Today is the birthday of the one, the only, the incredible, M Shadows. A man who needs no introduction.

A year ago this weekend was an amazing experience for us, it was when Avenged Sevenfold headlined the 2nd Stage at the first ever Sonisphere Festival right before Metallica hit the stage.  Poised right at the front barrier we were able to capture what we feel was the bands energy that day, memories we will treasure always.

This year we celebrate both Matt’s birthday and the anniversary of that day (this Sunday) at Sonisphere Festival.  We feel truly honored by the memories and the friends we made that day and we know when we see that Stage on site, we’ll think of Jimmy.

With that said Happy Birthday M Shadows!! A truly lovely fella!

If you haven’t already, to celebrate Matt’s birthday go out and buy a copy of NIGHTMARE, out now in stores! Visit www.avengedsevenfold.com or www.deathbatnews.com for more A7X updates.

Tonight Avenged Sevenfold will stream their concert live from Syracuse on their Ustream channel. Midnight UK time (7pm US-EDT/4pm US-PDT)….