Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
| "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" | ||||
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| Single by Trivium | ||||
| from the album Ascendancy | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Genre | Metalcore[1] | |||
| Length | 4:51 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu, Travis Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Jason Suecof | |||
| Trivium singles chronology | ||||
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"Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" (often shortened to "Pull Harder", or simply "Martyr") is a song by heavy metal band Trivium. It appears on their 2005 album Ascendancy and was released as the album's second single in the same year.[2] Metal Hammer named it "one of the decade’s biggest metal anthems".[3]
Live performance
This song used to be played as the last song in a Trivium live set, however, since 2011, they have finished with the Shogun single "Throes of Perdition". During the Ascendancy tours, the song's verse was screamed, but for a short stint of the tours after The Crusade, the song was sung live in a raspy clean voice as opposed to the recorded version. Since the release of Shogun, the song has returned to its original vocals when performed live.[4]
At the Roadrunner United 25th anniversary concert back in December 2005, Trivium performed this song live with Machine Head's Robb Flynn on vocals. That concert was released as a DVD called The All-Star Sessions, along with a documentary.[5]
Meaning
Vocalist and songwriter Matt Heafy has described that "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" "is a look at a villainous tyrant; one who can simply kill and destroy on will, push his faith upon all, be hated by all other powers around - and still be loved by many that he rules."[6]
Personnel
- Matt Heafy - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Corey Beaulieu - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Paolo Gregoletto - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Travis Smith – drums, percussion
References
- ↑ Lee, Cosmo (2005-06-06). "Trivium: Ascendancy". PopMatters. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ↑ "Trivium - Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ Archived April 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Trivium History and Discography". Heavymetal.about.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ "Robb Flynn And Trivium Perform 'Pull Harder...' - Roadrunner Records Uk". Roadrunnerrecords.co.uk. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ "No. 47: Trivium, 'Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr' – Top 21st Century Metal Songs". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.