Matt Townshend

Crooked Royals are a Progressive Metalcore band formed in Auckland, New Zealand. They have recently joined Periphery's record label 3DOT Recordings and released their debut album "Quarter Life Daydream"
Thay are a dual fronted band with soaring melodic cleans and intense screaming that is layered upon technical riffs and chuggy breakdowns.
They infuse metalcore with moments of head-spinning off-kilter prog, alternative melodies, and even nocturnal trap R&B.
This caught the attention of Lukas Magyar (Veil Of Maya Vocalist) who signed them to his management company New Industry Entertainment.
This has since led to Crooked Royals seeing international success with their releases and touring with Metalcore Heavyweights such as Periphery, Polaris, Silent Planet, The Plot In You, Dance Gavin Dance, Northlane, and Monuments.
Now Crooked Royals are one of the most exciting up and coming bands and are set to take the scene by storm with their pleasantly melodic and undeniably anthemic sound.
Showcasing a very fresh new take on the Metalcore genre with their sheer abundance of versatility.
Matt Townshend incorporates a wide variety of techniques ranging from common to unorthodox in his playing for Crooked Royals, utilising an approach that is inspired by classical guitar playing which results in a unique flavour for Modern Metalcore