For American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, life is but a dream
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. You’ll rarely meet a fan of Avenged Sevenfold (A7X) who doesn’t go gaga over their music. And every concert of theirs becomes a calendar event.
Formed in 1999, the heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, over the past two decades have earned this steadfast fan following by making music that’s never adhered to one particular sound. “We are never going to be a band that sounds like the old version of itself," says the band’s founding member and lead vocalist Matthew Charles Sanders, known better by his stage name M Shadows, in this video interview with Lounge. The band has seen several highs including having their songs like ‘Nightmare’ and ‘Hail to the King’ becoming Billboard chartbusters, winning Best New Artist at the MTV VMAs in 2006, earning a Grammy nomination in 2016 for ‘Best Song of the Year’ for ‘The Stage’ and touring with iconic bands like Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses and Metallica.
They have also survived the loss of their drummer, James Sullivan. With eight albums to their credit, the band has earned its place among the world’s best heavy metal bands. Now, Bengalureans will get to watch the band perform live – in their first concert in India – at Bandland 2024, produced by BookMyShow Live.
“India became an important place for us when we saw that a lot of people there listened to us. It’s a dream for us that we’ll get to travel that part of the world," says Sanders before discussing among other things the setlist they’ve planned for the show, and why the band, instead of resting on its laurels, will always make new music. Edited excerpts: We have a 25-year-old history but we also know that there will be a lot of people who’ve never seen us before.
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