Matt Halpern (born June 21, 1983) is an American drummer best known for his work with progressive metal band Periphery.

In 2009, after his stint with Animals as Leaders, Halpern joined progressive metal band Periphery, replacing the departing Travis Orbin.

[2] In 2012 Halpern launched Bandhappy.com, an educational website where students had the opportunity to take live one-on-one video lessons with various established artists.

In 2020, Sotelo revived the project, now rechristened King Mothership, alongside Halpern on drums and Tai Wright (former drummer for Slaves) on bass, and released their debut album The Ritual on October 2, 2020.

[7] Halpern uses and endorses Pearl drums and hardware,[8] Meinl cymbals,[9] Promark drumsticks, and Evans drumheads.