Having scored an international hit with their third album, City Of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold knew expectations would be high going into their fourth record. And, being the perfectionists they are, they also knew the highest expectations would come from themselves. So last year they cut touring short to start writing, and before long they had amassed a wealth of new material, which they honed down and self-produced to create their new, self-titled disc. Needless to say, by the time they were done nobody was disappointed.
MTV2’s Headbangers Ball Blog recently hooked up an exclusive podcast interview with Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows to talk about what the band was striving for sonically and how it reached beyond the confines of metal to deliver something metallic, but musically diverse. Shadows also explains why Avenged decided to self-produce, how they remained sane in the studio, the misconceptions the media has about the band and the recurring lyrical themes on the record.
After you check listen to the podcast, watch the band’s video for “Almost Easy”:
