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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

Metal Hammer

“The most dangerous tour I ever did was the one with Mötley Crüe in the 80s. It was nuts. I said to my tour manager, ‘One of us is gonna die’”: This is what happened when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows interviewed Ozzy Osbourne for Metal Hammer

Two generations came together when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows met Ozzy Osbourne

Metal Hammer

"I couldn't care less about other people's opinions." M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold says they'll keeping pushing artistic boundaries

Avenged Sevenfold divided audiences with their latest album – and they aren't likely to play it safe next time around either

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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

Metal Hammer

"More trucks, more drivers, more gasoline, more travel. And we've already seen a lot of bands canceling tours. You're gonna see a lot more, because I know where we're at": Avenged Sevenfold star says touring is now "almost impossible" for most bands

M. Shadows on the modern economic realities of touring, even for established acts

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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.”

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

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

Metal Hammer

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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