Corey Beaulieu shares more insight about the recent lineup change of Trivium

Alex Bent, Trivium‘s longtime drummer, left the group earlier this month, just before the group’s appearance at the California Aftershock Festival. Despite the unexpected nature of the situation, guitarist Corey Beaulieu emphasized that the breakup was entirely amicable and that they really wished Bent the best. This is his stance, as reported by Metalinjection.

It just kind of happened, and it was kind of a surprise. I don’t think anyone was really expecting it. But it is what it is. When it all kind of went down, we all wished each other the best. There’s no hard feelings. It was just kind of one of those things where it’s, like, life changes paths. And it’s all positive. We made three amazing records together. The [upcoming] EP is amazing, which it will be his last thing. He started working on the [next full] record with us, so hopefully when that’s finished and done, he’ll feel a part of that.

Beaulieu continued to reminisce on Bent’s time with Trivium, telling the Australian podcast about his first impressions of working with Bent and how the band changed throughout the years he was a member.

When [Bent] came into the band, we had a great chemistry, a great writing team. I think all the music we did together is — hopefully the fans just are really excited about what was created in that time. And, he’s a great drummer, a great person and stuff, and I’m sure he’s got plans for whatever his next chapter is.

Paolo Gregoletto, who plays bass for Trivium, expressed a similar opinion earlier this week, following the Aftershock Festival, in an interview with Thunder Underground, another Australian podcast. He expressed his hope that fans would realize that there was no genuine hostility and that they wanted to honor Trivium‘s relationship with Bent.

I don’t feel like I want fans to be, like, ‘Hey, okay, we’re over it. We expect you to be over it,’ kind of thing. I’m like, no. I’m, like, we made a lot of great music and there’s a lot of history between us. He was almost in the band as long as Travis was and almost made as many albums, I believe. So that’s a pretty big chunk of our history right there.

No drama involved at all.

We’ve had a great nine years together. I feel like it’s kind of a weird thing because, obviously, being in a band together, but I feel like because we’ve all had families and stuff, there’s a tighter connection there that even just what people see,” and Trivium wanted Bent to take the lead on how to address the situation with fans, “So I think it’s one of those things, we all were kind of sad, but at the same time, we said, ‘[Bent], we want you to kind of make the statement. You kind of lead how you’d like to handle all this stuff.’ And I didn’t wanna put words in his mouth or say whatever. He made the statement. I feel like we ended on great terms. And that’s really kind of it. I mean, there’s no juicier Cradle Of Filth [-style] drama. And, again, it’s one of those things where we wanted him to make a statement. And I think The Sin And The Sentence, of the stuff we all did together, is maybe one of my favorite records we’ve done. And I think the [upcoming] EP, too — if that’s the end of the chapter, I’m, like, that’s a great ending right there, ’cause I think it’s a very, very cool EP. And I can say without a doubt, I feel that the albums and EP has been an incredible run. I don’t feel we had a real weak point. I can’t say that’s something I feel like for our whole career. So I’m, like, I feel very proud of that. It was a lot of effort and work and everyone’s part.