USA Today Music — Drummer James Sullivan's December death looms over this metal band's fifth studio release, so the death imagery of 'Nightmare' hits hard. more info

Metalsucks — With the passing of James “The Rev” Sullivan, it hasn’t been an easy year for the members of Avenged Sevenfold. But with their new album Nightmare coming out tomorrow and the band out on tour once again — with fill-in drummer Mike Portnoy of ... more info

Culture Bully — Following the death of drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan, the remaining members of Avenged Sevenfold were faced with the decision of whether or not to continue on as a band. To honor their brother, they did, and in the process they've created an album... more info

Metal Injection — It's Friday – time to party! Then again, when is it NOT time to party? I guess when you have to go to work. Bummer. But this is update isn't about bummers, it's about new music and video clips to distract you from the mundaneness of ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Avenged Sevenfold* sat down with Soundcheck (http://soundcheck.walmart.com/avenged-sevenfold) for a pretty frank chat about the death of drummer The Rev and his influence on Nightmare. See the interview here (http://soundcheck.walmart.com/avenged-se... more info

411 Mania — "Welcome to the family..." more info

DrivenFarOff — Avenged Sevenfold have just premiered the song “Welcome to the Family” with video footage from the upcoming video game, Call of Duty : Black Ops. “Welcome to the Family” comes off of the highly anticipated new album, Nightmare, which in-store... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have vowed to make their first gig since the death of JIMMY SULLIVAN an emotional tribute to their tragic drummer.Sullivan died from an... more info

Metalsucks — Avenged Sevenfold may not be a hair metal, exactly — Guns N’ Roses (particularly Use Your Illusion-era Guns N’ Roses), who we will argue this week are very much not a hair metal band, seem to be their biggest influence — but they certainly se... more info

I Like Music — Team up with Avenged Sevenfold in October and November 2010 for a UK tour that promises to be carnage more info