Trivium frontman Matt Heafy wouldn't blame fans for being skeptical about the direction of the band's ninth studio album, What the Dead Men Say.
The Orlando metal quartet has thrown several sonic curveballs over its two-decade tenure, and it's the fans' jobs to keep up. "I think sometimes we give people whiplash," the singer and guitarist says. "Which I like, because there are a lot of bands that make the same record every time—some of which are great, some of which eventually get stale.
So what I like about the Trivium sound is that you don't know what you're gonna get." Trivium formed in 1999 and catapulted to the forefront of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal with its 2005 sophomore album, Ascendancy, a virtuosic thrash/metalcore
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