Avenged Sevenfold

As heavy artists grow sick of music industry convention, surprise releases have become increasingly common – but are they worth the commercial risks?

In a genre where many veteran artists stay the course, it’s refreshing to see one break the mould so brazenly

The title track of Avenged Sevenfold's 2013 album has earned over 819.8 million streams to date

M Shadows explains how, after rejecting pressure to be the next Metallica, they embraced their prog tendencies more than ever before on their most recent album to date

Pussy Riot, Evanescence, DevilDriver and more feature in this week's best new metal song round-up

How Avenged Sevenfold wrote their 2005 banger Beast and The Harlot

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

Waking The Fallen took metalcore to the next level - only for Avenged Sevenfold to ditch it on their next album