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Acting · Fountain Valley, California, USA
M. Shadows (born Matthew Charles Sanders) is the lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
Known for
- Avenged Sevenquads: Revenge of Hue Sevenfold: Part 2 — M Shadows2026
- Avenged Sevenquads: Revenge of Hue Sevenfold: Part 1 — M Shadows2025
- Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos — Self2021
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington — Self2017
- Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen Resurrected — Himself2014
- Avenged Sevenfold - Live at Rock am Ring 20142014
- Avenged Sevenfold: Rock In Rio 2013 — Vocals2013
- Avenged Sevenfold - Rock Am Ring 20112011
- Avenged Sevenfold - Decade Of A7X — Himself2011
- Avenged Sevenfold: SWU Festival 20102010
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1981
Member of
- Avenged Sevenfoldsince 1999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,072
- Total plays
- 11,021
M. Shadows (born Matthew Charles Sanders on July 31, 1981), is the vocalist/lead singer for the American hard rock/heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He is from Huntington Beach, California but presently lives in Orange County. When Shadows was younger he was in a few other punk bands with Avenged Sevenfold's second guitarist Zacky Vengeance. There was a rumor circulating since a Revolver Magazine interview that Shadows had done damage to vocal chords, forcing the band to change their style of
Recent publications · Crossref
3 total works indexed
- The SHADOWS experiment at the CERN SPS
· 2024
- The SHADOWS experiment at the CERN SPS
· 2024
- zonder titel
· 2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Matthew Charles Sanders , ( 1981-07-31 ) July 31, 1981 (age 44) , Fountain Valley, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Heavy metal hard rock alternative metal progressive metal metalcore (early)
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards guitar
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Member of
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Formerly of
- Successful Failure
- Spouse
- Valary DiBenedetto ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 17, 2009</span>"}]]}'>2009 )
- Relatives
- Amy Sanders (sister) Synyster Gates (brother-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.avengedsevenfold.com
- Image
- Avenged Sevenfold-Rock im Park 2014 by 2eight 3SC7934.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1981-07-31
- Commons category
- M. Shadows
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Matthew Charles Sanders (born July 31, 1981), known by his stage name M. Shadows, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and a founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. In 2017, he was voted third in the list of Top 25 Greatest Modern Frontmen by Ultimate Guitar.
Early life