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Matthew Kiichi Heafy (born January 26, 1986) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for heavy metal band
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. He was also the lead vocalist for the band Capharnaum, along with Trivium's former producer
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. In 2017, Heafy was voted sixth on the
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list "Top 25 Greatest Modern Frontmen".


Early life

Heafy was born in
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, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an American father. His father, formerly a member of the
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, is half-Irish and half-German. Although Heafy was born in Japan, he only lived there for one year and does not speak Japanese fluently; however, he uses some basic phrases when he performs in Japan. His family then moved to
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, where he currently resides. Heafy attended Lake Brantley High School. He completed his senior year while also touring in Europe and graduated in 2004. During those years, Heafy used to live a
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lifestyle. Heafy learned to play the
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in years leading up to becoming more serious on guitar at the age of eleven. At that period he was mostly listening to pop punk bands and even auditioned for a local one called "Freshly Squeezed" by playing the
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song Dammit. However, following his audition, he never got a follow-up call back. He also cites being introduced to heavy metal by his classmate, David, who gave him a copy of Metallica's self-titled album. Heafy does not know formal music theory and was almost completely self-taught. He does know how to read sheet music, but can only apply it on the
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. However, in 2015, he started taking formal training for the guitar. "Self-taught for quite a bit of it, did lessons on and off for maybe two or three years, but I do not know anything formal music on guitar. I do on saxophone though…but that doesn't help me on guitar." Heafy still often uses the same first
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he got from his father, but only in studio settings. For live performances he uses his signature
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that is modeled off of his Gibson.


Career

Following his guitar performance at the school's talent show, Heafy was asked to try out for Trivium by the band's original singer Brad Lewter. Originally, he was accepted as lead guitarist, despite being only 12 years old (other members were 15-16 at that time). Lewter, however, quit the band in less than a month due to creative differences over the band's future musical direction. The drummer Travis Smith persuaded Heafy to do vocals, even though Heafy himself was unsure of his singing voice at that time. The band started looking for an external singer to fill in the position but had trouble finding a suitable candidate. Eventually, Heafy agreed to become a full-time lead singer for Trivium also keeping the position of lead guitarist for the band. He taught himself
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and
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, especially doing so during the band's early years. However, he admitted using the techniques incorrectly most of his career, which ultimately caused severe damage to his vocal chords in the years leading up to the band's performance at
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in 2014, where he blew his voice on stage. That same year, he started taking vocal lessons from coach Ron Anderson, following advice from
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of
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. In 2016, Heafy returned to performing unclean vocals live with the same frequency as he did before his injury, citing Anderson's lessons as a source of help and improvement. He claims that the new technique is actually easier than normal talking. With the release of Trivium's fourth album, ''
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'', Heafy greatly expanded his vocal range; from very melodic singing to hardcore screams. In 2011, Trivium's fifth studio album, ''
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,'' was released with a 'greater emphasis on songs rather than skill,' with the album featuring the full range of Heafy's vocal talents with some songs being entirely composed of screaming, others with no screaming at all, and many songs that fused the two as with previous records. In Trivium, Heafy sometimes shares lead guitar duties with
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, although he is responsible for recording the rhythm tracks on the albums. After ''
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'', Heafy jokingly played in the
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genre, releasing one song titled "Head on Collision with a Rosebush Catching Fire" under the name Tomorrow Is Monday. On December 4, 2020, Heafy released a collaborative 5-track EP with American
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and musician Jared Dines.


Ibaraki

On January 21, 2022, Heafy unveiled the first single, "Tamashii no Houkai", from his black metal influenced project Ibaraki. The song features
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of black metal band
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. Ibaraki's debut album, ''Rashomon'', was released on May 6, 2022, which features
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of Behemoth and
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of
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, in addition to Ihsahn. The album's lyrics were inspired by Heafy's Japanese heritage, drawing from Japanese mythology and folklore.


Roadrunner United

upHeafy in 2012 In 2005,
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released '' Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions'' to celebrate the label's 25th anniversary. Four "team captains" were chosen:
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( Slipknot,
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, Scar the Martyr),
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(
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), and
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(
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), as well as Heafy. Heafy also wrote the lyrics and sang the lead vocals to "The End," captained by Dino Cazares. He and bandmate/guitarist
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recorded the song "In the Fire" as well, featuring singer
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, bassist
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, and drummer
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. He also wrote and played guitar on the tracks "Dawn of a Golden Age", "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)" and "Blood and Flames," also contributing vocals to the latter.


Other appearances

Heafy won the ''
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'' " Golden God" award in 2006. The same year, he sang one song, " Blind", for
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at the
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when Korn's lead vocalist
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fell ill. Heafy—along with several other metal artists—makes guest appearances in the music videos for "
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" by
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, "All I Want" by A Day to Remember, and "Moving On" by
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. 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 metal
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album ''
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''. He provided lead vocals and additional guitars on the track "Destination: Nowhere". He also contributed on guitar for the track "Triangulum I. Creation II. Evolution III. Destruction". In 2016, Heafy appeared on the album '' Arktis'' by fellow musician
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. In October 2019, Heafy was a featured guest-vocalist on an acoustic version of "Stabbing in the Dark" by Ice Nine Kills. On December 4, 2020, Heafy appeared on a 5-song collaborative EP with youtuber Jared Dines titled ''"Dines x Heafy"''. The music video for the song ''"Dear Anxiety"'' was also release on the same day. Heafy and Dines had previously collaborated on a cover of " Better Now" by
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. On July 16, 2021, Heafy provided guest vocals on Powerwolf's re-recording of "Fist by Fist (Sacralize or Strike)" on the deluxe version of '' Call of the Wild''.


Video games

Heafy appears as a guest vocalist in
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's '' Metal: Hellsinger''. He's acting as composer and sound designer for the upcoming game '' Martial Arts Tycoon''.


Equipment


Guitars

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were both given Dean Razorback prototypes. In 2008, his signature model, an ML shape with a graphic of the Japanese Rising Sun, was released. He stopped using Deans in 2009 after some disagreements. In summer 2009 Gibson made him a custom 7 string Explorer, which later became a production model but only available in black right-handed models. In 2013,
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released his artist signature model
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in both 6 and 7 string versions. He had previously been seen playing his signature models on the Dream Theater " A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour". In 2017, Epiphone released a new signature model called "SnØfall", which drew inspiration from Trivium's 2015 album '' Silence in the Snow''. This model is available in 6 and 7 string configurations and features an exclusive custom Alpine White finish along with white Phenolic fret board. In 2022, Epiphone released his signature Les Paul Custom Origins with his signature Fishman Fluence pickups and in black and white, 6 and 7 strings and right and left-handed configurations. * Epiphone Les Paul Custom Origins Signature black and white 6 and 7 String in left and right handed configuration * Epiphone Les Paul Custom Signature Model black 6 String and 7 String * Epiphone Les Paul Custom "Snøfall" Signature Model all white 6 String and 7 String, inspired by Trivium's 2015 album '' Silence in the Snow'' *
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in black, white and silverburst *
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7 string in white and black *
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Acoustic when needed *
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MKH Rising Sun signature model and various other models * Dean Razorback


Personal life

On January 10, 2010, Heafy married Ashley Howard in
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. The wedding was attended by their close friends and family. The couple have two twin children: a daughter and a son both born on November 6, 2018. Matt returned home from tour to be with Ashley while she gave birth while the tour finished with Howard Jones and Johannes Eckerström performing guest vocals on various songs and YouTuber Jared Dines filling in on guitar. Heafy has a younger sister,
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Michelle Heafy.


Twitch streaming

Heafy is a
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and practitioner of
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. He does daily
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on his
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channel "matthewkheafy", which consists of playing video games, running guitar clinics, vocal warm-ups, showcasing his Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes, and playing Trivium songs and acoustic covers.


Discography

;With Trivium * ''
Ember to Inferno ''Ember to Inferno'' is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 14, 2003, through Lifeforce Records and was produced by Jason Suecof and the band themselves. Background Trivium formed in 1999 with ...
'' (2003) * '' Ascendancy'' (2005) * '' The Crusade'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2008) * ''
In Waves ''In Waves'' is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released worldwide on various dates August 2, 2011, and August 9, 2011, through Roadrunner Records and was produced by Colin Richardson and Martyn "Ginge" Ford ...
'' (2011) * '' Vengeance Falls'' (2013) * '' Silence in the Snow'' (2015) * ''
The Sin and the Sentence ''The Sin and the Sentence'' is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 20, 2017, through Roadrunner Records and was produced by Josh Wilbur. The album is the first to feature fifth drummer Alex ...
'' (2017) * '' What the Dead Men Say'' (2020) * ''
In the Court of the Dragon ''In the Court of the Dragon'' is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. It was released on October 8, 2021, through Roadrunner Records and was produced by Josh Wilbur. Background and promotion In June 2020, guitarist Core ...
'' (2021) ;With Capharnaum * '' Fractured'' (2004) ;
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* "Midwinter Darkness" demo (2002) ;Tomorrow Is Monday * ''Lush Like an Antpile'' (2004) * "Head on Collision with a Rosebush Catching Fire" (2004) ;With Jared Dines * ''Dines x Heafy'' (2020) ;With Ibaraki * ''Rashomon'' (2022) ;Others * ''
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'' (2005) * "Master of Puppets" (2006) *
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- "
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" (Music video cameo) (2007) * '' Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden'' (2008) * A Day to Remember - " All I Want" (Music video cameo) (2011) * Caliban - "Falling Downwards" (Bonus track) - ''
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'' (2014) *
DragonForce DragonForce are a British power metal band from London, England. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman, and are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics and retro video game-influenced ...
- guest vocals on songs " The Game", "No More" and "Defenders" off the album '' Maximum Overload'' (2014) *
Upon a Burning Body Upon a Burning Body is an American metalcore band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2005. The band currently consists of vocalist Danny Leal, guitarist Ruben Alvarez, drummer Tito Felix and bassist Thomas Alvarez. Their second studio album, '' ...
- guest vocals on "Blood, Sweat and Tears" - '' The World Is My Enemy Now'' (2014) * "The Wretchedness Inside" (2014) *
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- " Moving On" (Music video cameo) (2014) *
Metal Allegiance Metal Allegiance is an American heavy metal supergroup formed on Long Island, New York, in 2014 by bassist and songwriter Mark Menghi. Shortly after, he recruited bassist David Ellefson (formerly of Megadeth), guitarist Alex Skolnick (from Tes ...
- lead vocals and additional guitar on "Destination: Nowhere", additional guitars on "Triangulum I. Creation II. Evolution III. Destruction" (2015) * ''Maiden Heaven Volume 2: An All-Star Tribute To Iron Maiden'' (2016) *
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- backing vocals on "Mass Darkness" off the album '' Arktis'' (2016) * Any Given Day - guest vocals on "Arise" off the album ''Everlasting'' (2016), also in the music video for the song * SHVPES - guest vocals on "Rain" off the album ''
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'' (2018) * In Vain - guest vocals on "Soul Adventurer" off the album ''
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'' (2018), also in the music video for the song * Ice Nine Kills - guest vocals on acoustic version of "Stabbing in the Dark" (2019) (original song from '' The Silver Scream'') *
Jamey Jasta James Shanahan (born August 7, 1977), known professionally as Jamey Jasta, is an American vocalist, best known as the lead singer of metalcore band Hatebreed and sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow. Jasta also fronts metalcore band Icepick. P ...
- guest vocals on "When The Contagion Is You" off the album ''The Lost Chapters Volume 2'' (2019) * CABAL - guest vocals on "Bitter Friend" off the album ''Drag Me Down'' (2020) * Me and that Man - guest vocals on "You Will Be Mine" off the album ''New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 1'' (2020) * Chthonic - guest vocals on "Supreme Pain for the Tyrant-Rearrange 2.0" (2020) * Bleed from Within - guest guitar on "Night Crossing" off the album ''Fracture'' (2020) * Daniel Tompkins (
Tesseract In geometry, a tesseract is the four-dimensional analogue of the cube; the tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square. Just as the surface of the cube consists of six square faces, the hypersurface of the tesseract consists of eig ...
) - guest vocals on "The Gift" off the solo album ''Ruins'' (2020) * Powerwolf - guest vocals on re-recording of "Fist by Fist (Sacralize or Strike)" off the deluxe version of '' Call of the Wild'' (2021) * The Halo Effect - guest vocals on "Last of Our Kind" off the album ''Days Of The Lost'' (2022) * Malevolence - guest guitar on "Salvation" off the album ''Malicious Intent'' (2022)


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Trivium's official website

Heafy's blog
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