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Rock Sound Reviews "Nightmare" (Album)Published on June 22, 2010 @ 10:11AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Rock Sound has put up their first review of "Nightmare", reviewing every song on it's own. Read a preview below. For the full review, go here! The article also includes a picture of a new photo shoot.
 Mike Portnoy On Recording "Nightmare" With Avenged Sevenfold And Death Bat TattoosPublished on June 22, 2010 @ 6:39AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!The Examiner has put up an interview with Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. Among questions about touring with Iron Maiden, they also questioned him about recording the upcoming Avenged Sevenfold album and getting a death bat tattoo.
"Nightmare" Will Be Released On Vinyl!Published on June 21, 2010 @ 9:08PM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!According to Hopeless Records, Avenged Sevenfold's previous record company, their upcoming album "Nightmare" will also be released on vinyl.
Updated Tour Schedule For Rockstar Uproar FestivalPublished on June 21, 2010 @ 12:16PM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Once again, Rockstar Uproar changed around some dates:
Mike Portnoy Hangs Out With M Shadows, Zacky & JohnnyPublished on June 20, 2010 @ 2:52AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy just tweeted the following:
 Syn Gates Interview In Young Guitar - August 2010Published on June 20, 2010 @ 2:00AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Japanese magazine Young Guitar will have an interview with Synyster Gates in their August issue of this year. The magazine will go on sale July 10th.
Avenged Sevenfold To Play Pointfest 27!Published on June 20, 2010 @ 1:54AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Avenged Sevenfold has been scheduled to play Pointfest 27 on August 14th as one of the headliners of the festival. The festival will take place at the Verizon Wireless Theater in Missouri and ticket will go on sale June 26th.
Johnny Christ Gets "The Rev" Death Bat TattooPublished on June 19, 2010 @ 6:02AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Tattoo artist Grant Cobb tweeted the following and included a photo of Johnny Christ's latest ink:
 Rumor: iTunes May Have Bonus Tracks On "Nightmare" CD DownloadPublished on June 19, 2010 @ 5:56AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!There's a rumor going around that iTunes may have a special edition of "Nightmare" for download when the album releases on July 27th. This special edition is said to have some bonus tracks on it.
Videos: Avenged Sevenfold In The Studio With 93X Rocks!Published on June 18, 2010 @ 12:26PM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Finally, the videos of M Shadows and Synyster Gates in the studio with 93X Rocks! Enjoy!
Bonus Track On "Nightmare" Album In Japan!Published on June 18, 2010 @ 6:55AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Looks like our Japanese fans will be getting a little extra along with the release of "Nightmare". According to the Japanese Amazon website, the Japanese release will include a bonus track called "Lost It All".
Avenged Sevenfold To Play KRockathon This July!Published on June 17, 2010 @ 1:08PM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Avenged Sevenfold will be one of the headliners of this years KRockathon festival. The festival will be celebrating its 15th anniversary on July 31st and will take place at the Infield Syracuse Fairgrounds in New York.
Part 3 Of The 99.7 The Blitz Interview With M Shadows & Synyster GatesPublished on June 17, 2010 @ 11:06AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Below is part 3 of the interview 9.7 The Blitz did with M Shadows and Synyster Gates. For the previous parts 1 and 2, click here.
Pre-Order Avenged Sevenfold "Nightmare" Box SetsPublished on June 17, 2010 @ 9:46AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Avenged Sevenfold have put up two different "Nightmare" box sets for you to pre-order. Head over to the official webstore and order yours!
Zacky Vengeance & M Shadows Interviewed By 94.9 Z-RockPublished on June 17, 2010 @ 7:55AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Zacky Vengeance and M Shadows were recently interviewed by the 94.9 Z-Rock radio station.
93X Rocks Interview With M Shadows & Synyster GatesPublished on June 17, 2010 @ 7:46AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!93X Rocks! has put up the interview they did with M Shadows and Synyster Gates recently. You can download it here.
 103.9 The X Interview With M Shadows & Synyster GatesPublished on June 17, 2010 @ 7:42AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!M Shadows and Synyster Gates did an interview with 103.9 The X yesterday. Download the podcast of the interview here and check out two photos of the guys in the studio below.
  Video Part 1, 2 & 3 Of The 95 WIIL Rock Interview With M Shadows & Synyster GatesPublished on June 17, 2010 @ 7:35AM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Below are the video parts 1, 2 and 3 of the interview M Shadows and Synyster Gates did with 95 WIIL Rock. Enjoy!
Ronni Hunter Interviews M Shadows & Synyster GatesPublished on June 16, 2010 @ 2:52PM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!Enjoy!!
Full Interview Of M Shadows & Synyster Gates With 95 WIIL RockPublished on June 16, 2010 @ 12:54PM // SHARE ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK!95 WIIL Rock posted a full transcription of their interview with M Shadows and Synyster Gates recently. A video will be available on their website soon. For now, read the entire transcription here! |
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Another slow-building, ballad-esque opening: “How do I live without the ones I love? Facing time always on my mind. I have so much to say, but you’re so far away.” Finally there’s something a little bit genuine in this. This track is the most heartfelt so far, but just as you think the song should end, out comes the acoustic guitar and a repeated build up launching straight into a ‘November Rain’-type guitar solo. Wow, Axl would be crying his eyes out right now.
‘GOD HATES US’
Quiet guitars lead into a colossal crashing of drums and a tune that is anthemic. Inspiring some serious fist pumping, this will be great for live shows. There’s a lot of hate here, mostly directed at God. There’s also possibly the worst beatdown known to man, but a widdly guitar solo redeems it, kind of.
A: Well, my contact with them began before Jimmy passed away. I had been in touch with Jimmy. He had been sending me e-mails because he'd been a big fan of mine. Then I became friends with M. Shadows. As soon as Jimmy passed, I called M. Shadows and expressed my thoughts and told him I'd do anything I could. I was supportive of what I could do on a personal level. After the funeral, I got a call from their manager, then M. Shadows, and they asked me if I would finish the album. I was completely honored, and luckily, my schedule was open. We met in L.A. and went to dinner and hung out, and those guys were deep in the grieving process. It was a very heavy, heavy process. It's a big family. But I went in and did the album, and we had an amazing time musically and personally, and they welcomed me into the family.
Q: How challenging is it to balance an attempt to do Jimmy justice on the album while still putting your own stamp on the project?
A: I didn't even want to put my own stamp on the project. That was not my objective. I was called in to bring Jimmy's parts to life, not bring Mike Portnoy into Avenged Sevenfold. That being said, that's what my job entailed. I spent a tremendous amount of time taking direction from the band. I'm not used to being produced. Normally, when I go into sessions, I go in and do my own thing, but in this case, I took direction. Every once in awhile, though, they would say, "Hey, do your own thing."
Q: And you didn't take long to get a tattoo of the Avenged logo, right?
A: After spending 10 days in the studio -- you know, they have a family spirit. It's their crew members, girlfriends and wives, and toward the end of the session, I knew I had to get a death bat to commemorate being a part of the family. It was not just a recording session. It was an emotional experience for me.
Q: Where did you put it?
A: It's on the inside of my left arm. Me and (rhythm guitarist) Zacky (Vengeance) got matching ones. His is on his right arm.
synyster gates: Well it’s hard to sum it up in the first five minutes, but I know it was actually for me personally really therapeutic getting back into the studio with this guy. We listened, pretty much the record was done, ya know. We were trying to finish everything up, polish everything. The first thing we did, I remember he had all the files at his house – we listened to the song that jimmy wrote right before he died. He said I’m done writing, the record is done. Had these scratch vocals and stuff that were pretty much prophesying his passing, it was pretty ridiculous. We listened to that, it was beautiful but it was horrifying. it was a couple of weeks after he passed, three weeks or whatever. After the first week, you just don’t know if you can even be a band, you’re not even focusing on it. By the end of the second week, we’re talking about it. Middle of the third week, we were like all right let’s do it. We gotta leave his legacy and if it were one of us we would absolutely want the others to carry on, but yeah. For the first five minutes when we were back into it that’s what we did, we listened to that song and it was pretty mindblowing for me.
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