Like Light to the Flies

"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 the 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]

"Like Light to the Flies"
Single by Trivium
from the album Ascendancy
ReleasedJanuary 2005
GenreMelodic metalcore
Length5:40 (album version)
4:02 (single version)
LabelRoadrunner Records
Songwriter(s)Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu
Producer(s)Jason Suecof
Trivium singles chronology
"Like Light to the Flies"
(2005)		 "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr"
(2005)

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.TitleLength
1."Like Light to the Flies"5:40

Personnel

Trivia

References
  1. http://www.playthisriff.com/public/department298.cfm
  2. http://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. http://kiichichaos.com/like-light-to-the-flies-in-simlish/


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