I
headed down to Bristol Academy to catch Trivium
on their yearly set of headline dates of the UK,
due to the fact that Friday nights at the Academy
are club nights and the curfew becomes stupidly
early at 9.45pm the doors for tonight’s
event were even stupidly early opening at 5.30pm
to ensure that tonight’s powerhouse of 4
metalbands all got a fair amount of stage time.
Due
to other commitments in the day and stupidly early
doors I turn up at the venue just after 7pm and
straight away I noticed that opening bands Upon
A Burning Body and Caliban have already performed
and the crowd are patiently waiting for As I Lay
Dying and within minutes the lights dim and As
I Lay Dying take to the stage to the delight of
the crowd who start moshing from the opening riff
of ‘Condemned’, the stage for As I
Lay Dying was set up like an headline band was
playing with their own backdrops and equipment
gracing the stage, in the centre of the stage
was a raised platform stage so the giant that
is Tim Lambesis could appear 10 foot tall whilst
screaming his lungs out to a solid 40minute 10
track set.
For
the duration of the set As I Lay Dying whip the
crowd into a frenzy with mosh pits starting left
right and centre and on the odd occasion crowd
surfers would get hoisted up to challenge the
front of house security who are really having
to work for their money tonight, the As I Lay
Dying set featured songs such as ‘A Greater
Foundation’, ‘Nothing Left’,
‘Confined’, ‘Defender’
and the chunky closing track ‘Sound Of Truth’.
As
soon as As I Lay Dying left the stage there was
a short break for the roadies to remove the As
I Lay dying stage and bring on Trivium’s
stage show which consisted of the Trivium T logo
in various different sizes gracing the stage,
whilst changing the stage show over the backdoor
of the venue was open for a small amount of time
bringing in a bit of fresh air to a venue packed
to the rafters that was starting to feel like
a sauna.
Trivium
take to the stage moments later and waste no time
opening with ‘In Waves’ which sparks
an amazing reaction from the crowd with the lower
level of the venue moshing like a battle field
has just opened up whilst the people at the back
seem to be half way to drunkenville taken on their
own ten pint challenge whilst singing-a-long to
such a strong opening track.
As the set progresses Matt Heafy takes time to
thank the crowd for making Trivium so successful
in the UK and for helping them achieve gold status
which has only ever happened
for them in the UK, Heafy also tells the crowd
that they are filming a new video on their tour
and that ‘Watch The World Burn’ is
being filmed filmed tonight and this prompts the
crowd to go even more mental which keeps the strong
5 front of house security team on their toes running
back and forth picking crowd surfers out of the
crowd.
The set that Trivium played through tonight was
pretty much like a greatest hits, infact if Trivium
ever release a greatest hits then I am sure it
would like so similar to tonight’s set as
they play through tracks from everyone of their
albums but it was the likes of ‘Black’,
‘Pull Harder On The Strings
Of Your Martyr’, ’A Gunshot To The
Head Of Trepidation’ and ‘Ember To
Inferno’ which really went down a storm
tonight.
Trivium closed tonight’s show with regular
set closer ‘Throes To Perdition’ which’s
kicks the mosh pit off for one last time before
the fans have to quickly make their way out of
the venue into the cold streets of Bristol before
the doors reopen moments later for the Friday
night club night, overall Trivium put on a blinding
show tonight, they brought over their smallest
ever stage show but where they lacked on special
effects they truly made it up with their music
and strong stage presence and I bet these fans
are already counting down to the days to Triviums
next visit to the UK.
As I Lay Dying 4/5
Trivium 5/5
Review By Trigger
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