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Avenged Sevenfold on the cover of the new issue of Metal Hammer

"We want to give people anxiety": how Avenged Sevenfold made 2023's strangest, most divisive heavy metal record with Life Is But A Dream...

By Steve Appleford published

Avenged Sevenfold shocked many fans with their eighth studio album. As the band themselves tell us, however, it was simply the record they had to make

Avenged Sevenfold on the cover of the new issue of Metal Hammer

Avenged Sevenfold found angry reactions to the band's new material hilarious: "we were just laughing"

By Metal Hammer published

Avenged Sevenfold aren't a band afraid to cause a stir, even if it's in their own fanbase

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold’s Life Is But A Dream… – the ultimate track by track breakdown

By Steve Appleford published

Avenged Sevenfold talk us through their upcoming new album Life Is But A Dream… track by track

Evil never dies: the resurrection of King Diamond

By Steve Appleford last updated

Ten years ago, Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond was on the verge of death. In 2020, the metal legend finds himself facing the most important 12 months of his career

Five Finger Death Punch: "We thought Ivan was going to f**king die"

By Steve Appleford last updated

After years of turbulence, Five Finger Death Punch are finally all on the same page again. Now, they’re setting their sights on becoming the biggest metal band in the world

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