| Corey Beaulieu | |
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Beaulieu Performing live in Virginia Beach at the 2009 Mayhem Festival |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Corey King Beaulieu |
| Born | November 22, 1983 Dover-Foxcroft, Maine |
| Genres | Metalcore, thrash metal, heavy metal |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Roadrunner |
| Associated acts | Trivium Dirge Within |
| Website | www.trivium.org |
| Notable instruments | |
| Jackson King V & Randy Rhoads | |
Corey King Beaulieu (born November 22, 1983 in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine) is one of the two lead/rhythm guitarists of Florida metal band Trivium.
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Beaulieu is the second of two siblings in the Beaulieu family. His older sister, Sandy, lives in Maine and works with horses.
Beaulieu attended high school at Foxcroft Academy in Maine where he played ice hockey. He was asked to join Trivium when he tried out for the band, after the release of their first album "Ember to Inferno" in 2003.
Corey studied guitar with Bill Pierce at the world famous Mark's Music in Brewer for 4 years. He was said to be the fastest shredder to study with Bill. "He worked harder than anyone I ever worked with." says Pierce.
Corey shares lead/rhythm guitar duties with fellow bandmate Trivium frontman Matt Heafy playing many of the lead and melody sections when performing live. He is also a primary supporting vocalist in Trivium.
He performed backing vocals for Taking Dawn in 2010.
In 2011, Beaulieu performed guest vocals on Maine metal band Rebirth To End's song "The Weakness Randomization."
Beaulieu cites Yngwie Malmsteen, , Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Alex Skolnick, Kirk Hammett, Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, John Petrucci, Jeff Waters, Dimebag Darrell, Slash,and George Lynch as his primary influences.
In the past Beaulieu used mainly Jackson guitars such as the Jackson KV-2 Black Ghost Flames finish (as seen in Roadrunner United bonus DVD) and DX10D series occasionally using a B.C Rich Warlock and a Blue Ibanez guitar, until Rita Haney, partner of 20 years to Dimebag Darrell gave him and Matt Heafy each one of Dimebag's signature Dean guitars in the same year, later spawning a three year long endorsment with Dean Guitars (as Dime was working on a new signature model with Dean prior to his death in December 2004), with Beaulieu sported a red Razorback V with Black Bevels. He also had a Custom Model V. This V is metallic red with the Trivium circle logo placed between the bridge and neck pickups and is also fitted with a Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo and a Seymour Duncan Dimebucker. He has recently left Dean guitars and for the Throes of Perdition video he can be seen playing a Jackson V. After talking to several guitar companies, including DBZ Guitars, and using a variety of guitars live, including a Jackson King V, and an ESP DV8 Dave Mustaine Signature, Corey has signed with Jackson Guitars. He has recently been seen playing various custom Jackson V guitars and is in talks with Jackson regarding the development of a signature guitar. His new Jackson Prototype Signature Guitar can be seen in recent live performances and in the Video for Trivium's new single for the God of War III soundtrack, "Shattering the Skies Above". In a recent statement on Facebook however, he stated that his new signature Jackson would be a traditional flying V shape, with no Cut-outs.It will have Seymour Duncan Blackout active pickups. Corey has released a video on YouTube entitled, "Corey Beaulieu: Guess What's Coming?," where he shows off a prototype of his new signature Jackson V. He states that he will have 6-string and 7-string variations of his signature V. Summary
For live Beaulieu is using, as of March 2010, the Fractal Audio Axe-FX Ultra plugged directly into the PA system.
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