It’s funny how a single song can change your life. Hearing Trivium’s Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr on a Metal Hammer cover CD in early 2005 blew open a whole world of new bands for me. After an upbringing with classics like AC/DC, Motörhead and Bon Jovi, finally I'd found a band that represented something completely new, dragging my tastes (literally) screaming into the 21st Century.
I certainly wasn’t alone. A generational talent, Trivium represented an exciting new breed of metal band, acknowledged and respected by the old guard while acting as a lightning rod for emerging talent as the new school took hold. So when the band announced their massive anniversary celebration for 20 years of Ascendancy, naturally I – and a bunch of friends I’ve known for about as long as that record has existed – got tickets for the Poisoned Ascendancy tour and sang our asses off when the night finally came around.
