Close enough.Nope. He was the singer of the band whose bass player was Dylan Smith.
Trivium were main support in 2006 with Lauren opening. I was a big Trivium fan back then, in my early years of Metal. They were pretty disappointing though, but had earned the right to be there.
Trivium is a fine entry metal band.
I wish I could have seen Helloween, Queensrÿche or Dio open for them.
A lot of people my age will have been into Trivium when they were teenagers. I was already listening to Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit but when 'Pull Harder on the Strings of your Martyr' came out in 2005 it really moved things along for me. What a song that was for a 15 year old to hear. They had the world at their feet back then. Their set at Download Festival that year - opening mainstage - is probably one of the most legendary performances Donington Park has ever seen, and Trivium haven't lived up to it since. In 2006 they got on Iron Maiden's European tour and had earned their place on that stage, but by the time the tour came round things had started to unravel. Their management and record label wanted to push them as the next Metallica so Matt Heafy went from lauding In Flames as his greatest influence (that's how I was introduced to In Flames) to a year a later kissing James Hetfield's ass. The vocal style changed to drop the Metalcore screaming and their third album was a bit of a mess. They tried to sound like Metallica and failed, and it's never been the same since for them. Interestingly, Avenged Sevenfold also changed from a Metalcore sound to a more mainstream sound for their third album and ultimately became one of the biggest acts in modern Metal. They've headlined Download Festival twice now and Trivium have plateaued ever since their third album. I guess it was a case of too much too young for Trivium.
It's wierd for 28 year old me to think about when that song first came out though. Was like a whole lifetime ago.This makes me feel old.
Because of the amount of energy Maiden puts into their performance and Bruce's singing, a 3 hour show would be too exhausting for them so it will never happen.
I hope you’re wrong.
If you want to see Maiden just standing there and going through the motions and them down tuning for Bruce to sing an octave lower, then I'm wrong.
Maiden is more than just the music - it's an experience.
Exactly. It wouldn't be the same. Maiden could play three hours if Steve sedately stood in the corner and strummed his bass. If Bruce stood at the microphone and didn't move. If Janick didn't do anything crazy. If Dave didn't smile.