ContactMusic — Heavy metal stars Avenged Sevenfold have been forced to cancel a concert in Texas after one of the band members fell ill. The group was due to perform at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Dallas on Thursday night (19May11), but the rockers... more info

NME — Band pay tribute to late drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan in clip more info

Metalsucks — IMO the most important part of being a true metal fan is knowing your roots. There is nothing worse than a newjack poser who doesn’t know or care about the older bands who paved the way for the generations after them. For example, IMO you can’t c... more info

Metalsucks — Remember the adorable video for Pantera’s “Cowbells Is My Name,” where they had those kids pretending to be the band? Well, “So Far Away,” the new video from Avenged Sevenfold (featuring the twenty-third best modern metal guitarist, Synyste... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Avenged Sevenfold have exclusively premiered the video for their new single So Far Away right here online at MTV.CO.UK, and on TV on MTV Rocks. WATCH THE VIDEO FOR 'SO FAR AWAY' IN FULL RIGHT HERE!... more info

Metal Injection — It's Thursday, which is apparently the new Friday, which must be the reason we have all these awesome new tunes at our disposal from the likes of Job For A Cowboy, Avenged Sevenfold, Toxic Holocaust, Hella, Tombs and more: Job For A Cowboy have ... more info

NME — 'Not Ready To Die' is the first song the band have recorded with new drummer Arin Illejay. more info

Metalsucks — Let’s pretend for a moment that Avenged Sevenfold don’t dress like a bunch of clown-faced goons that fell off the back of a truck carrying clothes rejected from Hot Topic. Let’s also pretend that they don’t indulge in ridiculous stage names t... more info

Metalsucks — It should surprise no one that Axl and I are huge Avenged Sevenfold fans — they’re only one of the best pop metal bands of the past decade! Duh. People who call Avenged Sevenfold gay are gay. So we’re pretty excited about the fact that there’... more info

Metalsucks — Avenged Sevenfold and Vinnie Paul, “Mouth For War” Matt Cerone over at MetsBlog.com does these daily “the least you should know” wrap-ups after every game, which this season have essentially all boiled down to “they sucked.” In that spiri... more info