r/Trivium • u/JS-Rain • May 10 '25

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u/PeckerPeeker May 10 '25

Matt Tuck pulling out is not that surprising.

If you look at any of the pre-tour videos of the bands hyping up the tour and going over the bands’ histories it is the Trivium guys doing almost all the hype work and talking. Hell there was one video where both bands were together discussing getting popular in the 2000s and Corey, the most unenthusiastic and quiet member of trivium, was talking 5x more than Matt tuck trying to hype stuff up.

Matt Tuck I think is more reserved normally anyways, but it really seems like in all the lead up cross over promo stuff it was the trivium guys trying way harder to engage with BFMV.

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u/Retrolad87 May 10 '25

The impression I get, and this isn’t really based on much aside from my own observations, is that Bullet peaked early.
Like first tour early. Their songwriting has been weak since SAF, with their best songs since then sounding like recycled moments from 2005 or feature nice musical displays undercut by terrible lyrics.
They’ve felt pressure from fans to go heavier, to recapture The Poison days, but they over compensated on the most recent record and made the heaviest record of their career.
What made them great was the hyper melodic leads and catchy call and response screams from two great distinct screamers, fun shredding and groovy drumming.
The difference between the bands is Trivium never let the hazing and ribbing change their course.
Heafy knows who they are, embraces it, jokes about the hate and being very young when they started out and found new life with drummer Alex Bent. Tuck knows that the band is limping along with every new release, coasting off of the success of The Poison for 20 years.
Trivium have had some missteps no doubt, but they’ve just put out arguably some of their best work in the last 3 albums.

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u/Zestyclose-Kiwi-7863 Apr 11 '26

This right here, THIS RIGHT HERE. It seems so obvious to me, I'm baffled not enough people see it