A7X Planning For New Album 2012-01-08 by ArchoN | 112 Comments

When asked about any new year’s resolutions, Shadows said, “We’ll start thinking about the next record pretty soon. I get this need for us to prove ourselves again. I get anxious and excited about it, so I’m looking forward to starting on that next summer. So we’ll write in the summer, which will be a big, important thing, but I’ve got no idea when we’ll release it.”



Last year’s offering was a poignant release for the band as it marked the legacy of childhood friend Jimmy Sullivan who passed away on December 28th 2009. While the album’s completion followed his death, the band made a conscious effort to keep as much of him visible throughout, even featuring his vocals on ‘Fiction’.



Although the band toured extensively, bearing various backdrops in tribute to their friend, it wasn’t certain as to whether they would continue following the ‘Nightmare’ run. With the two year anniversary of the Rev’s passing recently occurring, Matt was also asked how they’re finding continuing on the road without him.



“It was harder in the beginning but we’re happy to be onstage again now,” explained Matt. “It’s been nearly two years, so we have a better perspective on life. We still miss Jimmy so much, but we’re happy to remember him with the fans by playing his and our songs every night. It’s not as sad as it used to be, it’s more joyous now. If we hadn’t gone back out there, we’d still be in a dark hole, so I’m really proud of the guys for getting up and getting out there.”



As far as the musical direction of the album, nothing has been suggested as of yet. Needless to say Avenged Sevenfold’s return to the studio will mark the beginning of a new chapter in their careers. Although the band are yet to work on any new material for themselves, Matt is currently working on some songs with Tony Lovato for the new Mest album.



Not only will this mark the first album without the Rev’s input, it will also be the first record with ex-Confide drummer Arin Ilejay in the works.



source: Matt Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold has confirmed the band are looking to start work on their follow up to 2010’s ‘Nightmare’ as early as this summer in a brief interview with Kerrang! Magazine. This admission allows a sense of relief for fans who feared the band may choose not to continue musically without their late drummer, Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan.When asked about any new year’s resolutions, Shadows said, “We’ll start thinking about the next record pretty soon. I get this need for us to prove ourselves again. I get anxious and excited about it, so I’m looking forward to starting on that next summer. So we’ll write in the summer, which will be a big, important thing, but I’ve got no idea when we’ll release it.”Last year’s offering was a poignant release for the band as it marked the legacy of childhood friend Jimmy Sullivan who passed away on December 28th 2009. While the album’s completion followed his death, the band made a conscious effort to keep as much of him visible throughout, even featuring his vocals on ‘Fiction’.Although the band toured extensively, bearing various backdrops in tribute to their friend, it wasn’t certain as to whether they would continue following the ‘Nightmare’ run. With the two year anniversary of the Rev’s passing recently occurring, Matt was also asked how they’re finding continuing on the road without him.“It was harder in the beginning but we’re happy to be onstage again now,” explained Matt. “It’s been nearly two years, so we have a better perspective on life. We still miss Jimmy so much, but we’re happy to remember him with the fans by playing his and our songs every night. It’s not as sad as it used to be, it’s more joyous now. If we hadn’t gone back out there, we’d still be in a dark hole, so I’m really proud of the guys for getting up and getting out there.”As far as the musical direction of the album, nothing has been suggested as of yet. Needless to say Avenged Sevenfold’s return to the studio will mark the beginning of a new chapter in their careers. Although the band are yet to work on any new material for themselves, Matt is currently working on some songs with Tony Lovato for the new Mest album.Not only will this mark the first album without the Rev’s input, it will also be the first record with ex-Confide drummer Arin Ilejay in the works.source: http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/169713/9

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THX A7X BROS!!!!!!!

KEEP METAL IN UR HEAD, OK????





Meh





m/ can't fucking wait.





Band is pretty average save for Waking and City.



Digging: Suddenly Boyz - ??????? -May the 4th Be with You-

lol everybody remember to gie all there albums a 5/5





Will be 2-3 good songs and a bunch of boring ones





fuck yes





IT'S YOUR FUCKIN' NIGHTMARE





Sadly in this album Portnoy won't be the drummer ,so my expectations are not the highest ;anyways ,I will check it out .





ex-fanboy here



this really interests me



will be a 2.5-3





Still like these guys, hope they come up with something cool.





I caught a brief glimpse of "A7X" on the news feed and hoped that it was gonna say "A7X Break Up". I'm sad D:



Album will be meh unless they experiment (which would take them from meh to alright) which is highly unlikely.





will be a 2





But Adrian :[





Guitarist is the only reason this band is listenable



Nightmare was pretty bad, minus 3 awesome tracks



Digging: Deftones - Ohms

Ugh I give up





dammit now all the fags at my school will talk about this all the time



and theres a lot of fags





i bet you fucking love it





never liked this band, even before I joined this site





Gonna blow.





Another nightmare to my ears





Will be in the 2-3 range. Band sucks.





you think their music is bad, wait until you hear their political opinions.





they actually LIKE George Bush for a start.





Who cares their poli opinions have nothing to do with the music they write, which is what's important





This is gonna suck.





Listen, it sucks that your drummer died, I get it, but stop making such a huge deal about it every chance you get.





DEER GOD THE ONLY THING I ASK OF YOU



Digging: Knut - Challenger

How come the new drummer doesn't have a cool biblical name? : (



Digging: Disclosure - Energy

i have no idea how this could be good..





A typical anti-A7X Josh D. post.





@bloc: you dont just get cool biblical nicknames like that, you earn them.





these guys are awesome. can't wait for a new album





they better not make another song like victim..





break up already





This band needs to stop





All I hope is that Gates' dad rips another serious flamenco solo.





Listen, it sucks that your drummer died, I get it, but stop making such a huge deal about it every chance you get. [2]











^

DDDOOOUUUUCCCHHHHEEEEEE BBBBAAAAGGGGGGG





sucks





waking the fallen sucks

take off your nostalgia goggles





Digging: RMR - DRUG DEALING IS A LOST ART

I'd rather not wait for this one :L





Why wouldn't they keep making records? People keep buying them and they keep getting rich.





That's quite obviously all that matters to these guys anyways.





eugh







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKS12iGFyEA



a7s good times







Hope that they get some inspiration and drive for this one, I'd love for them to come back from Nightmare swinging.





Oh yay just what we all wanted.





excited to see how much worse one of my old favorite bands can get





It seemed like the wait between Avenged Sevenfold and Nightmare was endless, but by the time this comes out it will have been the same amount of time or longer, yet it seemed to fly by



Digging: Saosin - Along the Shadow

never liked these guys



Digging: Cloudkicker - Solitude

oh boy





As a good ex-fanboy, I will check this out and won't mind it much.





AOTY for sure.





acad stfu





Why are they releasing another album? The last one sucked ass, and the second to last one suck major ass.





^$$$$$$$$$$$$$





Just because the albums suck doesn't mean a band stops, look at AC/DC's discography.





I've always liked their guitarists and the previous drummer, but the vocals are terrible and will always prevent me from liking this band.





meh.





Hopefully this album will be a return to Waking the Fallen or City of Evil. Last two albums were okay at best. Hopefully harsh vocals will return since M. Shadows can scream again.





singer probably needs more money for bandanas, shades, and tattoos.





I wish they'd just break up.





i have exactly zero friends who like avenged sevenfold



i hated them until I heard a minor league baseball player (for those wondering, it was Brett Harper) use Unholy Confessions as his intro music. I then got waking the fallen, loved it, then changed my mind about City of Evil, then listened to critical acclaim like, several hundred times, then i heard their self-titled and lol'd so hard cuz it was baddddddddddddd then i just went back to listening to waking the fallen and critical acclaim and the wicked end and then nightmare came out and i heard the single which was VERY VERY FUNNY to post around threads on sputnik with syn going YOR FUCKIN NIGHTMARRRRRRRRRR but when i eventually listened to nightmare (the album) i liked it ok although i barely listened to it... i still like to RIP the rev pretty hard in threads (im going to do it right after i finish writing this)...





RIP the rev





here's how i read the title



"mewcopa0 planning suicide"





gettin' ready for shreddy solos





death to false metal or something





this is real metal





Band sucks so so so much.





2012 was too good to be true so far.





band is so lol





dont





gun be gay





""As far as the musical direction of the album, nothing has been suggested as of yet."



Story of their career





lol





yeah





This band is definitely not as bad as a lot of you guys make them out to be. They definitely have several good songs. I always have been a fan. They aren't great by any means but they put out some pretty good songs on each album.





Even if that were true, the consistency of the bad songs would indicate that they wrote the good ones accidentally.





LOL





dont [2]





Most of City of Evil and Waking The Fallen were pretty good. Not a fanboy, and they aren't amazing, but I think they do some great melodic bits.





because hating on bands you hate is more fun than praising bands you love





I honestly feel complete apathy about this. Don't care if it sucks, don't care if it's fucking phenomenal, all I know is, a douchebag associate of mine is going to keep praising it up the wall while reminding everyone he knows that he's in the Marines.





This band has always been bad, forever. If you ever liked them you were either 14 and didnt know shit about music or a fucking retard.





I don't like this band.





ArchoN is excited.





Kinda sorta maybe a little bit like these guys. but idk, I've only got like 5 of their songs. And their the only good ones. This album won't be good





Album is an instant 5.





worse than Thrice breaking up





Last album and a half were pretty damn bad, but the single they put out a while back actually seemed fairly promising, so we'll see about this.





In no conceivable way is liking Saves The Day worse than liking Avenged Sevenfold.





Hmmm....his voice does sound like he has a big fat cock in his mouth.





You know, Not Ready To Die wasn't a horrible track, I'm gonna go ahead and get my hopes up for this





Liking saves the day is pretty bad man, not sure how you are gonna justify that, shitty repetitive pop punk... A7X is awful but at least the dudes can rip and instrument.





NOT ONLY will this be the first album without the old drummer BUT it will ALSO be the first album with the new drummer. Really?



I agree, "Save Me" is great, "Not Ready to Die" kinda sucks minus the solo...



The album will probably suck as a whole but have a few great tracks.





bat cuntry





Hey kid







Can I have your attention?





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i tryeeayeeayEE





"This admission allows a sense of relief for fans who feared the band may choose not to continue musically without their late drummer, Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan."



and a sense of despair for those who wished they fell off the earth long ago





nah too busy listening to cum back agheeeen it's almooohsstt easaaaayyy





and then proceed to collapse in on myself because i've violated einstein's theory of faggotivity









einstein once proclaimed that anyone who quotes avenged sevenfold lyrics in person after making a superb sports play will spontaneously combust and their testicles will turn into grains of salt





It'll be interesting to see what these guys will do after Nightmare (that's right, I like this band, deal with it suckers). Kind of hope they recruit a better drummer than Illejay, though. His work on 'Not Ready to Die' just didn't cut the cheese for me.





no one cares what you like





'Not Ready to Die' just didn't cut the cheese for me.



yeah, didn't hear any farting either





Sucks a cack





I'll still check it out. Liked everything up to City Of Evil.





"Scoot, every comment I've seen by you so far including the ones on my review have been judging completely on image rather than the music.

Grow up."



rofl





yeah how bout you shape up, buddy





Extremely excited for this.





I like the band, but don't think they're the greatest band ever. I didn't like the CoD songs, but I'm pretty sure they were hastily delivered to CoD.





COOL MAN





"Extremely excited for this."





whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy





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