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“It doesn’t wanna make us get out of bed”: Avenged Sevenfold won’t tour celebrating classic albums, says M. Shadows

If you were hoping for a City Of Evil 20th anniversary tour to happen next year, we have some bad news…

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“We’ve done Jimmy justice. Whether we quit or not, we’ve done what we were put on earth to do”: how Avenged Sevenfold emerged from tragedy with Nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare album was released on July 27, 2010 – their first without late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan

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“There is nothing cooler in this world than being a good dad.” A more mature but ever boundary-pushing Avenged Sevenfold bring Download's most challenging year to a close in style

After a weekend of torrential rain, endless mud and regular sound issues, Avenged Sevenfold remind us all of what Download is really all about

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“We want to be top of the game for our generation. We want to headline Download!”: how Avenged Sevenfold stepped up to metal’s big league with Hail To The King

Avenged Sevenfold headline the 2024 Download Festival this weekend – but they were talking about it more than 10 years ago

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“I’m a 42-year-old man”: M. Shadows slams old record label for trying to create Avenged Sevenfold “viral Tiktok moment”

Avenged Sevenfold’s singer has torn the state of modern major labels to shreds in a new interview

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“There are five million disgraceful heavy metal bands. What’s the point of being just another Metallica imitator?”: how Avenged Sevenfold took on the haters with their epic fourth album

Avenged Sevenfold’s self-titled fourth album found them ripping up their own blueprint - with brilliant results

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“I think fans are going to be blown away”: Avenged Sevenfold release virtual-reality concert Looking Inside

The arena-metal titans’ 26-minute VR performance is available to download via the App Store and Meta Quest

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“I should’ve died of alcohol poisoning!” How Waking The Fallen catapulted Avenged Sevenfold to international fame and new levels of debauchery

On August 26, 2003, Avenged Sevenfold went from underground punks to metalcore superstars with Waking The Fallen. Then the following tour tested their will to survive…

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Avenged Sevenfold singer M Shadows picks his ten favourite concept albums

Now US metalheads Avenged Sevenfold have moved into prog metal and avant-garde concept albums, singer M Shadows reveals his inspirations

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Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows: "technology overuse is killing metal and killing rock"

Avenged Sevenfold's M Shadows explains why modern production techniques are having a detrimental effect on metal's ability to translate to the mainstream

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Every single Avenged Sevenfold album ranked from worst to best

From debut album Sounding The Seventh Trumpet to proudly off-the-rails latest album Life Is But A Dream..., this is every Avenged album ranked in order of awesomeness

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Avenged Sevenfold's first ever show at Madison Square Garden is a mixed bag for a band with such lofty ambitions

Dodgy sound, strange lighting choices and a misfired attempt to integrate their new music undermines an otherwise solid showing at the world's most famous arena

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Avenged Sevenfold found angry reactions to the band's new material hilarious: "we were just laughing"

Avenged Sevenfold aren't a band afraid to cause a stir, even if it's in their own fanbase

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Metal superstars Avenged Sevenfold: ‘Reading Camus led to psychedelic exploration with a shaman’

They weathered the death of their drummer to score back-to-back US No 1s – frontman M Shadows explains why they’ve now left ‘hockey arena metal’ behind to make an absurdly polarising album

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Loving the new Avenged Sevenfold album? Here are the 10 records you need to listen to next

From glitching electronics to unpredictable prog and heavy metal theatrics, ...Life Is But A Dream is an absolute trip. If you're enjoying it, here's where to go next

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5 new bands to listen to if you love Avenged Sevenfold

Want to know who the successors to Avenged Sevenfold are? Try these for size

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Avenged Sevenfold’s Life Is But A Dream… – the ultimate track by track breakdown

Avenged Sevenfold talk us through their upcoming new album Life Is But A Dream… track by track

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Avenged Sevenfold’s Life Is But A Dream… is a brilliantly deranged, LSD-soaked psycho-metal musical

Album review: Avenged Sevenfold have made the craziest album you’ll hear this year with Life Is But A Dream…

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M Shadows says The Rev would have loved Avenged Sevenfold’s wild new album: “He’d be stoked”

M Shadows reveals late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan’s influence on Avenged Sevenfold’s experimental Life Is But A Dream… album

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“We did a lot of f**king drugs - the good kind!": Synyster Gates on Avenged Sevenfold's new album Life Is But A Dream...

Avenged Sevenfold's forthcoming album Life Is But A Dream... is a wild ride

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Here are all the bands that every member of Avenged Sevenfold were in before Avenged Sevenfold

They may be one of the 21st century's biggest metal bands, but Avenged Sevenfold's various members have certainly spent time elsewhere

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The story behind every Avenged Sevenfold album cover art

From the striking to the bizarre, here are the stories behind all eight of Avenged Sevenfold's album covers

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The 10 greatest Avenged Sevenfold riffs ever

Reinventing the guitar hero for 21st century metal, these are the 10 riffs that have defined Avenged Sevenfold's career

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10 completely bonkers guest spots from metal legends on non-metal songs

From Ozzy rapping and Rob Zombie collabing with P Diddy to Serj Tankian teaming with Benny Benassi, these are some appearances from metal icons we were NOT expecting

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M Shadows credits a "deep" exploration into psychedelic drugs as the reason for Avenged Sevenfold's "bold" new sound

Profound experiences shared by vocalist M Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates while tripping on DMT have apparently influenced their band's new "boldness"

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