Matthew Kiichi Heafy ♥

Heafy is Japanese on his mother's side and American on his father's side. As stated in an interview, he was born in Iwakuni, Japan, and only lived there for one year. His family then moved to Orlando, Florida, where he currently resides.

Heafy's influences include artists such as Iron Maiden and Metallica.(kau ROCK weyy >.<)

Heafy attended Lake Brantley High School. He completed his senior year while also touring in Europe, and graduated in 2004. He currently plays a custom Gibson 7-string guitar ( COOL GILE KAN!!). He used 6-string guitars for Trivium's first two albums, utilizing standard tuning and Drop D tuning on Ember to Inferno, and solely drop D tuning on Ascendancy (OhmyGod. Huhuhu~)On Trivium's third record, The Crusade, he returned to standard tuning and performed some songs on 7-string guitars. On Shogun, Heafy used 7-string guitars almost exclusively, with only two songs using a 6-string.(All hail Heafy, okayy!)

On January 10, 2010, Heafy married Ashley Howard in Orlando, Florida. The wedding was attended by close friends and family (:

p/s : KipassusahmatiHeafy ♥