AVENGED SEVENFOLD: DVD Preview Available

June 7, 2008

For a sneak peek at AVENGED SEVENFOLD's forthcoming, as-yet untitled live CD/DVD set, check out the "Afterlife" clip below. The group filmed its April 10 concert at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California on the recent Taste of Chaos tour for the package, which the band expects to make available by Christmas. Singer M. Shadows recently told The Pulse of Radio that the combined audio-video package will also include some of the band's B-sides. In addition, the group will be utilizing the live footage shot at the Long Beach concert to put together a video for the song "Dear God".

In other news, Buzznet recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow.

Buzznet: Are you nervous about opening for IRON MAIDEN [in Europe]?

Vengeance: Anxious better describes what I'm feeling. They're legends, obviously. It's an honor to share a stage with them. We had the privilege of playing with METALLICA last year and learned so much from them. It's always a pleasure to play with your idols. When you see how a band like IRON MAIDEN or METALLICA has played year in and year out, it makes you so thankful just to be out living your dream and playing every day for people who appreciate what you do.

Buzznet: Were you offered the chance to play Warped this year? Are you interested in playing next year?

Vengeance: When Warped Tour lets us blow shit up, you'll probably find us there. They probably wouldn't want us 'cuz we would clean house on all the chicks and scare the emo kids.

Buzznet: Your cover of PANTERA's "Walk" has gotten great reception. Have you thought about doing any more covers, and if so, which ones?

Vengeance: Today I have to sit in the fucking studio for the next few days on my only time off I've had in six months to record some covers. Fortunately they happen to be an IRON MAIDEN song and a BLACK SABBATH song ... otherwise I would have to resort to that dark-side shit.

Buzznet: Looking back, where do you think AVENGED SEVENFOLD would be right now had "Bat Country" not happened?

Vengeance: "Bat Country" did help us a lot. So I wont deny its effect. I still believe, though, we are a band with more depth than one song. Oddly enough, our band is about 10 times bigger now then we were at the height of "Bat Country". Our fans worldwide are proof that AVENGED SEVENFOLD works without a radio single because ... well ... we're selling out arenas in obscure areas around the world where our songs have never been on TV or the radio.

Read the entire interview at www.buzznet.com.

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