Tonight is a story of quality over quantity. For a tour that will move into arenas when it arrives on the continent, Academy 2 is criminally underpopulated. However, the sparse attendance enhances rather than detracts from the evening. Every member of the pit pushes harder and faster, creating a hurricane of havoc that quite simply elevates the atmosphere. Those of us unwilling or unable to sprint …
Read MoreIt seems bizarre to say this about a band that has been around for over two decades and has 10 albums to their name, but there is a distinct impression after all these years that Trivium are still having to prove their worth. That great white hope tag that they had thrust upon them in the early noughties has proven to be one hell of an albatross and at the point where they should be settling comfortably into the status of elder statesman, they are still having to dispel the naysayers.
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