Avenged Sevenfold On How Ennio Morricone Was “One Constant Influence On Our Entire Career”

Following in the footsteps of Metallica, Slash and System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian, Huntington Beach metal titans Avenged Sevenfold have paid tribute to late composer Ennio Morricone, whose work, they say, was “one constant influence” on their entire career. In an Instagram post paying their respects to the 91-year-old musical legend, Avenged point to multiple songs across their discography for fans to recognise Ennio’s “most obvious influence” – from Sidewinder on 2005’s City Of Evil, to Roman Sky on the band’s most recent LP, 2016’s The Stage. “One constant influence on our entire career would have to be that of Ennio Morricone,” they write. Read this: 8 lesser known Avenged Sevenfold songs that everyone needs to hear “He truly did what no othe...

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2010 release, the fifth album from the Alt-Metal outfit, produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace. The album is the first from the band without drummer James the Rev Sullivan, who passed away in December. Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy plays drums on the album. Over the years, Avenged Sevenfold has built a fanatical fan base that includes more than one million fans on Facebook. They have also attracted 93 million plays on MySpace.

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