NEWS 2020/07/31
From tiny venues in their native California to the world’s biggest stages, Avenged Sevenfold have experienced the highs, lows and everything in-between that comes with hitting the road (including the early thrill of being paid with pizza). Here, frontman M. Shadows remembers his most life-changing experiences – both as a youngster watching his favourite bands, and now as festival and arena-conquering metal titan… The first show I ever went to as a fan… “The first ‘big’ band I ever saw was Reel Big Fish. Me and [late A7X drummer] The Rev went when we were kids – Jimmy’s dad took us, and he’d bring a book and sit in the corner. And we would mosh while everyone else was skanking, because we thought that was what you were supposed to do (laughs). We wen...
Nightmare
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.