TRIVIUM: More '3 Gigs, 3 Countries, 2 Continents' Footage Posted Online

September 7, 2011

Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM celebrated the arrival of their new album, "In Waves", by embarking on a special, "release-day tour" in early August which took them to three countries, on two different continents, in the span of a few days. It was a chaotic schedule that saw TRIVIUM playing to over 100,000 fans throughout their special week of album campaigning.

TRIVIUM, which had been making its second appearance on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, flew to Germany in the middle of the tour to perform at Wacken Open Air on Friday, August 5, which was the German release day for "In Waves". The Wacken performance was filmed and webcast worldwide in real time with the festival. Wacken was a landmark show in TRIVIUM's career, as it was the foursome's biggest show to date, with over 80,000 in attendance for their main stage performance.

On Saturday, August 6, the band flew to England for their U.K.-release show. They celebrated by supporting IRON MAIDEN at the O2 Arena, on the final date of MAIDEN's current world tour. Over 18,000 metalheads turned out for this sold-out spectacle.

While barely catching their breath, TRIVIUM then hopped a flight back to the U.S. to resume their dates on the Mayhem fest, playing their domestic release date show on the main stage at The Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The U.K. part of the "3 gigs, 3 countries, 2 continents" footage can be seen below.

"In Waves" sold 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart the highest U.S. chart entry of the band's career. The group's previous CD, "Shogun", opened with just under 24,000 units back in October 2008 to debut at No. 23. The effort followed up "The Crusade", which registered a first-week tally of 31,000 copies in October 2006 to enter the chart at No. 25.

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