Matthew Charles Sanders and Avenged Sevenfold

His Band

• Started a band called Avenged Sevenfold
• Arin Ilejay, M Shadows, Zacky V, Synyster Gates, and Johnny Christ
• Original drummer was Jimmy The Rev who passed in 2009 from drug and alcohol
• Arin Ilejay is the replacement drummer

Early life

• Was considered a troubled kid
• Huntington Beach, California is where he grew up
• He was expelled from two schools there
• Graduated from Huntington Beach High School
• During High School was in a band called "Successful Failure"

Albums

• Sounding The Seventh Trumpet (2001)
• Waking The Fallen (2003)
• City of Evil (2005)
• Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
• Nightmare (2010) 

albums (continued)

• Hail To The King (2013)

extra info

• Created stage name "M Shadows" for himself
• Wrote song "Carry on" for Black Ops II
• Band Formed in 1999
• "Avenged Sevenfold" is a biblical reference

Citations

• http://ariea7x.blogspot.com/2012/11/biography-mshadows-matthew-charles.html
• http://www.last.fm/group/Matthew+Charles+Sanders
• http://www.avengedsevenfoldnews.com/p/biografia.html#.UuQesftOkts