How does a Trivium song typically come into existence?
M: Its always a bit different. With The Crusade we had to write individually, because we did the work while on the road. Everyone came up with from 60 percent to a full song on their own. Then we entered the pre-production mode for a week and each of us taught everyone else their material and we filtered through the riffs. Then we recorded the new album in six weeks and headed back on the road. It was different for Ascendancy, because we werent touring that much. We had many riffs, some of which had been around forever. We put them together in our rehearsal space, so that album was written more as a band.
