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“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

"In Russia, when you see a bear, it's not ****ing funny." Alex Terrible is a bear-wrestling, bareknuckle fighting controversy magnet. He's also made Slaughter To Prevail unlikely metal icons

We head Stateside to speak to the man behind the mask as Russian deathcore crew Slaughter To Prevail prepare to unleash their new album

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

Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, Evanescence and more announced for Louder Than Life 2025

Louder Than Life 2025 is go and it is STACKED!

Metal Hammer

“If you’re on stage with Steve Vai, you have to find a way through all the emotions to enjoy the moment”: How Lari Basilio became one of today’s foremost instrumental virtuosos – sharing stages with Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Lee Sklar along the way

The Ibanez signature artist explains why she makes instrumental music but hardly ever listens to any, where Brazilian music fits in her inspiration, what she loves about her signature pedal and how to develop skills without even knowing it

Guitar World

Feel old yet? These classic metal albums turn 20 in 2025

Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are 20 years old now, and your knees aren’t what they used to be

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Guns N' Roses, Sex Pistols, Lorna Shore – plus one more day – added to Rock For People 2025

The now-five-day Czech rock fest will be headlined by Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Linkin Park and new additions Sex Pistols and Guns N' Roses in June

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

MusicRadar

“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

System Of A Down announce three co-headline stadium shows with Korn, Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones

American and Canadian metal fans will be spoiled next year, thanks to these three blockbuster events

Metal Hammer

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

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…

Metal Hammer

Watch Avenged Sevenfold play setlist made up of tracks from Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil at special fan club show in California

Avenged Sevenfold thrill fans at sweaty throwback 25th anniversary show packed with early favourites

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Devin Townsend: “90 percent of the job is to be a content creator rather than write any music”

Hevy Devy says savvy branding on Instagram and TikTok is a bigger part of being a musician than actually making music

Metal Hammer

"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

Louder

"Absolute garbage fabricated bulls***": Neal Schon hits back after criticism of Arnel Pineda, blames Avenged Sevenfold for Rock In Rio sound problems

Journey's lively 2024 continues

Metal Hammer

Avenged Sevenfold announce intimate club show, playing Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil songs

California’s arena-metal stars will return to their roots with a classic setlist in a tiny venue

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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

The Guardian - UK

Download festival review – the rock fest’s most cursed year ever

Plagued by rain, technical issues and boycotts – as well as by some distinctly non-metal headliners – the weekend is practically a washout, despite some virtuoso shredding and fiery melodeath lower down the bill

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

Kerry King, Creeper, Bambie Thug and more added to Download 2024

Download adds eight new names to its 2024 bill

Guitar World

“Steals the spotlight”: Schecter bestows Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance with a new familiarly styled signature guitar – could a headless model for Synyster Gates follow in its wake?

Vengeance’s newest model goes for a more classic look and feel – and with Gates currently playing what appears to be Schecter’s first headless guitar, could another A7X signature be right behind it?

Metal Hammer

Avenged Sevenfold play live debuts, deep cuts and one long-lost classic at first 2024 concert

Arena-metal crew Avenged Sevenfold started their 2024 Life Is But A Dream… tour in Buffalo, New York, this week

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