We’d like to wish Avenged Sevenfold bassist Johnny Christ a Happy 25th Birthday!
Avenged Sevenfold are having a sale in their Holiday Outlet department where you can get items for as low as $5! They are also offering free standard shipping on orders of $75 or more.
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Deathbat News turns 2 years old today! Over the past two years we have grown, and continue to grow, into one big close knit family. We appreciate all the support and dedication you guys continue to show more then you’ll ever know. For those of you who bring your unconditional support and for the new viewers who come across Deathbat News we promise another exciting year as Avenged Sevenfold gear up to release their next studio album. You’ve all made these past two years over the moon for us and we hope you all continue to stand beside us as we grow along the way. We appreciate you, we support you, we love you. Thank you.
As of right now we are coming in second to HIM in Metal Hammer’s “Best Metal Hammer Cover Ever” Poll. Avenged Sevenfold deserve to be #1 and we know you guys can give it to them! If you’ve voted already then you’re aware you can’t vote again but that shouldn’t stop you from getting others to! Point your friends and fellow fans to Metal Hammer and tell them to scroll down to the right to the poll and vote for Avenged Sevenfold. We’re always on top of our game when it comes to voting for the boys, can’t stop here!
Updated 11/16/09 4:36am HIM – May 2007 (36%, 9,270 Votes) / Avenged Sevenfold – Dec 2005 (30%, 7,757 Votes)
Metal Hammer has written up 9 things they’d like to see on the new Avenged Sevenfold album. Which things do you guys agree with? Disagree with? What would you like to see!
1. Riff after riff after motherfucking riff – When an Avenged album rolls around, you’re guaranteed to be hit with an avalanche of riffs of the highest quality. Make no mistake about it, when the new A7X album surfaces in 2010, this wish will be satisfied and then some.
2. Dark concepts – It already sounds like we’re going to get this. We’d like to see Avenged dig a little deeper into their imaginative side. They’d be ace at giving us a gore-splattered song about a serial killer or murderous demon, wouldn’t they?
3. The return of the piano – We were listening to Waking The Fallen recently and it’s easy to forget how incredible ‘I Won’t See You Tonight Part 1′ is. Dark, gothic and epic without lacking balls, it remains Avenged’s finest ‘ballad’ moment. Can they top it this time around?
4. Keep up the solos – Every A7X album has had finger-blistering solos littered all over them. We want this new album to be no exception.
5. A big time producer – Would a big name producer be able to bring the best out of A7X? Would Bob Rock be able to rub some of that black album magic all over Avenged and make them globe-conquerors on the biggest scale of all?
6. No vocoder – We were big fans of the last Avenged Sevenfold album…except for the bit where M. Shadows sounds like he’s been bitten by the Robot Cher that sung on the most annoying song of all time. Leave the vocoder outside this time, guys.
7. The return of the beatdown – They may have left their hardcore roots behind a while ago but we reckon it’s a path worth revisiting. Those epic recent A7X songs, the screeching leads and killer choruses could be enhanced further with the return of the beatdown. ‘Unholy Confessions’ remains the best tune of their career and it also contains one of their best beatdowns. Coincidence?
8. Pace injection – Avenged are at their best when they’re hurtling along like a locomotive. ‘Eternal Rest’, ‘Burn It Down’, ‘Trashed And Scattered’ – all fast as fuck, all completely killer. We’ve got no problem with mid-paced Avenged (’Scream’ is a belter) but they’re at their best when they’re slamming at the speed of light.
9. Keep on keeping on – The past 3 Avenged Sevenfold albums have all been absolute scorchers. There’s no need for the band to reinvent the wheel or change their sound too much. Just keep the metal coming thick and fast.
Submitted by Monkia, Thanks!
M Shadows recently dished his album of the year to Metal Hammer.
Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows tells us about his musical highlights of 2009.
We asked Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows to comment on his favourite albums from 2009 and here’s what he told us:
“That’s tough. My favourite non-metal album is Dave Matthews ‘Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King’. Megadeth’s album was great. I think the new Atreyu record is good. I think the metal album of the year would have to be Dream Theater’s Dark Clouds And Silver Linings. I love Dream Theater. The new record is unbelievable. I like a lot of prog stuff and I like a lot of the European metal stuff but to me Dream Theater… I love big, long songs and I love listening to Petrucci and Portnoy, and I even like James Labrie’s voice, so…
Do you think an Avenged Sevenfold fan would be surprised that you have such esoteric tastes?
“We like to throw our fans curveballs. But if it’s good I’ll listen to it. I listen to everything from pop music to Maroon 5, all sorts of shit. I just love it all, I eat it up. At the end of the day I don’t listen to only metal – you can’t eat steak every night! You have to have to have Taco Bell once in a while…”
Thanks to Gabby for sending this in!
We may not be getting any new music from Avenged Sevenfold soon but it looks like M Shadows and Slash are working on something cool together. We are excited to hear the track that he did with Slash, what about you guys? What kind of song do you think it’ll be?
Check out the brand new Vengeance University design! What do you guys think?
We’d like to take the time out to say thank you to those all of those who have served in the military and continue to do so to protect our country. And for those who are Deathbat News readers, please know that we are a fan of you as much as you are a fan of Avenged Sevenfold.
The Congregation Gallery will be presenting the second annual Metal Art Show on Nov 14th featuring The Devils Orchestra and The Dirty Lounge and currated by our good friend Cam Rackam. Doors will open at 9PM and will feature over 50 original paintings and sculptures. More information can be found on the flyers below:
Artists from Tool, Metallica, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Sepultura, Avenged Sevenfold, Daath, Back Dahlia Murder, Soulfly, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, Meshuggah, Kreator, Korn, AC/DC, Cannibal Corpse, and Cavalera Conspiracy will have new work on display, as well as an array of the world’s finest talent in Metal themed art. Opening night promises nothing less, than an orgy of sensory overload. We look forward to seeing you there.
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This is awesome! Jonah has done a great cover of “Afterlife” on drums. The catch is, this kids only 4 years old and he’s self-taught! Check out the video below:
While you’re at it, check out this video of “Afterlife” being performed solely on a flute!
Vengeance University has teamed up once again with Munk One to bring you guys a new design just in time for the Christmas holidays.
Our friends over at Devil Bear Rock have posted a handful of unseen photos of Avenged Sevenfold from Sonisphere. Check them out by clicking the small picture below:
Metal Hammer will be celebrating 200 issues on December 19th and they want you guys to pick your favorite! Out of 50 of their choices you can pick which one you like the best and of course Avenged Sevenfold is included with their December 2005 “Sin City” issue! The poll is on right bottom right of their homepage.
Thanks to Deathbat-JP for tweeting us with this!
