2. Background Information
• Stage name: M. Shadows
• Birth name: Mathew Charles Sanders
• Born July 31, 1981
• Hometown: Huntington Beach CA
• Years active: 1999-Present
3. What type of music does this artist
perform?
• Hard rock
• Heavy metal
• Metalcore
4. What words would you use to describe the
style of this artist?
• Harsh
• Metalcore-style scream
• Screaming
5. What emotions does the music make you
feel?
• Some are mostly about situations people might be
going through and depending on the theme of the
songs emotions are displayed.
6. What special talent does this artist possess, and
how are they demonstrated?
• When he is singing he is eligible of screaming
without breaking his voice.
7. How does this music reflect the society in
which it was written?
• There are problems people face and in his song’s
lyrics that’s what it talks about. Recently the
drummer of his band died and in his bands last
album it mostly reflects on his death.