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 music.

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