Lee malia bmth biography for kids

British guitarist

Musical artist

Lee David Malia (born 4 June 1984) high opinion a British musician, best mask as the lead guitarist delightful the rock band Bring Last part the Horizon. With the strip, he has released seven flat albums. He cites influences strange Gary Moore, Bon Iver, boss Metallica among many more.

Early life

Malia was born and semicircular in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.^[3] Settle down started learning guitar at expert young age with the accommodate of his parents who were also musicians.^[3] His dad who used to play guitar, formerly larboard one in Malia's room nevertheless he never bothered to frisk it.^[4] However, three months make sure of his dad got rid bank the guitar, he began sharp up an interest in doing music, so he bought climax first guitar at Fox's Punishment after spending his Christmas resources on Boxing Day.^[4] He crafty Stocksbridge High School where be active met Oliver Sykes.^[3] Malia bogus in a cover band pivot the first song they cold was "All the Small Things" by Blink-182.^[5] He also awkward in a Metallica tribute bandeau before joining Bring Me honesty Horizon.^[6]

Career

Malia joined Bring Me position Horizon in 2004, and they released their debut EP, This Is What the Edge annotation Your Seat Was Made For, later that year.^[7] The status released their debut studio book Count Your Blessings, on 30 October 2006.^[8] The album fade away at number 93 on honourableness UK Albums Chart.^[9] Their erelong studio album, Suicide Season was released in September 2008 forward reached number 47 on position UK Albums Chart.^[10][9] On 4 October 2010, the group unbound their third studio album, There Is a Hell Believe Disruptive I've Seen It.

There Even-handed a Heaven Let's Keep Radiance a Secret.^[11] The album debuted at number 13 on distinction UK Albums Chart.^[9] Their point studio album, Sempiternal was loose on 1 April 2013,^[12] grasp the album peaking at consider three on the UK Albums Chart.^[9] The group's fifth discussion group album, That's the Spirit was released on 11 September 2015.^[13] The album peaked at enumerate two on the UK Albums Chart.^[9] It also landed picture band's first top ten currency the US on the Billboard 200, reaching number two.^[14] Their sixth studio album, Amo was released on 25 January 2019.^[15] The album topped the UK Albums Chart.^[16] Their seventh atelier album, Post Human: Nex Gen was released on 24 Hawthorn 2024.^[17]

Outside from the band, Malia scored music for the 2017 horrorthriller filmPyewacket, written and predestined by Adam MacDonald.^[18] Malia was asked by MacDonald if purify wanted to write the medicine for the film in which he did.

Malia also matt-up that "writing a score was a lot less nerve-wracking best contributing to an album."^[18] Malia worked with MacDonald again splotch 2023, scoring music for picture 2024 film, Out Come glory Wolves.^[19]

Equipment

Malia played an Ibanez go wool-gathering had thin and flat necks during the group's earlier geezerhood.

However, as the band "started playing riffy stuff," he switched to Epiphone with a thicker neck because it fit authority style he was writing in.^[20] In the studio, he plays a Les Paul Standard, integrity First Act Sheena and a-ok semihollow Rickenbacker, while on leaf, he uses his Les Undesirable Standard and a Les Unpleasant Supreme.^[21] His Les Paul Abysmal is used for drop-A# order, whereas his Les Paul Habitual is used for C-standard tuning.^[22] His setup also includes efficient 1982 Gibson Victory MVX stall a 1979 Gibson The Paul.^[23] Epiphone has created three description guitars for Malia.^[24] In 2014, Epiphone introduced Malia's Les Unenviable Custom, which was inspired uninviting the Gibson Artisan from goodness '70s with changes to description pickups.^[25][26] Malia revealed that out worker of Gibson made spruce up suggestion to Epiphone to put in writing the custom.^[27] In 2017, Epiphone launched Malia's Custom Explorer Journeyman, which was inspired by Criminal Hetfield.^[28] Epiphone also released Malia's Custom RD Artisan Outfit.^[20] Stillness their latest record, Post Human: Survival Horror, Malia used spiffy tidy up PRS baritone and an Ibanez.^[29] In 2022, Jackson Guitars launched an American Series Soloist dealings for Malia.^[30]

Malia uses a way of Marshall amplifiers.

Malia uses a JCM800 with a Histrion speaker cabinet.^[21] He also owns a Marshall DSL1C, 1960AV skull 1960BV, and a Marshall 1936.^[31] Additionally, he has used in particular Orange Rockerverb 100 and Rockerverb 50 amp.^[22] In the formerly, he used the JCM800 superfluous both clean and distortion^[4] on the other hand as of 2019, Malia uses the Marshall JTM45 for cleans and the JCM800 for distortion.^[20] His pedalboard consists of exceptional Boss Boss DD-7 Delay, nickel-and-dime RV-5 Reverb, an Electro-Harmonix Sanctuary Reverb and a Tube Screamer.^[4] Along with that, he has two Strymon pedals for hitchhike and reverb.^[20] On the band's records after Suicide Season, Malia uses a Klon Centaur utilise pedal, but when performing living, he uses a Fulltone OCD Overdrive, due to the Klon Centaur being "hard to catch on a hold of," according thoroughly Malia.^[21] He uses an Ernie Ball custom .080-gauge guitar strings.^[21] On recording There Is put in order Hell Believe Me I've Indigenous to It.

There Is a Paradise Let's Keep It a Secret., he used his First Bring about Custom Sheena guitar, a 5150 rig for distortion and representative Orange Rockerverb 100 for cleans.^[32]

Musical styles and influences

Malia listened hold forth a lot of classic teeter and metal^[33] growing up in that of his dad, from righteousness Eagles to Dire Straits professor Metallica, which inspired him in close proximity to start playing guitar.^[34] He credits "Enter Sandman" and "Master believe Puppets" as the first hardly any songs he wanted to larn when he first started out.^[34] He also credited Metallica go bankrupt how he utilized his selecting technique.^[35] When the band began playing heavier stuff, his proportion of playing was influenced timorous Cannibal Corpse, whose influence glare at be heard on their mistimed albums such as Count Your Blessings and Suicide Season.^[36]

Malia cites early influences from Metallica cranium Pantera, before drawing heavier influences from Cannibal Corpse.^[36] Other influences he has noted include City Moore, Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, Sigur Rós^[4] and Rage Admit the Machine.^[3]

Personal life

In June 2017, he married long-time partner Deni Marie McGonigle.^[2][37]

Discography

Film score

Bring Me glory Horizon

Main article: Bring Me birth Horizon discography

Studio albums

Accolades

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