M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold shares worries about the future of music

Avenged Sevenfold leader M. Shadows discussed the tragic death of Ozzy Osbourne and how it changed his perspective on how he lives his own life in a recent interview with Playboy, as per Blabbermouth.

Every record we write about, especially [2023’s] ‘Life Is But A Dream…’ and [2016’s] ‘The Stage’ are based on sort of how quickly life passes. It seems like yesterday that I was in my mom’s garage starting this band, and now in a blink of an eye, we’re all in our forties now. And it’s crazy how quickly time passes. And we’re gonna start seeing some more of the legends that kind of showed us the path, they’re gonna be passing away, and that’s part of life and that’s part of living in the moment and trying to really be present with everything that’s happening all the time.

M. Shadows also discussed the recent formal closure of MTV’s remaining 24-hour music channels due to a noticeable shift in consumer preferences toward streaming services.

The way you heard new music was through radio and through MTV. And the Internet has changed everything. I think the Internet has created a very exciting new era for music, but it also creates a lot of confusion and you also lose a lot of things that were very nostalgic for people. We would watch ‘Beavis And Butt-head’ and find new metal bands. We would watch ‘TRL’ and see what was happening in pop culture. For us, ‘Bat Country’ was a huge music video for us, and MTV played it a lot and that really helped us kind of kick off ‘City Of Evil’. So music videos were huge for us. They were huge growing up… So, yeah, for me, MTV was huge.

M. Shadows also discussed the new song “Magic” by Avenged Sevenfold, which is part of Black Ops 7 Season 1’s largest seasonal content release in “Call of Duty” history.

‘Magic’ is something that we were writing for the new ‘Call Of Duty’ Black Ops 7. It’s a little more dissonant and a little more abstract than most things we’ve done. But at the end of the day, it’s supposed to evoke some sort of feeling, and whether people understand it or don’t, it’s definitely evokes some feelings. So, it’s just something that we got together [and wrote] and felt it was compelling.

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