Clinics

Matt Miller 

Akademia-Award-winning producer, engineer, and songwriter MATT MILLER side-steps these industry achievements to embark on something deeply introspective and personal; a transcendent, reactionary and vile personage embodying soaring progressive melodies and captivating crushing rhythms which engulf the listener in black clouds of desperation and shimmering hope.

Drawing upon the gut-wrenching timed-precision of European death metal stalwarts NECROPHAGIST and SPAWN OF POSSESSION, MATT MILLER progressively blends this approach with deep synthetic and symphonic atmospheres like that of DEVIN TOWNSEND, often arriving at surprisingly emotive and heart-clenching metallic passages like that of RIVERS OF NIHIL.

Calling upon other single-member death metal projects such as PUTRID PILE or INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY, the live performance can best be described as a reclaiming and repainting of the earth by a relentlessly sweeping and deranged berzerker appealing to the vast minions of the extreme music.  The combination of elements within MATT MILLER distills the traditions of the international metal realm, the progressive atmospheres of modernity, and reactions to a vile world into a single unrelenting persona of despair and vengeance.

MATT MILLER’s first self-produced instrumental EP came in 2017, drawing on influences from classic metal bands such as MEGADETH and IRON MAIDEN to shredders like YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and PAUL GILBERT, while combining a technical death metal approach to create a maximum intensity music with a frenetic and frantic feel and ferocious atmosphere.  Since then, and a few releases into this brief career, MATT MILLER boasts 12,000 consistent monthly listeners on Spotify before hitting the international touring circuit.  This was garnered from his 2017 EP, the 2021 self-released ‘Decrepit Shed’ LP, the ‘Reekomposer/Decomposer’ covers double LP, as well as the ‘8E’s’ 1980’s themed covers LP.

In 2022 Matt released the formidable original instrumental LP Monument of Velocity on Blood Blast Distribution. Matt also toured supporting Rings of Saturn on the CYBER SHRED TOUR 2022. 29 shows encompassing the continental United States. Matt has released the cover LP Only What the Light Allows through Blood Blast Distribution.

In 2023 Matt assembled a full band consisting of drummer Jordan Kelso and bassist Justice Robinett both of whom are world class musicians. Soon after Matt headed to Europe in support of death metal pioneers Possessed on their Oblivion Over Europe Tour. 

In 2024 Matt began writing a new instrumental LP. After completing the demos it became abundantly clear that the new record required vocals. Thus vocalist Biko Wright entered the fray and the end result became the new LP Fiber Tormentum. Fiber Tormentum is a step forward and makes the bold statement that nothing will stop Matt on his campaign of musical devastation.

Matt Miller hails from the rain soaked northern Oregon Coast; influenced by the natural foreboding environment. 

Press:

“Soaring, crushing, ferocious, emotive, and relentless, are words that strongly describe
Decrepit Shed. The album has a lot to offer from various metal sub-genres and
encompasses the best elements of technical guitar playing while still having well-
written songs”. – Brave Words

“Monument of Velocity” initially had a different title and was not going to be a Matt
Miller release and some of the songs were written with vocals in mind and were not
going to be instrumental, however it turned out to be the sixth of seven powerful
albums in his discography. contains eight tracks full of technical and progressive
metal eliciting feelings of suspense, and tension while being fun, melodic and brutally
heavy. Miller’s melodic and relentless music has a wide range of influences and is
recommended for fans of Jeff Loomis, Necrophagist, and Obscura”. – Rock’n’ Load

“Even though Miller’s music is instrumental, he likes to think of the guitar as a voice.
Which in turn makes him ask what is the guitar saying? He is able to easily convey
emotion, tone, and a story even without the use of vocals. Throughout his releases, his
music has developed a more modern sound in both the music and the production.
Musically the songs are more well written and a lot of the ideas he writes are being
accurately represented. He is always trying to push himself as a musician and this is
reflected in his discography. Influenced primarily by technical and progressive death
metal with a dash of power metal and symphonic metal as well, Matt Miller’s music is
recommended for fans of Obscura, Dragon Force, and Racer X”. – Metal Sucks

“Mr. Miller can shred like his fingers are on fire” Ever-Metal.com

“Matt shreds all over this album with guitar solos galore”. – Transcending the Mundane

“Soaring, crushing, ferocious, and emotive, Miller conveys a wide range of tones
throughout his instrumental music. It is recommended for fans of Dragon Force, Racer
X, and Jeff Loomis”.- Metal-Rules

“For guitar enthusiasts, I guess it is a feast for the eyes and ears”. – Antichrist
Magazine