1. Matthew Kiichi Heafy is a Japanese-American musician, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for heavy metal band Trivium.
32 Facts About Matt Heafy
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Matt Heafy was the lead vocalist for the band Capharnaum, along with Trivium's former producer Jason Suecof.
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In 2017, Heafy was voted sixth on the Ultimate Guitar list "Top 25 Greatest Modern Frontmen".
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Matt Heafy was born in Iwakuni, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an American father.
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Matt Heafy has a younger sister, Michelle, who is a YouTuber.
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Matt Heafy completed his senior year while touring in Europe and graduated in 2004.
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Matt Heafy learned to play the tenor saxophone in years leading up to becoming more serious on guitar at the age of eleven.
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Matt Heafy cites being introduced to heavy metal by his classmate, David, who gave him a copy of Metallica's self-titled album.
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Matt Heafy does know how to read sheet music, but can only apply it on the saxophone.
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The drummer Travis Smith persuaded Matt Heafy to do vocals, even though Matt Heafy himself was unsure of his singing voice at that time.
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Matt Heafy taught himself growling and screaming, especially doing so during the band's early years.
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In 2016, Matt 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.
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On December 4,2020, Matt Heafy released a collaborative 5-track EP with American YouTuber and musician Jared Dines.
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On January 21,2022, Matt Heafy unveiled the first single, "Tamashii no Houkai", from his black metal influenced project Ibaraki.
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Matt Heafy wrote the lyrics and sang the lead vocals to "The End," captained by Dino Cazares.
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Matt Heafy won the Metal Hammer "Golden God" award in 2006.
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In 2014, Matt Heafy contributed to DragonForce's sixth studio album titled Maximum Overload.
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In 2015, Matt Heafy contributed to the metal supergroup album Metal Allegiance.
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Matt Heafy provided lead vocals and additional guitars on the track "Destination: Nowhere".
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In 2016, Matt Heafy appeared on the album Arktis by fellow musician Ihsahn.
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In October 2019, Matt Heafy was a featured guest-vocalist on an acoustic version of "Stabbing in the Dark" by Ice Nine Kills.
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On December 4,2020, Matt Heafy appeared on a 5-song collaborative EP with youtuber Jared Dines titled "Dines x Matt Heafy".
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Matt Heafy and Dines had previously collaborated on a cover of "Better Now" by Post Malone.
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On July 16,2021, Matt Heafy provided guest vocals on Powerwolf's re-recording of "Fist by Fist " on the deluxe version of Call of the Wild.
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Matt Heafy appears as a guest vocalist in Funcom's Metal: Hellsinger, and has provided two songs for "The Awakened King" expansion of Remnant 2.
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On November 10,2023, Matt Heafy performed the song "Tears Don't Fall" on stage with the band Bullet For My Valentine at their show in his hometown of Orlando.
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Matt Heafy had a guest appearance on Enterprise Earth's fifth studio album Death:An Anthology which was released on February 2,2024.
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Matt Heafy stopped using Deans in 2009 after some disagreements.
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Matt Heafy had previously been seen playing his signature models on the Dream Theater "A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour".
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On January 9,2010, Matt Heafy married Ashley Howard in Orlando, Florida.
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Matt Heafy returned home from tour to be with Ashley while she gave birth while the tour finished with Howard Jones and Johannes Eckerstrom performing guest vocals on various songs and YouTuber Jared Dines filling in on guitar.
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In January 2023, Matt Heafy made the news by responding to a Cameo request from a user that mistook him for Healy.