3/16 Portsmouthのライブレビューを見つけました。Andrew WK→The End Of Everythingの流れで始まったようです。元記事はこちら。
It’s strange to think that only four years ago Trivium didn’t knock on the door of metal as much as kick it in with their acclaimed debut, Ascendency.
Two albums and four years later and they are on the UK leg of their Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour at the Portsmouth Pyramid Centre, an odd venue for a bill with some of metals biggest heavy weights.
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Andrew WK’s Its Time To Party is an odd choice as the warm up track before Trivium take to the stage. Heads turn, confused smiles are on the faces of even some of the burliest fan but people are pumped.
The End of Everything is the first song of the evening. The instrumental piece sets the mood of the evenings set list, confirmed when Matt Heafy bounding on stage, Les Paul instead of Dean in tow and blasting into the Ascendency’s second track, Rain.
The only difference to this line up is new replacement drummer Nick Augusto who takes the duties of previous drummer Travis Smith. With a considerably smaller kit than his predecessor he manages to make enough noise and speed to give Trivium their driving power.
The show however is plagued by technical faults such as microphones dying, guitar straps breaking and an overly enthusiastic sound man who seems to think people want to hear the drumming of Nick over the crazy, shredding riffs from the guitarists. The unfortunate target for all this bad karma is Matt who seems to keep on a brave face and playing all the way to the end instead of having a rock star strop and run off in a huff.
Trivium seems to be pulling most of tonight’s set list from their back catalogue, heavily drawing on Ascendancy and The Crusade with songs such as Anthem, Dying In Your Arms and Like Light To Flies. This is probably down to Nick being so new to the band and having a considerably more compact drum kit than what Travis used to.
A few songs from Shogun make it into the list alongside new song Shattering the Skies Above from the God of War 3 soundtrack and Sepultura cover, Slave New World.
Nothing stops Trivium from giving it them all. They are a very audience driven band. They want to give the audience something they can enjoy and remember. Their performance is electrifying. Each member of the bands isn’t static for more than 30 seconds at a time, playing to the crowd, changing sides and engaging with the crowd. These guys have only been doing this rock and roll malarkey for a few years but come across as veterans. With prospects of a new album by the end of this year, Trivium have the potential to gain the most sought after crown, that of the Kings of Metal.