On Thursday October 11, two days before MTV2 Headbangers Ball premieres the new Trivium video for "Becoming the Dragon" on air, the clip will debut right here on the HBB Blog.
In an interview with Revolver, frontman Matt Heafy, who is half-Japanese, said the song is about the Japanese mythology about koi fish and dragons. "The sory says the koi fish spends its life struggling against the current and it reaches up to a thing called Dragon’s Gate up the Yellow River. If the koi can make it over the waterfall, then God grants the power of that koi fish to become a dragon. So it’s very much about Asian mythology, but it works really well with life. It could be about a person’s struggle through life to become all they wanted to be or all the strive to be."
The video for "Becoming the Dragon" was directed by Ramon Boutviseth, who got his big break when he won Papa Roach's "Make Your Own 'Forever' Video" contest in June. While the Roach had already shot their own performance video, they were so taken by his submission they asked him to mix the live footage with his original storyline. Boutviseth has also shot videos for Sanctity's "Beneath the Machine" and "Beloved Killer," which will debut here next week. he has also filmed clips for Seemless' "Cast No Shadow" and "Daylight Dies' "Lies that Bind."
Until Thursday, here's Trivium's "Anthem":
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