Avenged Sevenfold

How Avenged Sevenfold aimed for discombobulation with Life Is But A Dream…

By David West Published 7 July 26

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

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 5 2026

By Simon Young Published 5 June 26

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

How Beast And The Harlot transformed Avenged Sevenfold from metalcore upstarts into rock’n’roll stars

By Merlin Alderslade Published 2 May 26

How Avenged Sevenfold wrote their 2005 banger Beast and The Harlot

Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

By Rich Hobson Published 27 April 26

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

How Waking The Fallen turned Avenged Sevenfold into rising stars

By Dannii Leivers Published 26 March 26

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

The 30 best metal albums of the decade (so far)

By Metal Hammer Published 25 March 26

From legends like Iron Maiden and Metallica to rising stars such as Bloodywood and Spiritbox, these are the metal albums that have defined the 2020s so far

How Unholy Confessions made Avenged Sevenfold - and why they don't dig it that much

By Merlin Alderslade Published 19 January 26

How Avenged Sevenfold embraced heavy metal and wrote the song that took them to the next level

How Avenged Sevenfold and Call Of Duty forged one of music and gaming's greatest relationships

By Jack Rogers Published 10 December 25

From processing grief and playing for the troops to soundtracking a zombie apocalypse, A7X and Call of Duty have a long history