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Zacky Vengeance (left); photo courtesy of official website.
Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Zacky Vengeance has posted an update on the band's official website regarding the band's forthcoming album, calling it their most "personal" and "epic" Avenged Sevenfold album to date:
It has been awhile since we have shed light on our current doings. Well here is a long awaited update into the world of A7X..
We came off of the road amidst one of the most turbulent times in history. Everything going on around us was overwhelming, frightening, frustrating and confusing. I must confess that it was also very exciting to me. I'm sure you can share my sentiment. We have been focused on only one thing, writing and preparing to record what to me is our most personal and epic Avenged Sevenfold album. The reason is the fact that everything happening around us in the entire world might be a once in a life time source of inspiration and direction. We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes A7X truly unrelenting and building off of that. I don't think we sleep too much anymore because of the excitement we feel while writing this album. Only a world spinning out of control could inspire the music and vision we have now. Once again it is f*****g exciting. We will continue finalizing our songs until we feel every note does both You as well as Us justice. We are also in the final stages of solidifying our production team, studios and engineers so that the second the axe falls and the album is written we will spend day and night in the studio until it is complete. This album will definitely take you on a very dark journey...
Sincerely
Zacky Vengeance
The band's fourth studio album, the self-titled Avenged Sevenfold, was released on October 30, 2007, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200. The album would end up being certified Gold by the RIAA less than a year later on September 23, 2008. Avenged Sevenfold produced five singles, with Critical Acclaim and Almost Easy being released in 2007 and Afterlife, Dear God, and Scream released in 2008. Almost Easy made it to #3 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and #6 on the US Modern Rock chart, while Afterlife charted at #11 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and #20 on the US Modern Rock chart. The final single Scream ended up charting at #9 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and #29 on the US Modern Rock chart.
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