Like Light to the Flies

"Like Light to the Flies"
"Like Light to the Flies"
Single by Trivium
from the album Ascendancy
Released	January 2005
Genre	Melodic metalcore
Length	5:40 (album version); 4:02 (single version)
Label	Roadrunner Records
Songwriter(s)	Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu
Producer(s)	Jason Suecof
Trivium singles chronology

"Like Light to the Flies" (or "Like Light", as it is often referred to) is a song by heavy metal band Trivium and is the first single and music video from their 2005 album, Ascendancy.^[1] The band originally considered using the song "Ember to Inferno" as their first single but changed their minds after recording this song (along with "Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies" and "The Deceived"). "Like Light" was released in January 2005^[2] and features a mix of screaming and singing. The song contains two guitar solos which are played nearly consecutively to sound as one longer solo; a small interlude is played in the middle of them.^[3] The music video features original member Brent Young, and the version of the song used in the video is not the album version but rather the demo version, found previously on the MTV compilation album MTV2 Headbanger's Ball: Volume 2.^[4]

Meaning[]

"This song is about people's attraction to all forms of tragedy. It seems like everywhere you turn to today (e.g., television, newspaper, magazine, movies, etc.) it's all about murder, violence, war, cruelty- and it's because this is what sells; people are totally captivated by subjects in this vein. We are the flies." - Matt Heafy ^[5]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Like Light to the Flies"	5:40

Personnel[]

Matt Heafy – lead vocals, guitars
Corey Beaulieu – guitars, backing vocals
Brent Young – bass, backing vocals (video version)
Paolo Gregoletto – bass, backing vocals (album version)
Travis Smith – drums, percussion

Trivia[]

The video can be found on Roadrunner Records.
The bassist in the video is Brent Young; Paolo Gregoletto joined the band shortly after its release.
The song is heard in the 2007 film Smokin' Aces.
The song is also heard in the video game The Sims 2, in Simlish,^[6] and was featured in the 2005 video game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown.

References[]

^ http://www.playthisriff.com/public/department298.cfm
^ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Trivium/Like_Light_to_the_Flies/203766
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Headbanger's ball
^ Trivium Underground Your Number 1 Fan Site Archived 2007-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://kiichichaos.com/like-light-to-the-flies-in-simlish/

External links[]

Official website

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[1] ttp://www.playthisriff.com/public/department298.cfm

[2] ttp://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Trivium/Like_Light_to_the_Flies/203766

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] Headbanger's ball

[5] Trivium Underground Your Number 1 Fan Site Archived 2007-07-18 at the Wayback Machine

[6] ttp://kiichichaos.com/like-light-to-the-flies-in-simlish/

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hide v t Trivium
Matt Heafy Corey Beaulieu Paolo Gregoletto Alex Bent Travis Smith Nick Augusto Mat Madiro Paul Wandtke (details)
Studio albums	Ember to Inferno Ascendancy The Crusade Shogun In Waves Vengeance Falls Silence in the Snow The Sin and the Sentence What the Dead Men Say In the Court of the Dragon
Singles	"Like Light to the Flies" "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" "The Rising" "In Waves" "Built to Fall" "Black" "Strife" "Until the World Goes Cold" "The Heart from Your Hate"
Cover songs	"Iron Maiden" "Master of Puppets" "Slave New World" "Losing My Religion"
Related articles	Discography Songs Members Roadrunner United