EP. 172 - Matt Heafy (Trivium / Ibaraki)

<p>Dying In Your Arms. Metal legend, Twitch royalty and guitar genies, <strong>Matthew Kiichi Heafy</strong>, is our guest on <strong>Episode 172</strong> of <strong>Sappenin' Podcast</strong>! The <strong>Trivium</strong> vocalist discusses his goal for changing heavy music, embracing his Japanese heratige and how online communities can bring everyone together. In this conversation, Heafy opens on Trivium's biggest ups and downs, how Twitch sparked different creativity, his black-metal project <strong>IBARAKI</strong>, promoting different cultures, getting <strong>Gerard Way</strong> (<strong>My Chemical Romance</strong>) to scream on a song, moments he never thought he'd achieve, writing a kids book, fatherhood, why Download Festival 2005 changed his career, their awkward relationship with magazine press, altering the way <strong>Metallica</strong> play guitar, touring accents, Roadrunner United, Magic The Gathering, humble evolutions and more! Turn it up and join&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fakeseansmith/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sean</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mhrichards_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Morgan</a>&nbsp;to find out Sappenin' this week!</p><br><p>Follow us on Social Media:</p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/SappeninPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sappeninpod</a>.</p><p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sappeninpod/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sappeninpod</a>.</p><br><p>Special thank you to our Sappenin' Podcast Patreons:</p><p>Join the Sappenin' Podcast Community:&nbsp;<a href="https://play.acast.com/s/sappenin/Patreon.com/Sappenin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon.com/Sappenin</a>.</p><br><p>Kylie Wheeler, Janelle Caston, Amandine Urbano, Mitch Perry, Dilly Grimwood, Kelly Irwin, Nathan Crawshaw, Paul Hirschfield, Emma Barber, Kelly Young, Sammy G, Tony Michael, Kat Bessant, Dana La