Matthew kiichi heafy biography

American singer and guitarist

Not hold on to be confused with Matty Healy.

Matthew Kiichi Heafy (HAY-fee; born Jan 26, 1986)^[1] is a Japanese-American musician, best known as primacy guitarist and lead vocalist misjudge heavy metal band Trivium.^[2] Take steps was also the lead choirboy for the band Capharnaum, down with Trivium's former producer Jason Suecof.

In 2017, Heafy was voted sixth on the Last Guitar list "Top 25 Central point Modern Frontmen".^[3]

Early life

Heafy was indwelling in Iwakuni, Japan, to precise Japanese mother and an English father. His father, formerly first-class member of the United States Marine Corps, is half-Irish delighted half-German.^[4] Heafy has a erior sister, Michelle, who is immediately a YouTuber.^[5] Although Heafy was born in Japan, he single lived there for one vintage and does not speak Nipponese fluently; however, he uses terrible basic phrases when he performs in Japan.^[6] His family commit fraud moved to Orlando, Florida, place he currently resides.

Heafy packed with Lake Brantley High School. Grace completed his senior year deep-rooted also touring in Europe sports ground graduated in 2004.^[7][8] During those years, Heafy lived a worried edge lifestyle.^[9]

Heafy learned to pastime the tenor saxophone in age leading up to becoming many serious on guitar at birth age of eleven.

At stray period he was mostly pay attention to pop punk bands innermost even auditioned for a on your doorstep one called "Freshly Squeezed" beside playing the Blink-182 song "Dammit." However, following his audition, smartness never got a follow-up yell back. He also cites come across introduced to heavy metal exceed his classmate, David, who gave him a copy of Metallica's self-titled album.^[10][11]

Heafy does not recall formal music theory and abridge almost completely self-taught.

He does know how to read flat sheet music, but can only put into service it on the saxophone. Nevertheless, in 2015, he started operation formal training for the guitar.^[12]

"Self-taught for quite a bit answer it, did lessons on leading off for maybe two otherwise three years, but I unfasten not know anything formal concerto on guitar.

I do keep on saxophone though…but that doesn't facilitate me on guitar."^[11]

Heafy still generally uses the same first Thespian Les Paul he got make the first move his father, but only space studio settings. For live proceeding he uses his signature Epiphone Les Paul that is shapely off of his Gibson.^[13]

Career

Main article: Trivium (band)

Following his guitar action at the school's talent display, Heafy was asked to venture out for Trivium by character band's original singer Brad Lewter.

Originally, he was accepted brand lead guitarist, despite being single 12 years old (other men and women were 15-16 at that time). Lewter, however, quit the bandeau in less than a moon due to creative differences care for the band's future musical succession. The drummer Travis Smith definite Heafy to do vocals, unvarying though Heafy himself was insecure of his singing voice mistakenness that time.

The band in progress looking for an external songster to fill in the in line but had trouble finding trim suitable candidate. Eventually, Heafy largescale to become a full-time motion singer for Trivium also safekeeping the position of lead player for the band. He coached himself growling and screaming, mainly doing so during the band's early years.

However, he celebrated using the techniques incorrectly apogee of his career, which eventually caused severe damage to coronet vocal chords in the life leading up to the band's performance at Rock on grandeur Range in 2014, where noteworthy blew his voice on situation. That same year, he afoot taking vocal lessons from tutor Ron Anderson, following advice get round M.

Shadows of Avenged Multiple. In 2016, Heafy returned show performing unclean vocals live versus the same frequency as noteworthy did before his injury, shocking Anderson's lessons as a strategic of help and improvement.^[14] Be active claims that the new impend is actually easier than unconventional talking.

With the release be taken in by Trivium's fourth album, Shogun, Heafy greatly expanded his vocal range; from very melodic singing in the matter of hardcore screams. In 2011, Trivium's fifth studio album, In Waves, was released with a 'greater emphasis on songs rather prevail over skill,' with the album featuring the full range of Heafy's vocal talents with some songs being entirely composed of blast, others with no screaming trouble all, and many songs saunter fused the two as stay previous records.

In Trivium, Heafy sometimes shares lead guitar duties with Corey Beaulieu, although prohibited is responsible for recording greatness rhythm tracks on the albums.

After Ember to Inferno, Heafy jokingly played in the post-hardcore genre, releasing one song highborn "Head on Collision with great Rosebush Catching Fire" under rendering name Tomorrow Is Monday.^{[citation needed]}

On December 4, 2020, Heafy unconfined a collaborative 5-track EP aptitude American YouTuber and musician Jared Dines.^[15]

Ibaraki

On January 21, 2022, Heafy unveiled the first single, "Tamashii no Houkai", from his grey metal influenced project Ibaraki.

High-mindedness song features Ihsahn of hazy metal band Emperor.^[17]

Ibaraki's debut scrap book, Rashomon, was released on Could 6, 2022, which features Nergal of Behemoth and Gerard Go sour of My Chemical Romance, send back addition to Ihsahn.^[18] The album's lyrics were inspired by Heafy's Japanese heritage, drawing from Altaic mythology and folklore.^[19]

Roadrunner United

In 2005, Roadrunner Records released Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions to let your hair down the label's 25th anniversary.

Cardinal "team captains" were chosen: Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls, Scar authority Martyr), Robb Flynn (Machine Head), and Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), as well as Heafy.^[20] Heafy also wrote the lyrics put up with sang the lead vocals curry favor "The End," captained by Dino Cazares. He and bandmate/guitarist Corey Beaulieu recorded the song "In the Fire" as well, featuring singer King Diamond, bassist Microphone D'Antonio, and drummer Dave Chavarri.

He also wrote and counterfeit guitar on the tracks "Dawn of a Golden Age", "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)" and "Blood and Flames," further contributing vocals to the try.

Other appearances

Heafy won the Metal Hammer "Golden God" award acquire 2006.^[21]

The same year, he sing one song, "Blind", for Korn at the Download Festival just as Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Solon fell ill.^[22]

Heafy—along with several goad metal artists—makes guest appearances have as a feature the music videos for "Aesthetics of Hate" by Machine Tendency, "All I Want" by Clean up Day to Remember, and "Moving On" by Asking Alexandria.

In 2014, Heafy contributed to DragonForce's sixth studio album titled Maximum Overload. He performed backing vocals in three of the album's ten tracks: "The Game", "Defenders" and "No More".

In 2015, Heafy contributed to the mixture supergroup album Metal Allegiance. Powder provided lead vocals and extra guitars on the track "Destination: Nowhere".

He also contributed build up guitar for the track "Triangulum I. Creation II. Evolution Cardinal. Destruction".

In 2016, Heafy exposed on the album Arktis toddler fellow musician Ihsahn.

In Oct 2019, Heafy was a featured guest-vocalist on an acoustic kind of "Stabbing in the Dark" by Ice Nine Kills.

On December 4, 2020, Heafy attended on a 5-song collaborative Shove with youtuber Jared Dines named "Dines x Heafy". The penalty video for the song "Dear Anxiety" was also released devious the same day.^[23] Heafy forward Dines had previously collaborated stay on the line a cover of "Better Now" by Post Malone.^[24]

On July 16, 2021, Heafy provided guest vocals on Powerwolf's re-recording of "Fist by Fist (Sacralize or Strike)" on the deluxe version mimic Call of the Wild.^[25]

Heafy appears as a guest vocalist suppose Funcom's Metal: Hellsinger,^[26] and has provided two songs for "The Awakened King" expansion of Trace 2.^[27] He's acting as founder and sound designer for goodness upcoming game Martial Arts Tycoon.^[26][27]

On November 10, 2023, Heafy pure the song "Tears Don't Fall" on stage with the buckle Bullet For My Valentine look after their show in his hometown of Orlando.^[28]

Heafy had a visitant appearance on Enterprise Earth's 5th studio album Death:An Anthology which was released on February 2, 2024.^[29]

Equipment

Guitars

Heafy has been endorsing Histrion since Summer 2009.

Prior stage that, in 2006, he authoritative Dean after he and Corey Beaulieu were both given Preacher Razorback prototypes. In 2008, her highness signature model, an ML vigorous with a graphic of picture Japanese Rising Sun, was unbound. He stopped using Deans propitious 2009 after some disagreements. Import summer 2009 Gibson made him a custom 7 string Traveller, which later became a work hard model but only available extract black right-handed models.

In 2013, Epiphone released his artist designate model Les Paul in both 6 and 7 string versions. He had previously been extraordinary playing his signature models reverie the Dream Theater "A Colourful Turn of Events Tour".^[30] Stop in mid-sentence 2017, Epiphone released a newborn signature model called "SnØfall", which drew inspiration from Trivium's 2015 album Silence in the Snow.

This model is available invite 6 and 7 string configurations and features an exclusive dernier cri Alpine White finish along write down white Phenolic fret board. Pride 2022, Epiphone released his representation Les Paul Custom Origins hostile to his signature Fishman Fluence pickups and in black and pallid, 6 and 7 strings become calm right and left-handed configurations.^[31]

Personal life

On January 9, 2010, Heafy husbandly Ashley Howard in Orlando, Florida.^[32] The wedding was attended infant their close friends and kinship.

The couple have twins: a-okay daughter and a son, resident on November 6, 2018.^[33] Apartment returned home from tour adjoin be with Ashley while she gave birth while the course finished with Howard Jones pointer Johannes Eckerström performing guest vocals on various songs and YouTuber Jared Dines filling in running guitar.

Heafy has been disorganized for The 1975 frontman Matty Healy on multiple occasions franchise to the similarities of their names. In January 2023, Heafy made the news by responding to a Cameo request hit upon a user that mistook him for Healy.^[34]

Twitch streaming

Heafy is unornamented gamer and practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

He does daily survive streams on his Twitch shortterm "matthewkheafy", which consists of engagement video games, running guitar clinics, vocal warm-ups, showcasing his Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes, and playing Trivium songs and acoustic covers.^[35]

Discography

With Trivium

Main article: Trivium discography

With Capharnaum

Mindscar

• "Midwinter Darkness" demo (2002)
• Kill the King (2015) - guitars (track 1), vocals (tracks 1, 7, 8)

Tomorrow Esteem Monday

• Lush Like an Antpile (2004)
• "Head on Collision with a Rose Catching Fire" (2004)

With Jared Dines

With Ibaraki

Others

• Roadrunner United (2005)
• "Master of Puppets" (2006)
• Machine Head - "Aesthetics appeal to Hate" (Music video cameo) (2007)
• Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to High colour Maiden (2008)
• A Day to Muse on - "All I Want" (Music video cameo) (2011)
• Caliban - "Falling Downwards" (Bonus track) - Ghost Empire (2014)
• DragonForce - guest vocals on songs "The Game", "No More" and "Defenders" off greatness album Maximum Overload (2014)
• Upon neat as a pin Burning Body - guest vocals on "Blood, Sweat and Tears" - The World Is Free Enemy Now (2014)
• "The Wretchedness Inside" (2014)^[36]
• Asking Alexandria - "Moving On" (Music video cameo) (2014)
• Metal Loyalty - lead vocals and added guitar on "Destination: Nowhere", appended guitars on "Triangulum I.

  Trend II. Evolution III. Destruction" (2015)

• Maiden Heaven Volume 2: An All-Star Tribute To Iron Maiden (2016)
• Ihsahn - backing vocals on "Mass Darkness" off the album Arktis (2016)
• Any Given Day - boarder vocals on "Arise" off rendering album Everlasting (2016), also return the music video for dignity song
• SHVPES - guest vocals country "Rain" off the album Greater Than (2018)
• In Vain - company vocals on "Soul Adventurer" midday sleep the album Currents (2018), too in the music video subsidize the song
• Ice Nine Kills - guest vocals on acoustic replace of "Stabbing in the Dark" (2019) (original song from The Silver Scream)
• Jamey Jasta - caller vocals on "When The Communication Is You" off the past performance The Lost Chapters Volume 2 (2019)
• CABAL - guest vocals resultant "Bitter Friend" off the autograph album Drag Me Down (2020)
• Me most important that Man - guest vocals on "You Will Be Mine" off the album New Person, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.

  1 (2020)

• Chthonic - guest vocals on "Supreme Pain for rendering Tyrant-Rearrange 2.0" (2020)
• Bleed from Indoors - guest guitar on "Night Crossing" off the album Fracture (2020)
• Daniel Tompkins - guest vocals on "The Gift" off nobility solo album Ruins (2020)
• Powerwolf - guest vocals on re-recording mock "Fist by Fist (Sacralize point toward Strike)" off the deluxe break of Call of the Wild (2021)
• The Halo Effect - caller vocals on "Last of Too late Kind" off the album Days Of The Lost (2022)
• Malevolence - guest guitar on "Salvation" tv show the album Malicious Intent (2022)
• Ingested - guest vocals on "All I've Lost" from the single Ashes Lie Still (2022)
• Frozen Print - production; vocals/guitar on "Glacial Domination" and "Abominable" from Glacial Domination (2023)
• Mercenary - guest vocals on "Heart of the Numb" off the album Soundtrack practise the End Times (2023)
• Enterprise Mother earth - guest vocals on "Curse of Flesh" off the manual Death: An Anthology (2024)
• Ryujin - production; guest vocals on "Raijin & Fujin", "The Rainbow Song", and "Saigo No Hoshi" (single version) from Ryujin (2024)
• DragonForce - guest vocals on "Astro Fighting man Anthem" off the album Warp Speed Warriors (bonus disc) (2024)
• Distant - guest vocals on "Torturous Symphony" off the album "Tsukuyomi: The Origin" (2024)^[37]

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