A word to the wise when the fire dies, you
think it's over, but it's just begun..


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

M. Shadows .

So this is day two of my amazing blog, and i've decided that if you've gotten through reading my small novel-like intro, then you might be able to bear through this one. I've come to the conclusion that today shall be about the lead singer of Avenged Sevenfold, also known as M. Shadows. Writing his name makes me wonder why singers change their names, and where they come up with the ones they do change to. What would you change yours to? If you have any really creative choices, i definitely encourage commenting on this post, to let me know. Buuut anyways. Back to M.Shadows. His real name is Matthew Charles Sanders and he was born july 1, 1981. Crazy enough, he started playing the piano first when he was a youngin, then eventually began learning the guitar. I guess he found that he had a pretty awesome voice and sang with a highschool punk band during his school years. In 1999, he and some band members who are still with him in Avenged Sevenfold today, created A7X and Shadows was going to choose the name "avenged sevenfold" or "lips of deceit". Im personally glad they chose what they chose. This is a poster of them in their earliest years, which i find kind of intimidating and a bit creepy, and the next picture down is that of M.Shadows.

Outside Article:
The band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev and Matt Wendt. M Shadows came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from The Bible, which can be found in Genesis 4:24, although they are not a religious band. Upon its formation, each member of the band also took on a pseudonym which were already nicknames of theirs from high school.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Welcome to the Family

So this is my first real blog, and i'm not really sure what to expect with these things, or what to talk about really, but i figured i'd give it my best shot. The purpose of this blog is to show everyone how much i love the band, Avenged Sevenfold, and everything they do. I hope that many other fans see this and maybe learn a few things along the way. I'm also hoping that this blog doesnt turn into a disaster and make everyone leave immediately after seeing this post. I'm not trying to make this all serious and lame, but it's for school, and school just happens to be that way. I will, however, try my best to make it interesting. Below, is a picture of my most favourite band, the famous A7X.











So i've already gone over how this blog is going to be all about Avenged Sevenfold, so if you really hate that band, or genre, you'd be better off in leaving now. I first heard this band last year i believe, on my brother's music, and loved everything about them right away. I don't think there's one song of theirs that i honestly do not enjoy listening to. The album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, is as scream-o as they get, but the rest is not as metal as you would think. Throughout my time with this blog, i'll be talking about the band members and such, how they became part of the band, and maybe some secret talents they discovered along the way. I'm also going to be discussing some of my personal favourite songs, which on your part, as the reader, may not be as enjoyable as you might have hoped, but you can just skip that post if necessary. I think i'll also be following their tours or just talking about where have played and what not. My brother had gone to one of their concerts quite a number of years ago, but still says today, that it was an amazing concert. But i mean its avenged sevenfold, everything they do in my opinion is amazing. I've bought all of their albums and i love them so much; i dont think i go a day without listening to them, which is kinda funny, because i happen to be listening to "Dear God" right as we speak. Anyway, this picture posted above is a picture of the amazingly talented, M.Shadows, who happens to be the band's singer, whom i also wish to marry someday. Not a big deal. I'm going to wrap it up here, i hope this first post wasnt as terrible and hopeless as i thought it might be, and i'll be back tomorrow i suppose.