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Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows defends sending video message to Israeli hostages freed by Hamas: “It really is about two human beings that have been through hell”

The singer also voices his “respect” for Disturbed’s David Draiman, who’s facing backlash for signing an IDF artillery shell last year

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“Due to a specific condition called a vocal fold hematoma”: Avenged Sevenfold postpone Latin American tour after M Shadows reports a ruptured blood vessel in his vocal cord

Dates are set to be rescheduled for January

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Rate my music taste: these are my five favourite metalcore albums ever

I think these are the greatest metalcore albums ever. Agree with me?

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“He does feel a bit like our saviour. It’s good to know he’s kind of protecting us”: How Mike Portnoy helped save Avenged Sevenfold after the The Rev died

Dream Theater man’s stand-in role may have complicated his own position, but the younger band were grateful for his unflappable optimism as they fought to keep going

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"I thought, 'When I can play that, I'll finally admit I'm a good guitarist.'" Watch Sophie Lloyd pick out her five favourite guitar solos of all time

Guitar hero and YouTube sensation Sophie Lloyd picks out the solos that changed her life - featuring Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd, Avenged Sevenfold and more

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“Everybody was fighting in the streets, getting thrown through car windows, it was insane! The cops arrested Jimmy and he went to jail!”: How Avenged Sevenfold went from metalcore brats to 21st century metal heavyweights

The rise and rise of Avenged Sevenfold, in their own words

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“The lowest on my list of things we’ve ever done”: M. Shadows names the Avenged Sevenfold song he considers a “throwaway”

“That’s not a great ballad. We’ve had much better ballads.”

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Live Is But A Dream…: Avenged Sevenfold announce European summer tour for 2025

The hard rock/heavy metal titans will play arenas and festivals across the continent in June

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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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"You do not need to be a gamer to enjoy this." Avenged Sevenfold celebrate 25th anniversary by launching a 'digital museum' on Fortnite

One of metal's biggest bands are celebrating a huge milestone in the most Avenged way possible

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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 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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"The first thought about the band that went through my mind was: ‘The band’s over.'" How Avenged Sevenfold found the strength to carry on after the death of The Rev - with the unlikely help of Mike Portnoy and the guy who wrote 50 Cent's biggest hit

In 2010, Avenged Sevenfold attempted to rally and continue their career after experiencing the unimaginable

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Synyster Gates on the reactions to Life Is But A Dream: "I think, for a lot of people, this is the death of Avenged Sevenfold."

Avenged Sevenfold stand by their bold latest album, but their guitarist knows that for some fans it may be a step too far

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Avenged Sevenfold announce North American tour dates for 2024

Avenged Sevenfold will hit the US and Canada next spring for the next leg of their Life Is But A Dream...world tour, with Poppy and Sullivan King in tow

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Download 2024 lineup announced: Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold to headline, plus Royal Blood, The Offspring, Corey Taylor, Machine Head, Babymetal, Bad Omens and dozens more bands also confirmed

Download's 2024 lineup is officially here

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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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What happened when Avenged Sevenfold released a prog metal concept album

With 2016's The Stage Avenged Sevenfold set themselves on a path away from their original heavy metal sound. This is the story...

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"We want to give people anxiety": how Avenged Sevenfold made 2023's strangest, most divisive heavy metal record with Life Is But A Dream...

Avenged Sevenfold shocked many fans with their eighth studio album. As the band themselves tell us, however, it was simply the record they had to make

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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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"The Dark Side Of The Moon of the modern era": Avenged Sevenfold fans review Life Is But A Dream...

We asked rock and metal fans for their reactions to Avenged Sevenfold's ambitious new album Life Is But A Dream... - here's what they had to say

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Avenged Sevenfold hoped to make Life Is But A Dream... even weirder by having Lionel Richie sing on it

Avenged Sevenfold were in talks with Lionel Richie to feature on their wild new album Life Is But A Dream...but things didn't quite go to plan

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