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Up Close with Corey Beaulieu of Trivium
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by Courtney Campbell
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With their fourth album (and what some say is their best album to date)Shogun out, Trivium were ready to show the metal world what they were all about and what better way to do that than an opening slot on the Slipknot tour. Earplugsrequired.com caught up with guitarist Corey Beaulieu prior to the show and we definitely have to say after seeing this band live, they have made fans out of us.
ER: I usually ask a band to describe their band in three words but Matt recently had commented about this album really brought together the key elements so what are those key elements?
ER:You brought all these things from your previous albums into this, many times you guys have stated that this is a make or break album coming into this. Where do you go from here?
ER: For the previous albums you worked with one producer, this time you branched out and went with another producer. What was it about Nick that made you want to work with him?
ER: What would you say is the biggest thing you learned from him?
ER: With him he’s very diverse with what he has done. You get a different perspective instead of working with someone that has only worked within the genre.
ER: If someone were to listen to your album, how does that relate to seeing you live?
ER: So with this album you changed the vocal style with the press from The Crusade, much was said about the vocal change; it was screaming because the bands you were listening to weren’t screamers and then on the album you changed it back up.
ER: It's not just screaming. There are a lot of different vocal styles on the album.
ER: I saw the set list of six songs. How did you choose what to play on this tour?
ER: I’m going to read you something I found on a message board that discusses what bands are and aren’t metal. I’d like to hear your reaction.
Sure Slipknot and Trivium are metal, the worst kind, Hot Topic metal. It's what glam metal was in the 80s, something that fans of true metal did not want a part of, the MTV metal. Sure it has changed its face but its dark soul is still there. In 10 years it will have a new face. Sure these bands are heavy, sure they have metal style lyrics but it’s metal for a whole different world. It’s kind of like going to Europe for a vacation and going to McDonalds with so much out there you go to the most generic and safe thing out there.
ER: It’s the future, you open up the Rock and Roll Encyclopedia, what would you like to read under Trivium.
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