Who are Avenged Sevenfold?

Now US metalheads Avenged Sevenfold have moved into prog metal and avant-garde concept albums, singer M Shadows reveals his inspirations US metal quintet Avenged Sevenfold sent a few shocks through their fanbase back in 2016 when they released the unashamed prog metal concept album The Stage.

Is Avenged Sevenfold releasing a new album in 2022?

Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows has given fans what they've been clamoring for — a timeline on the new record. The "Bat Country" singer has revealed that the long-awaited follow-up to the band's 2016 album, The Stage, is set to arrive before they play shows again in summer 2022.

Did 2020 affect Avenged Sevenfold's plans?

In his My Year 2020 interview, M. Shadows opens up about the Black Lives Matter movement, the lessons he learned this year, and how the new Avenged Sevenfold album is shaping up (spoiler: it's "nothing like anything we’ve done")… Unlike so many unfortunate bands and artists this year, 2020 didn’t affect Avenged Sevenfold ’s plans all that much.

Is Shadows putting out a '70 per cent' album?

Back in February, Shadows said that the record was "70 per cent" done, and he also hammered home the point that putting out an album and not touring on it for at least another year is unfeasible for contemporary rock bands. "The world has changed," he said.