Trivium - Interview about shogun
"Our bus broke down so I’m just trying to get my shit in order so I can move. But it’s all good."
Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu is having some automotive problems but he isn’t perturbed. In fact, he kind of snickers after the comment is made. So, it’s satisfying to see that success has not spoiled the maniacal metal musician. Ultimate-Guitar interviewed him back in 2006 for the release of the band’s third album, The Crusade, and he was an affable and easygoing character who seemed well unaware of his own talents and the steadily growing popularity of his band.
And now, with the release of Shogun at hand and another interminably long tour stretching out before him, UG has tracked him down once again. The new album brings together the elements of the first three – blinding riffs tacked on to vocals both screamed and sung; breakneck rhythm tracks; harmony guitar parts leaving vapor trails in their wake – and presents them in a far more cohesive and fully realized fashion. The songs are more carefully structured and the soloes more fully woven into the template of the arrangement as opposed to a million notes simply flying all over the track.
In fact, that’s where the conversation begins, talking about Shogun’s place in the band’s recorded development.
UG: Is Shogun the culmination of the previous three albums? Is it the beginning of a new phase for Trivium?
Corey Beaulieu: Well, every record we try and go and push ourselves and just write cool songs that we did as a band. And we mix some things up to make it fun and also to progress and stuff and to keep it interesting for ourselves. Every record is just like that moment in time and what we feel is the best thing for us to do musically as a band. All the other records were just steppingstones to the next level and every time we go do a new record, we’ve had more experience and we played together more and just keep striving to push ourselves. The new record is just the result of all our previous records and the whole build-up to it. So it’s definitely got like a lot of elements that you can hear on those previous records but also this record’s got the next steps of the evolution of our sound incorporated into it. So it doesn’t sound like a copy of any other record, it’s its own thing; but also people can hear some familiarity throughout from the previous records. I think people will be able to dig it a lot because they’ll just be able to feel the different stuff from the Crusade or Ember … or Ascendancy as well.
When we had our first conversation, one of the points you really wanted to make was that the Crusade album was pointing the band in a more vocally melodic direction. You even said, “Some people are gonna be mad that we don’t scream anymore.” You actually spoke at length how Trivium were moving away from the screaming thing into a more straight up vocal style. And here on the Shogun album, the screaming is back in full throttle. Can you explain that?
We were writing the music and we always get the songs down musically before we do anything vocally. We had a couple tracks done and we went in and did like the demoes and stuff and we were trying to do some vocal stuff and we were doing some singing stuff pretty much starting off doing the vocals in the style of the Crusade stuff. There’s a lot of riffs and parts on this record that are a lot darker and heavier than anything we’ve had before, so it definitely called for something very aggressive. And we tried a few different things and it really didn’t have the aggression we were looking for. And then Travis just said, “Try fucking screaming on it and see if that works.” And we tried it and it sounded really good so we were like, “Yeah, that’s what the part needed; it needed that.” So we just decided wherever there’s a part on the record where the screaming is kinda called for, we’ll do it. Instead of limiting ourselves to what we can do. So the screaming gives us another dynamic and another thing to work with creatively. And I think the way we kind of balanced it out is using the screaming is kind of like to accent a part or an aggressive part.
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Dragonball - The Movie
Dragonball - The Movie
This is what ive been waiting for YEARS!!!
and now its here, and now my favourite character is not in here. DAMN IT,
there is no VEGETA!!!
- Goku (Justin Chatwin)
- Bulma (Emmy Rossum)
- Yamcha (Joon Park)
- Master Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat)
- Lord Piccolo (James Marsters)
- Mai (Eriko Tamura)
- Chi-Chi (Jamie Chung)
- Grandpa Gohan (Randall Duk Kim)
- Other Characters
New movie-made characters.
Weaver (Luis Arretia) is Goku’s school friend. It has been said his role is very short in the movie, though could be more important if there are sequels. There is a likely possibility that Weaver is the code name or replacement for Krillin, Goku’s martial arts friend.
Texas Battle (Carey Fuller), Shavon Kirksey (Emi), and Richard Blake (Agundus) will have very short roles in the film as well. Shavon will be Chi-Chi’s school friend, Texas will be a school bully, and Richard will be a jock. That’s all we really know about these casting additions so far.
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Razorback Two-Tone Review
Features: The Razorback was designed by the late Dimebag Darrel and is made in the USA. The neck has 22 rosewood jumbo frets with razorblade mother-of-pearl inlays and a special razorblade inlay on the 12. The shape is as metal as you can get, however the points can get bashed easily because of the size of the guitar. The size is also something you should think about before buying as when it's in the hardcase it leaves only 1 inch free in the car. It has a flyod rose original floating trem and sounds brill, and it never goes out of tune no matter how much you turn the tuning knobs when the nuts are tight. It has a 3-way toggle switch (neck, bridge, both pickups) and 2 volume and 2 tone controls. It comes with a seymour duncun dimebucker bridge pickup which gives great treble sound and allows the best harmonics. However I changed the Diazio neck pickup to a EMG 85 because I didn't think the diazio was that good. It came with 2 allen keys, 1 for the tune locks and 1 for the floyd rose and 1 spanner for the wammy. Apart from the bridge pickup this is the best guitar I have played and I have played gibsons, Jackson PRS. An amazing guitar. // 9
Sound: If you plan on playing blues do not buy this guitar, this axe was made to be pure metal. I use it with a Marshall AVT150 stack, Jim Dunlop Crybaby classic wah pedal and Line 6 Uber metal pedal. Using both pickups gives you a unbelievebly heavy sound, expecially whn the the Uber Metal kicks in, and the treble pickup gives you great squealing solos. This guitar is great for fast paced shredding, slow harmonicing solos, anytype of metal this can do. // 10Action, Fit & Finish: There was absolutly nothing wrong when it came, the only thing I had to do was drop D it. I picked the two tone finish because I thought it was best basically. I was looking at the shards but close up I didn't like it as much so then I was going to get the explosion becos on the Dean website it had a lot of black and dark Orange around the edge but when I saw it 4 real it was almost all bright Orange. // 10
Reliability & Durability: Everything on this guitar is pretty solid, the only thing I would say that it is easy to bash the points in a crambed space but on stage it is great. The finish s also pretty thick, the strap has never fallen off when I'm playing and I don't have strap locks. // 10
Impression: If you want to play metal this guitar is the choice 4 u. I have been playing for just over 6 years now and this is the best buying choice I have made. I also have a Gibson SG and les paul and though they r both top quality guitars I would throw them both away for my Dean. If it was stolen, firstly I would hunt the guy down and then get another 1 the next day. I love everything about it from the shape, to the sound and I always get tht exitment like when you get a new guitar everytime I plug it in. The best feature I would say is the shape because it is not often you see a guitar like this, I would tht if it wasn't a guitar it would be a weapon because of the points. The only thing I which it had was the emg85 as standard because I think the sound is much better with it, I don't regret tht change at all. // 10
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Green Day Release Studio Footage
Green Day recently posted a new video of them working in the studio for their upcoming record which will be produced by Nirvana producer and Garbage drummer, Butch Vig.
The video briefly shows drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt recording their respective instruments.
The new album will be Green Day’s first since 2004’s massively successful "American Idiot". The band also recently performed and recorded under the name Foxboro Hot Tubs and released a garage-rock album titled "Stop Drop And Roll!!!" earlier this year.
The video can be seen here.
Report by David Lowe-Bianco.
