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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'The Stage' First-Week Sales Are Less Than Half Those Of 'Hail To The King'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's seventh studio album, "The Stage", debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 76,000 equivalent album units in the week ending November 3. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional al...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Frontman: 'We're Holding Ourselves To A Really High Standard'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Sixx Sense" radio show hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the band took chances with...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Bassist Says Fake Album Title 'Leak' Made 'The Stage' Release 'More Shocking And Surprising'

On October 31, Johnnie Walker and Janna of the WGRD radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how AVENGED SEV...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Frontman Is 'Really Proud' Of Being Able To Keep 'The Stage' Album Release A Secret

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows sat down with SiriusXM Octane host Jose Mangin last week to talk about the band's new album, "The Stage". You can now listen to the parts of the chat — which aired on SiriusXM's Octane channel on Friday, October 28 — below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'The Stage' Projected To Sell 70K-75K Copies First Week

According to music industry web site Hits Daily Double, AVENGED SEVENFOLD's seventh studio album, "The Stage", is likely to sell between 65,000 and 70,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The SPS figure is expected to be between 70,000 and 75,000. SPS, a practice used by Bil...

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MIKE PORTNOY Didn't Want New THE NEAL MORSE BAND Album To Be Compared To DREAM THEATER

Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, METAL ALLEGIANCE, THE NEAL MORSE BAND, DREAM THEATER). You can now listen to the chat below. Asked about possible comparisons between THE NEAL MORSE BAND's new concept album, "Th...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD 'Couldn't Be Happier' With New Drummer BROOKS WACKERMAN

AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows spoke to The Orange County Register about the band's latest addition, former BAD RELIGION, TENACIOUS D and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES drummer Brooks Wackerman. In 2015, Wackerman officially replaced Arin Ilejay, who was the group's first full-time drummer after the death...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's Legal Battle With WARNER MUSIC Over Breach Of Contract Headed To Trial

According to The Wall Street Journal, Warner Music's case against AVENGED SEVENFOLD is scheduled to go to trial next year. Warner Music sued the band earlier this year for breach of contract. The suit seeks compensatory damages because the band is refusing to fulfill its agreement with the company....

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Watch AVENGED SEVENFOLD's Performance On Rooftop Of Capitol Records

AVENGED SEVENFOLD confirmed the release of its new album, "The Stage", during a live-streamed performance Thursday night, October 27 from the rooftop of the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. The groundbreaking event saw the band give a 3D/360-degree live-streamed virtual reality perfor...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Complete 'The Stage' Album Details Revealed; NYC & L.A. Pop-Up Shops Announced

AVENGED SEVENFOLD has "surprise-released" "The Stage", becoming the first-ever rock band to drop an unannounced album in both digital and physical form. "The Stage" is the band's seventh studio album and first for Capitol Records. The Southern California-based quintet (vocalist M. Shadows, guitarist...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'The Stage' Cracks BILLBOARD's 'Hot Rock Songs' Top 10

According to Billboard, AVENGED SEVENFOLD has cracked the top 10 of Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart for the first time in nearly five years with the title track of its new album, "The Stage". The song had 1.9 million U.S. streams and sold 15,000 downloads in the week ending October 20, moving from...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's New Album Will Be Called 'The Stage' And It Will Arrive This Friday

According to various sources, AVENGED SEVENFOLD will apparently release its new album, "The Stage", this Friday, October 28 via Capitol Records. The track listing for 71-minute effort is as follows: 01. The Stage (8:32) 02. Paradigm (4:19) 03. Sunny Disposition (6:41) 04. God Damn (3:42) 05. Creatin...

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THE WINERY DOGS To Take 2017 Off As Bandmembers Focus On Other Projects

THE WINERY DOGS, the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),will take all of next year off while the individual members focu...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Announces 'Groundbreaking Global Virtual Reality Event'

On the evening of October 27, AVENGED SEVENFOLD will give a global, 3D, 360-degree, live-streamed virtual reality performance in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG),the world leader in music-based entertainment, Capitol Records and VRLIVE. Fans around the world will be able to view the liv...

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ADRENALINE MOB Preparing To Record New Album

ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring Russell Allen (vocals; also of SYMPHONY X) and Mike Orlando (guitar) — is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its new album for an early 2017 release via Century Media Records. Following 2015's "Dearly Departed", the forthcoming effort is being record...