New York, NY. (Roadrunner Records) - Trivium's new album The Crusade debuted at No. 25 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart this week with over 31,000 units sold.
The follow up to 2005's Ascendancy, The Crusade is a major worldwide event, debuting at No. 7 on the UK charts (where it was certified Silver upon release), No. 23 in Germany and Canada, No. 12 in Ireland, and No. 14 in Australia. Says lead singer/guitarist Matthew Heafy, "We are thrilled with how well The Crusade is being embraced around the world. We are very proud of the album and can't wait to play it for you when our tour comes to your town." Trivium is currently on a U.S. headlining tour with The Sword and Protest the Hero in support.
In the past two years Trivium, lauded as "one of the few contemporary metal bands that matter" by Rolling Stone Magazine, have taken the hard rock world by storm. The band has played a staggering 350 shows around the world, sharing the stage with the likes of Metallica, Guns N' Roses and many more. They've headlined a UK tour and a performed as one of the headliners at the biggest rock festival in the world (Download, UK). Additionally Trivium was one of the headlining acts on this past summer's Sounds of the Underground tour, while last summer they enjoyed a slot on Ozzfest. This fall Trivium will travel the world as direct and sole support to Iron Maiden on their stadium tour.
The Crusade contains 13 songs written by all members of Trivium. The songs "Entrance Of The Conflagration" and "Anthem (We Are The Fire)" both have videos being played on MTV2 and Fuse, while the album is No 1 on both the FMBQ Top 100 and CMJ Top 40 metal radio charts. Additionally, the album has received rave reviews around the world including a 4/5 from Alternative Press, 8/10 from both Decibel and Outburn Magazines, as well as a 9/10 from Metal Hammer and a 5/5 from The Sun in the UK. Billboard Magazine states, "The Crusade rocks so hard you can't deny it and it's easy to forget Trivium is still a developing act, because these twenty-somethings are frighteningly accomplished."
Since the March 2005 release of the critically acclaimed album Ascendancy (Kerrang!'s Album of the Year 2005), the band has received awards and accolades from some of the biggest critics in the rock genre. The New York Times, Stuff, Revolver, Decibel, Guitar World (where Heafy and Corey Beaulieu now have a guitar column and where Ascendancy was just named one of the best thrash albums of all time), all the way to Kerrang! have all sung the praises of these four men barely into their twenties. Additionally, the band was named Best International Newcomer at last years Kerrang! Awards, has won several Metal Hammer Magazine Golden God Awards and was crowned Yahoo.com's 'What's New' winner of the Month for December 2005. This past June they performed in front of 80,000 fans as one of the headliners (with Metallica and Korn) of the Download Festival. Through the non-stop touring the band has built a diehard fanbase that is further solidified through their myspace activity, registering over 200,000 friends and receiving over 2 million streams of their music.
What are you waiting for? Join Trivium on The Crusade now!
