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Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s IBARAKI joined by Gerard Way on “Rōnin”

Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s IBARAKI has enlisted My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way for “Rōnin.” The new track comes from the Trivium frontman’s anticipated upcoming project Rashōmon. Ihsahn of Emperor also appears on the track. IBARAKI’s song fluidly crosses the musical spectrum. We hear delicately arranged instrumentals, driving, sinewy guitar lines and the brutal churning rhythms of […]

Musicians show support for Asian community after Atlanta-area shootings

On Tuesday evening, three shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight people dead. According to NBC News, six of the eight people killed were identified as Asian women. After a brief manhunt, suspect Robert Aaron Long was arrested and later confessed to the attack. This random act of violence has sparked widespread concern and anger […]

Travis Barker joins Atreyu on their explosive new single "Warrior"—listen

Atreyu are treating fans to not one, but two new songs this week. This time around, however, they aren’t alone. For their explosive new single “Warrior,” Atreyu are joined by blink-182‘s Travis Barker. Along with “Warrior,” Atreyu have also unleashed another new song called “Underrated.” Both tracks offer a taste of their forthcoming album Baptize which […]

Matt Heafy's Trivium and MCR mashup was inspired by Michael Bublé

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy is back with another entertaining musical creation for us to enjoy. This time around, Heafy has selected two classics from My Chemical Romance and Trivium and created a mashup we didn’t know we needed until now. However, Heafy has also taken inspiration from an unusual source for the new mashup – […]

Trivium's Matt Heafy made a technical death-metal record you can't find

Trivium frontman/guitarist Matt Heafy puts himself out there with frequency. So when he got in front of APTV to reveal some things you didn’t know about him, he had some difficulty.  Fortunately, Heafy has the deep metal minutiae to spare, and you’re going to be stoked. Even if he warns us that “we’re going to […]

Watch Trivium's Matt Heafy cover Tiger King Joe Exotic's "I Saw A Tiger"

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness took off like a rocket and now the cultural zeitgeist is barreling into every facet of daily life. So much, in fact, that Trivium singer Matt Heafy has now covered “I Saw A Tiger” by Joe Exotic, well not really by Joe Exotic.  The acoustic cover is stirringly powerful […]

12 albums that formed metalcore in the early 2000s

In the early 2000s, a swath of new bands emerged across the states. They started a new wave of American heavy metal and inspired the sound we know metalcore to have today. While many of the bands from that time are gone or have drastically shifted their sound, the albums that dropped around then are […]

Ice Nine Kills strip down “Stabbing In The Dark” with Trivium’s Matt Heafy

Ice Nine Kills have released an acoustic version of their song “Stabbing In The Dark” featuring Trivium frontman Matt Heafy.  The song is from the forthcoming deluxe version of their record The Silver Scream.  Read more: Aaron Carter says he’d “rip apart” Machine Gun Kelly in a freestyle battle Earlier this year, Heafy posted his […]

Trivium's Matt Heafy shares acoustic Killswitch Engage cover

As a way of thanking ex-Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones for filling in for him on tour, Matt Heafy has shared an acoustic cover of “My Curse.“ Read more: Tumblr has disappeared from Apple’s app store The Trivium frontman had to leave the band’s headlining tour at the end of last month to be home […]

Trivium frontman leaves current tour, announces who will fill in

Trivium’s frontman Matt Heafy will be sitting the rest of the band’s current North American headlining run.  Heafy made the announcement via Instagram, where he shared that he’d be leaving to tour so he could be at home with his wife as they prepare for the birth of their twins.  Read more: Check out this metal […]

Check out this metal cover of a Britney Spears classic

Trivium‘s Matt Heafy is no stranger to covering songs from outside of his band’s own genre, and now the frontman has given us a metal twist on Britney Spears‘ classic “…Baby One More Time.” Watch the vid from Heafy’s Twitch channel below. Read more: ‘Metal Disney’ amps up the Mouse’s classic jams The ongoing “Kiichichaos […]

Watch Trivium's Matt Heafy help out a crowd surfer mid-song

[Photo by: Justin Borucki] Trivium frontman Matt Heafy took it upon himself to help out a crowd surfer at a recent concert from the band, the musician plunging into the audience to grab the concertgoer when security seemed overwhelmed—watch it below. Read more: Watch Trivium's Matt Heafy cover Elvis The valiant footage appears to be […]

Coldplay's Linkin Park "Crawling" cover and 9 other moving Chester Bennington tributes

As the world mourns the loss of Chester Bennington, musicians are honoring the Linkin Park frontman with special covers of some of the band’s biggest hits. See touching covers dedicated to Bennington and his influence on the music world below. Read more: 20 touching fan memorials from around the world honoring Chester Bennington Coldplay cover […]

Watch Trivium's Matt Heafy cover Blink-182

Matt Heafy, frontman of Trivium, has wowed us again with another awesome accoustic cover posted to his YouTube channel, and this time, he's gone pop punk. Read more: Trivium’s Matt Heafy covers Elvis Presley—watch Under the video, Heafy says “If you're familiar with my musical path, you know that before Trivium, I tried out for a […]

Trivium's Matt Heafy covers Elvis Presley—watch

Trivium's Matt Heafy has shared an acoustic Elvis cover! Watch it below. Read More: Trivium’s Matt Heafy on how Avenged Sevenfold helped him get his voice back (literally) Heafy added Elvis Presley's “Can't Help Falling In Love” to the arsenal of acoustic tunes he's been covering lately on YouTube. Check out the Trivium guitarist-vocalist's YouTube […]

15 bands show us their best "faces my grandma makes when she hears my band"

We didn’t just invite your favorite bands to walk the Red Carpet this year—we challenged them! Twitter’s newest feature, Twitter Challenger, lets artists to respond to certain “challenges” in gifs or videos. Whether it was giving a snappy answer to the Jack and Alex debate or showing off their air guitar skills, these VIPs were […]

Matt Heafy (Trivium) reacts to Roadrunner Records layoffs

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy took to twitter yesterday to offer his thoughts on the recent layoffs at Roadrunner Records. Yesterday it was announced that 36 staffers at the label would be losing their jobs, 16 in the United States, as new parent label Warner Music Group worked to shift some of its responsibilities to WMG […]