Singer M. Shadows has revealed that Avenged Sevenfold were behind the deepfake A.I. “hack” that falsely announced the cancellation of the band’s festival appearances.
Back in February, an episode of the band’s “Trax” podcast was uploaded with a snippet of audio that appeared to be M. Shadows addressing fans, informing them that Avenged Sevenfold would no longer appear at two US festivals — Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple — as the band completed work on its long-awaited album, Life Is But a Dream…, due out this Friday (June 2nd).
The episode was uploaded to Spotify and shared on the band’s Twitter account. M. Shadows soon responded: “Yikes! This is Not True. We are still playing. Getting to the bottom of this. … What the actual fuck… Not Me!”
As it turns out, Avenged Sevenfold were orchestrating a bizarre augmented reality stunt to promote their new album. They did,...
Back in February, an episode of the band’s “Trax” podcast was uploaded with a snippet of audio that appeared to be M. Shadows addressing fans, informing them that Avenged Sevenfold would no longer appear at two US festivals — Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple — as the band completed work on its long-awaited album, Life Is But a Dream…, due out this Friday (June 2nd).
The episode was uploaded to Spotify and shared on the band’s Twitter account. M. Shadows soon responded: “Yikes! This is Not True. We are still playing. Getting to the bottom of this. … What the actual fuck… Not Me!”
As it turns out, Avenged Sevenfold were orchestrating a bizarre augmented reality stunt to promote their new album. They did,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
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