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How TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy REALLY Feels about THE CRUSADE

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Matt Heafy of Trivium spoke to Primordial Radio presenter Pete Bailey back in 2020 re-visiting The Crusade for a special one-off podcast.

In the conversation, the guys talk about the lead-up to The Crusade following the explosion of Ascendancy, how they had to deal with bullying issues and how the album has shaped who they are as a band today.

00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Following On From The Ascendancy Album
07:16 - Trivium At Download Festival 2005
09:57 - Writing The Crusade In 6 Weeks
13:11 - Is The Crusade Trivium's Most Important Album?
15:39 - Trivium Being Compared To Metallica
20:56 - Dealing With Bullying & Being Bottled On Stage
25:19 - How Metal Culture Has Changed
27:17 - The Black Crusade Tour
28:19 - Would Trivium Re-Record The Crusade?
30:38 - Matt's Favourite Tracks From The Crusade
34:01 - Playing The Crusade Tracks Live
36:28 - Trivium To The Rats Lyrics
39:04 - Final Thoughts

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20 Comments

@PrimordialRadio Creator 3 years ago Pinned

This was without doubt one of the most enjoyable chats I've had in recent years, massive shout out to Matt!

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@adrianmedeiros8431 3 years ago

Here's the thing about public perception. I didn't know The Crusade was supposed controversial album until I heard this. I actually LOVE the crusade

@ginjaninja6963 3 years ago

The whole album goes hard. The song The Crusade is a friggin master piece.

@rong.2457 3 years ago

The Crusade was my introduction to Trivium…I’ve been a fan ever since. I still love it to this day.
🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻

@jacoblaceyYT 3 years ago

love these sort of conversations between bands and a genuine fan interviewer, mimics the sort of conversations we'd all love to have with them rather than just boring generic questions you've heard them answer a million times. Really enjoyed the insight into this era!

@quenguin2178 2 years ago (edited)

I'm 37 now. When I was around 17 I discovered Trivium. around the same time I discovered Bullet for my Valentine, Killswitch engage, Funeral for a Friend,, Dragonforce ect. In a way they were all part of a new wave of heavy metal for my generation.

@Bat_Dad_116 1 year ago

It was nice to grow in a world without 100% internet saturation. I knew NOTHING about all the controversy or hate about the album, and I LOVED it!

@TizzmantineUK 3 years ago

Trivium was huuuuuge growing up, I didn't realise it was mainly in the UK, they were everywhere, older and cooler metalheads in my school all caught guitar picks at a gig and it was the coolest shit in the world

@zaddymac4768 3 years ago

Trivium have yet to release something I haven’t been a huge fan of. Absolutely love this band and their entire catalog.

@davidfischer1971 3 years ago

i like the crusade. what's even more amazing is that shogun sounds like a mix of ascendancy and the crusade in the best way possible.

@flonkas 1 year ago

The crusade was my introduction to Trivium and it remains my favorite Trivium album of all time. So many bangers.

@enriquelizarraga430 1 year ago

Dude, really hands down, one of the best interviews I've heard, you were really knowledgeable of Trivium's history wow! And you can tell Matt was really comfortable, one of the times I've heard him so light I think. Great topic as well, too bad I didn't hear this two years before haha