Enter below for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on Tuesday, May 7th, 2025!
Formed in 1999, Trivium is arguably one of the biggest metal bands to come out of Florida. The group gained local traction after a series of successful shows, including being part of a fundraiser for Death’s Chuck Schuldiner in 2001. The band would be signed to the German Lifeforce label who would release the albums 2003 debut Ember to Inferno. This debut caught the eye of Roadrunner Records, leading to the band and label’s longstanding relationship.
In 2005, Trivium released their second album, Ascendancy, which was received very well by fans and critics alike, reaching 151 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Heatseekers chart. The album contains some of the band’s most popular songs such as “Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr” and “A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation”. The album helped land the band on the main stage of Download Festival, a set vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy claimed was what really got the band going internationally, and spots on Ozzfest and Road Rage in 2005.
The very next year, Trivium released The Crusade, which debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 chart and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart. The release landed them opening spots for Iron Maiden and Metallica, as well as a spot on Korn’s Family Values tour. The extensive touring earned them the award for Best Live Band of 2006 at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods.
Trivium continued to release music with continuing and increasing success, with Shogun (2008), In Waves (2011), Vengeance Falls (2013), Silence in the Snow (2015), The Sin and the Sentence (2017), What the Dead Men Say (2020), and In the Court of the Dragon (2021) all being well received by fans. With over one million albums sold worldwide and a Grammy nod in 2019, the band has made their mark in the metal community.
Hailing from Bridgend, Wales, Bullet for My Valentine got their start in 1998 under the name Jeff Killed John. After releasing a handful of EPs and changing their name, the band released their debut album The Poison in 2005. The album did very well, starting its run on the Billboard 200 chart at number 128 and reaching number 11 on the Independent Albums chart. The album would eventually go on to being certified gold by the RIAA and featured massive songs for the band such as “4 Words (To Choke Upon)” and “Tears Don’t Fall.
Bullet for My Valentine would use the popularity of their debut to launch themselves into tours with Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, and appearances on The Vans Warped tour. In 2007, they would release their second album Scream Aim Fire and did extremely well, selling 53,000 copies in its first week and peaking at the number 4 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. The album contains live staples such as the title track “Scream Aim Fire” and “Waking the Demon”.
After more extensive touring that included numerous festivals such as Mayhem Festival, Sonisphere, Download, Rock am Ring, and more, Bullet for My Valentine would release their third album titled Fever in 2010. Over the next decade and a half, the band would continue to release increasingly successful albums in 2013’s Temper Temper, 2015’s Venom, 2018’s Gravity, and most recently their self-titled 2020 release.
Now, with both bands fresh off the heels of celebrating the 20th anniversaries of both The Poison and Ascendancy throughout Europe and the UK, the bands are hitting the road on US soil and bringing August Burns Red along for the ride. Also joining them for the first half of the tour will be Sylosis, with Bleed from Within taking over for the second half.
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Contest Rules
From 11:00pm on 9/27/24 to 11:59pm on 10/27/24, enter online for a chance to win during this on-air contest. Three (3) random entrant will win a pair of tickets (2) to see Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine at the Rooftop at Pier 17 valued at $59.50 (plus fees), courtesy of Live Nation. Must be at least 18 years old and legal residents of the United States. Unless otherwise specified, listeners are eligible to win in station’s contests; a prize valued under $600 only once every seven (7) days and a prize valued at $600 or more, only once every thirty (30) days. Only one winner per household (whether related or not) is permitted in any contest. Otherwise, WDHA's General Contest Rules apply and are available by clicking HERE.
