which celebrated Trivium for their "evolving" its sound. will resume touring again next month, supporting label-mates Dream Theater in North America. Later this year, they will tour across Europe with In Flames, including headlining the UK Metal Hammer Defenders of the Faith Tour.

The album also received a 4-star review in Q, which proclaimed In Waves to be “blunt, focused and inventive, it’s as near to classic metal as Trivium have been.” It received another 4-star rating from Kerrang!, which said “ …In Waves takes elements from each previous Trivium era and welds them together into one glorious whole. This is not the sound of a band treading water that it could have been, but rather that of a now veteran act distilling the essence of everything they excel at into a single devastating attack.”

Here is an interview we did with guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto at their recent stop in Hartford, Connecticut while at the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival!



Tour-dates:

- Sep 24, 2011: Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. CA US
- Sep 25, 2011: Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. CA US
- Sep 27, 2011: Showbox SoDo in Seattle. WA US
- Sep 28, 2011: Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. BC CA
- Sep 30, 2011: Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City. UT US
- Oct 02, 2011: Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont. IL US
- Oct 03, 2011: Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak. MI US
- Oct 04, 2011: Trib Total Media Amphitheatre in Pittsburgh. PA US
- Oct 06, 2011: Massey Hall in Toronto. ONT CA
- Oct 07, 2011: Place des Arts in Montreal. QUE CA
- Oct 08, 2011: Pavilion de la Jeunesse in Quebec. QUE CA
- Oct 10, 2011: Orpheum Theatre in Boston. MA US
- Oct 11, 2011: Mayo Center For The Performing Arts in Morristown. NJ US
- Oct 12, 2011: Beacon Theatre in New York. NY US
- Oct 15, 2011: Loud Park Festival at Super Arena in Tokyo JP
- Oct 16, 2011: Merriam Theatre in Philadelphia. PA US
- Oct 17, 2011: Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. DC US
- Oct 19, 2011: Tabernacle in Atlanta. GA US
- Oct 21, 2011: Pompano Beach Amphitheatre in Pompano Beach. FL US
- Oct 22, 2011: Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. FL US
- Oct 23, 2011: Hard Rock Live in Orlando. FL US
- Oct 25, 2011: Verizon Wireless Theatre in Houston. TX US
- Oct 26, 2011: Bass Concert Hall in Austin. TX US
- Oct 27, 2011: Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie. TX US
- Nov 14, 2011: Spektrum in Oslo NO
- Nov 16, 2011: Ice Hall in Helsinki FI
- Nov 18, 2011: Hovet in Stockholm SE
- Nov 19, 2011: Scandinavium in Gothenburg SE
- Nov 21, 2011: Arena in Ludwigsburg DE
- Nov 22, 2011: Stadthalle in Offenbach. HES DE
- Nov 23, 2011: Zenith (München) in Munich. BAY DE
- Nov 25, 2011: Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen. NW DE
- Nov 26, 2011: Sporthalle in Hamburg. HAM DE
- Nov 27, 2011: AB Club in Brussels BE
- Nov 28, 2011: Olympia in Paris FR
- Nov 30, 2011: 013 in Tilburg NL
- Dec 01, 2011: Guildhall in Southampton UK
- Dec 02, 2011: Civic Hall in Wolverhampton UK
- Dec 03, 2011: Academy in Manchester UK
- Dec 04, 2011: Brixton Academy in London UK
- Dec 06, 2011: Academy in Glasgow UK
- Dec 07, 2011: Academy in Newcastle UK
- Dec 08, 2011: Pavilions in Plymouth UK

Related links:
The Horns Up Rocks Recap of Mayhemfest in Hartford Connecticut
Trivium