Earlier this yr, Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine set out collectively to mark the twentieth anniversaries of their landmark albums Ascendancy and The Poison. The run was billed as The Poisoned Ascendancy tour, however regardless of excessive expectations, the partnership fizzled out earlier than it reached the worldwide stage.
In Might, Trivium revealed that extra worldwide dates had been scrapped. In response to bassist Paolo Gregoletto, the choice got here right down to Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck. Gregoletto stated throughout a livestream that Tuck had pulled out as a result of he “did not wanna do it.” He went additional, including that Tuck is “the only real choice maker of [Bullet For My Valentine] and he has no respect for us or our crew.”
Quickly after, Bullet For My Valentine supplied their very own perspective in a public assertion. They reassured followers of their appreciation whereas shifting the main focus towards their subsequent inventive chapter: “We’re extremely grateful to have been given the possibility to look again at a pair of life-changing albums for us & Trivium, who we’ve got nothing however respect and admiration for,” they stated. “With that being stated, the 4 of us collectively really feel that the time is true for us to divert our full consideration in the direction of the following chapter of Bullet For My Valentine.”
The band emphasised that new music is their high precedence: “We won’t wait to get again within the studio later this summer time and end what we promise you is our greatest album so far. To go together with this, we’re already beginning to make plans for the 2026 & 2027 touring cycles, hitting each nook. We’re tremendous excited to drop new music for you all. We worth our followers above all else and are without end grateful on your assist. We’ll be again with all of you very quickly.”
In the meantime, Trivium wasted no time regrouping. In a dialog with Fox40, frontman Matt Heafy defined why the band pressed forward with new touring plans. He identified that each teams had initially promoted The Poisoned Ascendancy as a year-long international trek
“Everyone seems to be sort of questioning, ‘Hey, this [The Poisoned Ascendancy] was alleged to be a world tour. You and that different band [Bullet For My Valentine] stated that is gonna be a world tour from January by way of December.’ Effectively, we did — we flew over to the U.Okay. to do a press convention [with Bullet For My Valentine], promising a world tour from January by way of December,” he recounted (through Blabermouth)
“And you realize the outdated saying ‘it takes two to tango’ — properly, our dance companion dropped off after three months of touring, and we’re, like, ‘We wanna maintain taking part in,'” he added.
Heafy was clear that the band had no real interest in slowing down: “We have had individuals say, ‘Hey, what was the drama with this story?’ It is simply that we wished to play reveals, and another person did not. So we’re gonna maintain taking part in reveals. That is why you are gonna see us on the Aftershock [festival in early October in Sacramento, California]. That is why we have got this Trivium, Jinjer, Heriot tour. We have got an EP [‘Struck Dead’] popping out [in October]. We’re already writing document eleven on the similar time. So there isn’t any stopping us, man. It is unimaginable.”
For Trivium, the change of plans turned a possibility to pivot. As Heafy defined: “So this new tour is a pivot. It is not the Ascendancy tour; it is the Struck Lifeless tour. So we’re taking part in best hits of all the pieces we have ever finished, plus the brand new EP.”
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