Mattie Montgomery

Mattie Montgomery
Mattie Montgomery (center) with the members of For Today.
Background information
Origin	Sioux City, Iowa, US
Genres	Christian metal,[1][2][3] metalcore[1][4]
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, songwriter, author, evangelist
Years active	2007-present
Labels	Facedown, Razor & Tie
Website	www.mattiemontgomery.com

Mattie Montgomery is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and frontman in the Christian metalcore band For Today.^[5] Mattie Montgomery has been with For Today since 2007, and has released five albums with the band. In addition to his work with For Today, Montgomery has his own solo gospel project named after himself in which he has released two albums and a book.^[6][7] He also preaches as a traveling evangelist when not recording or on tour.

Music career

Montgomery began his involvement in music at the age of fifteen, where he has stated he listened to bands such as Senses Fail and A Static Lullaby.^[8] Groups such as these opened the door to heavier bands that would inspire Mattie to try heavy vocals and screams in his singing. Before joining For Today, Montgomery was the lead vocalist for the melodic metal band Besieged.^[9]

For Today

Montgomery replaced For Today's original lead vocalist, Matt Tyler, in 2007.^[10] In an interview, Montgomery has said that he did not know a single member of the band before his joining. After only a few practices with the band, Montgomery began touring with them. He had given the members of For Today two conditions for his joining of the band: First, the band must have a Bible study together every day. Second, Mattie wanted the band to use their time on stage performing to minister to the audience.^[8] Since he joined For Today, Montgomery has played well over 700 shows and toured extensively in six countries with the group.^[11]

Discography

• Your Moment, Your Life, Your Time EP (Self-Released 2006)
• Ekklesia (Facedown Records, 2008)
• Portraits (Facedown Records, 2009)
• Breaker (Facedown Records, 2010) U.S. No. 54^[12]
• Immortal (Razor & Tie Records, 2012) U.S. No. 15
• Prevailer EP (Razor & Tie Records, 2013)
• Fight the Silence (Razor & Tie Records, 2014)

Videography

• "Agape"
• "Saul of Tarsus (The Messenger)" (directed by Drew Russ)
• "Devastator" (Scott Hansen Productions)
• "Seraphim" (directed by Drew Russ)
• "Fearless"
• "Foundation"
• "Flesh and Blood" (directed by Ramon Boutviseth)
• "Break the Cycle"
• "Molotov"

Solo Work

Mattie Montgomery has released three spoken-word gospel albums under his own name. His First album, When the Sons Become Fathers, was released on March 1, 2010, under the Come And Live! record label.^[13] His second solo album, The Keys to Open Ancient Gates, was released on June 14, 2011, under Catapult records.^{[7][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]} On October 1, 2013 he released the third album, See the Storm.

Personal life

Mattie Montgomery currently lives in Mobile, Alabama with his wife and two children.

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