# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-shadows
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:20:39.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-shadows"
name: "M. Shadows"
slug: "m-shadows"
description: "Matthew Charles Sanders, 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."
tagline: "American heavy metal singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Avenged_Sevenfold_(32509055635).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.646828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2192367"
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    handle:    "3fZe2R3lnjpiDoZpPLjL84"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.avengedsevenfold.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "M. Shadows"
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    title: "M. Shadows"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "M. Shadows"
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    title: "M. Shadows"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump