Idolator — Arcade Fire bump Avenged Sevenfold from the #1 position on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart this week with The Suburbs. The Montreal band’s third album sold 156,000 copies in its first week, just besting the 152,000 Eminem’s Recovery (#2 for a ... more info

MTV.com News — Indie band tops Eminem and last week's #1, Avenged Sevenfold.By James Montgomery The Arcade Fire's Win Butler Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images It's been an oddly major year for indie artists. Back in January, Vampire Weekend made histor... more info

Allmusic Blog — Avenged Sevenfold scored their first number one album this week with Nightmare, uprooting Eminem’s Recovery from its five-week perch atop the Billboard 200 chart. The band’s first album since the death of drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan in 2... more info

Thrash Hits — Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare Warner Bros. 27 July 2010 by Tom Dare No one with even a passing familiarity with rock music can be unaware of the tragic death of Avenged Sevenfold’s drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan late last year. Now the Californ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Avenged Sevenfold* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/avengedsevenfold) have taken (http://www.billboard.com/#/news/avenged-sevenfold-scores-first-no-1-album-1004107490.story?tag=newstop1) the #1 album spot away from *Eminem* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/... more info

Undercover, Australia — Avenged Sevenfold will have the number one album in the USA when they knock Eminem from the top after his five week run. more info

Perez Hilton — All hail the new Billboard leader: Avenged Sevenfold! After five weeks at the #1 spot, Eminem’s album Recovery was beaten by rock band Avenged Sevenfold’s new release Nightmare. It was a close call though, with Eminem coming in less than 4,000 un... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have landed their first number one in the U.S. album charts - NIGHTMARE has ended EMINEM's five-week reign and knocked RECOVERY into... more info

VH1 News — Avenged Sevenfold bassist Johnny Christ celebrates the band's reaching #1 on the Billboard albums chart. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Avenged Sevenfold confronted the unexpected passing last year of drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan on its "Nightmare." The darkly personal hard rock song cycle has been embraced by fans. ... more info