Matt Heafy

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Matthew Kiichi Heafy (born January 26, 1986) is a Japanese-born American musician best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Trivium.

Heafy, as well as Trivium's former producer Jason Suecof, is also the lead singer for Capharnaum.

He is also an avid gamer and master of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Heafy's Twitch channel matthewkheafy is a gamer, performing guitar lessons, vocal warm-ups, and showcasing his Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes.

Early life

Heafy was born in Iwakuni, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an American father. His father, who was formerly a member of the United States Marine Corps, is half-Irish and half-German. Despite the fact that Heafy was born in Japan, he did not speak Japanese fluently for one year; nevertheless, he performs in Japan using some basic terms. His family migrated to Orlando, Florida, where he now lives. Heafy attended Lake Brantley High School. He completed his senior year while also touring Europe and graduating in 2004. Heafy lived a simple edge lifestyle during those years.

Heafy learned to play the tenor saxophone in years leading up to his becoming more involved with guitar at the age of 11. He was mostly listening to pop punk bands and had even auditioned for a local one named "Freshly Squeezed" by playing the Blink-182 song Dammit. However, he never got a call back after his audition. He also cited being introduced to heavy metal by his classmate, David, who gave him a copy of Metallica's self-titled album.

Heafy has no formal music theory and was almost entirely self-taught. He does know how to read sheet music, but he can only use it on the saxophone. However, he began formal instruction for the guitar in 2015.

"I've been practicing for a long time, but I'm unaware of any formal music on guitar." Well, I do on saxophones, but that doesn't help me on guitar."

Heafy still uses the same first Gibson Les Paul he got from his father, but only in studio settings. He uses his Epiphone Les Paul, a mann who is modeled after Gibson, for live performances.

Personal life

Heafy married Ashley Howard in Orlando, Florida, on January 10, 2010. The wedding was attended by their close friends and relatives. The couple have two children, a daughter and a son, who were both born on November 6, 2018. Matt went home from tour to be with Ashley after giving birth, but Howard Jones and Johannes Eckerstrom performed guest vocals on several songs, and YouTuber Jared Dines filling in on guitar.

Michelle Heafy, Heafy's younger sister, appears on YouTube.

Heafy is a gamer and a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He has weekly live streams on his Twitch channel "matthewheafy," which includes video games, running guitar clinics, vocal warm-ups, a showcase of his Brazilian jiujitsu lessons, and playing Trivium songs and acoustic covers.

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Career

Heafy was invited to audition for Trivium by the band's original guitarist Brad Lewter after his guitar appearance at the school's talent showcase. Despite being only 12 years old (other members were 15-16 at the time), he was accepted as lead guitarist initially. Lewter, on the other hand, resigned in less than a month due to creative differences over the band's future musical direction. Even though Heafy himself was uncertain of his singing voice at the time, drummer Travis Smith begged him not to perform vocals. The band started looking for a talented singer to fill the position, but had a difficult time finding a suitable candidate. Heafy eventually agreed to become a full-time lead singer for Trivium while still holding the position of lead guitarist for the band. He learned himself growling and yelling, especially in the band's early years. However, he confessed to using the techniques incorrectly most of his career, which resulted in significant damage to his vocal chords in the years leading up to the band's appearance at Rock on the Range in 2014, where he blew his vocal cords on stage. Following M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold's advice, he began receiving vocal lessons from coach Ron Anderson. Heafy recovered to performing unclean vocals live with the same frequency as before his injury, citing Anderson's lessons as a point of support and enhancement. According to him, the latest strategy is actually quicker than regular speaking.

Heafy's vocal range has widened greatly with the release of Trivium's fourth album, Shogun, from melodic singing to hardcore screams. In 2011, Trivium's fifth studio album, In Waves, was released with a greater emphasis on melody rather than skill, with some songs entirely composed of screaming, others without screaming at all, and several songs that mixed the two genres as well as older versions.

Heafy appears with lead guitar in Trivium occasionally, although he's not in charge of recording the beats.

Heafy performed in the post-hardcore style from Ember to Inferno, releasing one song titled "Head on Collision with a Rosebush Catching Fire" under the name Tomorrow Is Monday.

Heafy's collaborative 5-track EP with American YouTuber and singer Jared Dines was released on December 4, 2020.

Heafy's first single, "Tamashii no Houkai," from his black metal inspired project Ibaraki, was released on January 21, 2022. Ihsahn of black metal band Emperor Ihsahn appears on the album.

In comparison to Ihsahn, Ibaraki's debut album, Rashomon, was released on May 6, 2022, which features Nergal of Behemoth and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. Heafy's Japanese roots inspired the album's songs, borrowing from Japanese mythology and folklore.

Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions, released in 2005 by Roadrunner Records to commemorate the label's 25th anniversary. Four "team captains" were chosen: Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls, Scar the Martyr), Robb Flynn (Machine Head), and Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), as well as Heafy. "The End" was also written and performed by Heafy, who was captained by Dino Cazares. "In the Fire" was also recorded by guitarist and guitarist Corey Beaulieu, which included singer King Diamond, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Dave Chavarri. On the albums "Dawn of a Golden Age," "I Don't Wanta Be (A Superhero)" and "Blood and Flames," he also performed vocals.

In 2006, Heafy received the Metal Hammer "Golden God" award.

Jonathan Davis, Korn's lead vocalist, died ill at the Download Festival the same year. He performed one song, "Blind," for Korn.

Heafy — as well as several other metal artists — appears in the music videos for Machine Head's "All I Want" and "Moving On" by Asking Alexandria.

Heafy appeared on DragonForce's sixth studio album, Maximum Overload, in 2014. In three of the album's ten songs, "The Game," "Defenders" and "No More," he performed backing vocals.

Heafy was a member of the Metal Allegiance band in 2015. On the track "Destination: Nowhere," he provided lead vocals and additional guitars. He has also performed on guitar for the track "Triangulum I." Creation II. Evolution III. Destruction" has been a "destruction."

Heafy debuted on the album Arktis by fellow musician Ihsahn in 2016.

Heafy, a member of the Royal Academy of "Stabbing in the Dark" by Ice Nine Kills, was a featured guest-vocalist on a acoustic version of "Stabbing in the Dark" in October 2019.

Heafy appeared on "Dines x Heafy," a 5-song collaborative EP with youtuber Jared Dines on December 4, 2020. On the same day, the music video for "Dear Anxiety" was also released. Heafy and Dines had previously collaborated on a cover of "Better Now" by Post Malone.

Heafy appeared on Powerwolf's re-recording of "Fist by Fist (Sacralize or Strike)" on the deluxe version of Call of the Wild on July 16, 2021.

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