After a year of touring, Trivium are still making tremendous waves in the music world. This summer, the band toured on the Trespass America Festival. I caught up with bassist Paolo Gregoletto towards the end of the run to talk about the tour and the band’s upcoming plans. “The tours’ been excellent,” Paolo said. “We’re all getting...
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Pursuing Honor with Hiran Deraniyagala of Battlecross at Trespass America Festival
I’m always in the pursuit of a good interview, and I got another one at Trespass America Festival when I sat down with guitarist of Battlecross. When I asked Hiran about playing on a major touring festival, he responded, “It’s been an awesome experience for us, we’re just totally stoked to be apart of it.” Battlecross are one of...
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Killswitch Engage Sees ‘No End In Sight’ – Interview with Mike D’Antonio at Trespass America Festival 2012
Metalcore godfathers Killswitch Engage certainly don’t see any end in sight for their career. The appropriately-titled new single, “No End In Sight”, from their upcoming album couldn’t be more appropriate for the band at this juncture. Back in January, long-time lead vocalist Howard Jones departed from the band. After several auditions, the band brought back original vocalist Jesse Leach to take...
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Pop Evil Wages War at Trespass America Festival 2012
“The tour has been amazing,” Kakaty stated. “It’s been a great marriage between metal and rock. I think the more that we see rock bands and metal bands team up, hopefully it will create more opportunity for both of us.” Leigh and I talked more about the tour’s diverse lineup, and how Pop Evil have brought a...
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Five Finger Death Punch Bring Moshing Mayhem to Rock On The Range 2012
Five Finger Death Punch Bring Moshing Mayhem to Rock On The Range 2012 Shortly before Five Finger Death Punch took the main stage on Saturday at Rock On The Range, the band was told by promoters that security had been doubled for their set. Jeremy Spencer and company took that as a compliment....
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Making Waves on The Range with Matt Heafy of Trivium
Making Waves on The Range with Matt Heafy of Trivium Trivium began making Waves early on Sunday morning at Rock On The Range 2012. Head-banging out the hangovers, Trivium unleashed an assault of pure thrash and death metal on all Rangers present. Later on that day, I sat down with a fellow Matt,...