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Matt Heafy: “I knew me and Gerard Way doing a track together would break the elitist mindset of what black metal can be”

By Amit Sharma Published

The Trivium frontman discusses his new signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom Origins series, explains how Ihsahn empowered him to subvert black metal, and teases more signature gear...

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Watch Matt Heafy deliver a poignant rendition of Johnny Cash’s Hurt cover on a Gibson SJ-300 acoustic

By Sam Roche Published

The Trivium frontman pays tribute to the Man in Black with his version of the classic Nine Inch Nails track

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Epiphone MKH Origins Les Paul Custom
Epiphone and Matt Heafy launch MKH Les Paul Custom Origins Collection, including 25.5"-scale 7-strings

By Sam Roche Published

The Trivium man's new signature line comprises 6- and 7-string models in right- and left--handed configurations, all loaded with Fishman Fluence humbuckers and available in Ebony or Bone White finishes

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Marcos Mena of the band Standards
From two-hand-tapped math-pop to arena-primed blues-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

On tap this week are exciting and vital new tunes from Standards, Larkin Poe, Thrice, Malevolence, Foals, Horsegirl, Coheed and Cambria, Everything Everything and more

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Matt Heafy plays one of his signature Epiphone Les Pauls
Matt Heafy teaches the ins and outs of Trivium's most ferocious riffs in latest episode of Gibson's Riff Lords

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Signature Epiphone Les Paul in hand, Heafy offers up some useful technical tips, and reveals how the unusual healing of a broken pinky on his fretting hand helps him with some particularly gnarly stretches

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[L-R] Matt Heafy and Gerard Way
Matt Heafy recruits My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way on epic new Ibaraki single, Rōnin

By Sam Roche Published

The nine-minute track is the third from Heafy's solo side project, and again features Emperor guitarist Ihsahn

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[L-R] Matt Heafy and Nergal
Matt Heafy announces Rashomon, the debut album of his black metal side project, Ibaraki, and recruits Behemoth's Nergal for new single, Akumu

By Sam Roche Published

The track – which is again co-written with Emperor's Insahn – sees Heafy further exploring the scope of his black-metal songwriting prowess

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Sophie Lloyd and Matt Heafy
Sophie Lloyd and Matt Heafy tease collaborative track

By Matt Owen Published

The Instagram shred sensation and heavy metal maestro have been hard at work in the studio

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Matt Heafy (left), Ihsahn
Matt Heafy recruits Emperor's Ihsahn for first single from long-awaited black-metal project Ibaraki

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Tamashii No Houkai is topped off by a breathtaking solo from Ihsahn, who has also taken on a role as Ibaraki's producer

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[L-R] Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu of Trivium
Trivium: “We wanted to capture lightning in the bottle rather than plan too much. There were no constraints, limitations or boundaries”

By Amit Sharma Published

Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu on how they produced the band's shreddiest album to date, In The Court Of The Dragon

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