Drummer Alex Bent has introduced his departure from Trivium, lower than a month earlier than the beginning of their North American tour.
Bent joined the Orlando metallic band in 2016 and performed on their final three studio albums, ‘The Sin And The Sentence’ (2017), ‘What The Useless Males Say’ (2020) and ‘In The Courtroom Of The Dragon’ (2021).
He made the announcement in a social media publish on Friday (October 3), writing: “I’m past grateful for the unimaginable previous 9 years with Trivium – stuffed with unforgettable moments, music, and friendships that I’ll all the time carry with me. I’m so happy with each report and tour we created collectively, and I do know Trivium will proceed to dominate the world; they’ll all the time have my help.”
“Whereas this chapter has come to a detailed, that is on no account the top of my path as a musician. I’m excited for this new chapter, and I look ahead to persevering with to create, carry out, and share music in new methods. Thanks to everybody who has supported me alongside the best way. Your encouragement means the world.”
The band added: “Trivium needs @alexbentdrums success on his future endeavors as he exits the band.”
Final November, Bent’s spouse Christina launched a crowdfunding marketing campaign on behalf of their child lady, who had been hospitalised for over 70 days after a untimely delivery and subsequent surgical procedures.
As for Trivium, the ‘Struck Useless’ EP is about to be their first new materials in 4 years and is due for launch on October 31. The three-track launch contains ‘Bury Me With My Screams’, which you’ll take heed to under. Pre-order the EP right here.
Final yr, Trivium returned to touring, co-leading a joint tour with Bullet For My Valentine to have fun the joint twentieth anniversaries of their respective albums ‘The Poison’ and ‘Ascendancy’. As they had been about to conclude the North American leg of their tour, earlier than jetting off to Australia and South America, a lot of exhibits had been unexpectedly scrapped.
Particulars across the cancellations had been unclear, though Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto quickly mentioned in a livestream that BFMV frontman Matt Tuck had pulled out of the tour early as he “didn’t wish to do it”.
At Bloodstock 2025, Trivium additionally paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a canopy of Black Sabbath’s ‘Symptom Of The Universe’.
