Matt Heafy (Trivium) - 'Shogun' Piano Cover Reaction 

This is so incredible right??

I cannot even fathom how cool and honoring this must feel. That was beautiful. From both of you. Wow

I was not expecting Matt singing the song, and with the piano, amazing. Greeetings from Brazil

Discovered Trivium a few months back, their music really struck a chord so I started looking more into it including the band members... Gotta say Matt has to be one of the coolest people out there!

Matt, it's time to re-release the experimental acoustic Shogun album.

Imagine opening up RU-vid and finding Matt Heafy has done vocals over your Trivium cover... _whoa._

That's my homie!

Man, Matt has really killed it in improving his vocals. I’ve seen his live shows where he struggles mid way and now he can make it through full shows in one breath.. amazing.

!💥! A tremendous performance, just unbelievably well-played and figured-out! I'll be ready to hear that masterwork on an Imperial Grand Piano in the near future!💥!

This was posted back in 2008 or 2009 originally. I'm glad you finally saw it.

I love this piano version! Good to know that he finally saw this cover.

This was a Collab that I didn't know I needed this morning. 🤘🔥

I've been a huge Trivium fan since roughly 2005. I basically grew up on your music. It's one of my dreams to see you all live, and I hope I get to fulfill that. Side note: you were both amazing in this. Thank you.

Shogun is my favourite song/masterpiece ever. This made me fall in love with the song even more. Which I didn't know was at all possible. Matt your voice gets better and better every time I hear you. The dude on the piano is incredible also!

Epic! Matt’s voice fits in so well with the piano. I hope to hear Trivium play with an orchestra one day. So many songs would suit it. Especially the new tunes!

Incredible collaboration! Such an honor for this talented pianist and Matt!

I've known that guy for a while now. I love his version of Parkway Drive - The River. Sadly he hasn't uploaded anything in the last nine years. 😢

I remember in high school as I was first being introduced to metal, some of my buddies got me into Trivium by playing the Shogun album. To this day still my favorite album and song. The journey the song takes you on was just like nothing I'd experienced before. Then one day I stumbled across this guy's original piano cover of the song and it blew my mind. I'm glad Matt saw the update and gave him a shout out.

Dude this is tight all around. Like this guy must be freaking out knowing his cover had Matt singing and screaming over it. Good job tho bro, you're an insane pianist.

In my opinion Shogun is the best and most complete song you ever done. When I bought my MKH 7 string signature 2 years ago I played this song beside Calamity all day long

Sounds wonderful! Man, Trivium has the best fans for sure

Awesome connection by two total strangers. Matt’s very genuine and definitely digs this, big question is how much will Shawn be tripping out when he gets word of this moment being a Trivium fan ….. Shawn great playing for sure, thank you !!!! 🤘

What a talented pianist... And this vocal... I'm shocked 🔥

Do you remember every lyric you’ve ever written? Ten albums worth of songs and remembering every part is very impressive.

Beautiful and brilliant! This is talent and fandom at it's absolute best! Please get this guy on a future album.

So good. Goosebumps!

Yessss! Ive watched this piano so many times for years and always hoped that someone from Trivium would stumble across it!

So cool, guys! Bravo! 👏🏾

Some masterpieces simply scream to be immortalised by playing with orchestra

That video is a classic

This is so good keep it going mr pianist

The guy hasn't uploaded in 9 years. I hope he is doing fine.

Maybe this is the reason Trivium played Shogun when I saw them in LA last year! Hearing Shogun live - ALL 11 MINUTES - was SICKENING!!!! I was so shook when I heard the intro!!! The last 2 times I’ve seen Trivium they played Down From The Sky (one of my all time favorites) but Shogun?!??? It took the cake. 🎂 I gotta thank this guy for inspiring Trivium to play Shogun live!!!

I remember this dude from years ago! I remember watching his videos on Mudvayne, All That Remains, etc. I hope he gets back into it again. I go back and randomly watch his stuff. Reminds me of such a simpler time in life.

Proof of a great song is it can be played in any style and still sound fantastic awesome cover 👏

I had this cover on repeat years ago, I'm happy this finally happend

Made a Friday a Spectacular Friday! Wow! That was wonderful!

Known about this version for years. So happy you found it :D

Should get this guy on tour as a guest artist on Shogun. I can see this being an epic special spot on your set list. From Saskatchewan, Canada Fuckin awesome work 🤟

Beautiful piano cover! Hope this is you brushing off the cobwebs to put in the setlist for the upcoming tour!!

Dude these reaction videos are just awesome

This is nuts!!!

This is insane. These goosebumps....

Won't walk the Earth a specter Won't hold my tongue from lashing out This is my writ of honor Drawn by the blood that I have shed The beasts will soon assemble (the beasts will soon assemble) Conjoining in their putrid flesh Their hearts don't beat desire They pump violence and poison Flesh opens up, blood's retreating Flesh opens up, blood's retreating Death's embracing, all is ending Death's embracing, all is ending Time will not heal all of your pain I cannot wait for it all to come crashing down The monsters walk among us (the monsters walk among us) Leeching the blood out from what's good Infecting at transmission Swallowing innocence from life Our time has come to stand forth (our time has come to stand forth) From wretched womb from which they feed Behold the loathsome demons Send them into the hell they made Flesh opens up, blood's retreating Flesh opens up, blood's retreating Death's embracing, all is ending Death's embracing, all is ending Time will not heal all of your pain I cannot wait for it all to come crashing Down on your face, ripping your veins out Your insides win and kill you from within And the seas will rise as serpents Spawned from the mouth of earth's surface Soon the skies will fall fast, burning Open wide, and eat the suffering The pulse is now quickening Softly, it's painstaking Look within to calm the storm Raging inside the form There's no turning back For I'm witness to the changing Take all you have brought to sacrifice For you will lose much more If you succeed in this battle You still will lose so much more The pulse is now quickening Softly, it's painstaking Look within to calm the storm Raging inside the form There's no turning back For I'm witness to the changing Take all you have brought to sacrifice For you will lose much more If you succeed in this battle You still will lose so much more Time has come to face all evil Time has come to face all evil Time has come to face all evil Time has come to face all evil Now the seas rise up as serpents Spawned from the mouth of earth's surface As the skies now fall fast burning Open wide, and face the suffering The inferno spews out hell's horde Casting the flames upon our world As death eclipses all the light We make our last stand 'til death, fight Time will not heal all of your pain I cannot wait for it all to come crashing down Time will not heal all of your pain I cannot wait for it all to come crashing Down on your face, ripping your veins out Your insides win and kill you from within

INSANELY BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!

Really impressive ! and it give me some ideas... Could be f****** amazing if you do something like SM from Metallica, with Shogun of course ! My favorit song ever ! (Sorry for my english)

This is great.

This song is an anthem!

This album got me into trivium I love u guys

One of the greatest voices in metal world 🤘🤘🤘🤘

This video is so epic

This is masterpiece! very impressive..

Wow, this masterpiece!

Thats so fuckin beautiful

Legends

One of my fav songs... how many breakdowns? how many epic moments of never-ending Samurai fighting inducing solos?!

Let’s go!

Now you should see his piano version of Pull Harder On The Strings of Your Martyr.

Amazing! 👏👏👏👏👏

I can't wait

It's awesome 😎

Amazing 👏👏👏👏👏👏 🤜🤛

GEESEbumps 🤘

This dude nailed it - 3:53 epic

Holy schlitt!

The best Trivium song to date.

Hell yeah 😁

Matt you're 👌

Great

I'm request A skyline's severance

this makes me miss the B standard era of Trivium ;-;

The interlude was very weird on the piano player's behalf but overall, it was great!

🤘🤘🤘

Fifth Trivium member confirmed. 😅

!💥! You guys should audition flr American Idol...Do they stil have that $how nowadays...It wouldn't even be fair!💥😎💥!

I love that during 2008 we'd succeeded in a battle and lost so much morc, and during 2022 nall is ending, time will not heal nall of others' pain, we have cinnamon to the hell others made, we'd succeeded in a battle and lost so much moors, and others can nopen wide to eat suffering! Your vocals here are brilliant, Matt! Shawn and yourself have performed excellently! 😃😄

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I have a metal band but only 20 subs lol what am I doing wrong 😅