Avenged Sevenfold today announced Warner Bros. Records would release HAIL TO
THE KING, their sixth studio album, on August 23. Produced by Mike Elizondo,
HAIL TO THE KING is the follow up to the band’s 2010 release, NIGHTMARE,
which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, Hard Rock Chart and
Digital Chart.
Avenged Sevenfold’s fifth studio album, NIGHTMARE, was also produced by
Mike Elizondo and earned the band its highest ever debut on the Billboard album
chart when it took the #1 spot and spawned three #1, hit-singles
‘Nightmare’, ‘So Far Away’ and ‘Welcome To The Family’. NIGHTMARE
broke radio records and was the most played current song at Rock Radio for all
of 2010. The New York Times called the band “downright inevitable,” while
Guitar World hailed, "Avenged Sevenfold are the undisputed kings of modern
American badass rock and roll. A worthy successor to Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses
and KISS.”
Throughout 2010 and 2011 Avenged Sevenfold toured the world nonstop. They
have achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold awards for album sales in nearly a
dozen countries and have sold out arenas the world over and headlined some of
the world’s biggest and most prestigious music festivals playing to over a
million people. Due to an overwhelming demand from the United States troops
abroad, Avenged Sevenfold embarked on a USO tour in the Middle East including
stops in Kuwait and tour of Iraq performing for US soldiers stationed
abroad.
Avenged Sevenfold made an unprecedented appearance as characters in the Call
of Duty Black Ops 2 video game in November 2012. The game was the biggest
selling video game of all time and featured the band's performance of a song
written for the game, ‘Carry On’, which then went on to Top the Billboard
Monitor chart on January 13, 2013.
Avenged Sevenfold achieved worldwide success with their platinum
2005 breakthrough, CITY OF EVIL, which featured the wildly popular singles
‘Bat Country’ and ‘Seize The Day’. The band quickly became known for
their spectacular live shows and continues to sell out arenas worldwide. In
2007, their self-titled album AVENGED SEVENFOLD debuted at #1 on the Billboard
Alternative, Hard, and Rock Charts and #4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.
It spawned the singles ‘Almost Easy’, ‘Afterlife’, and ‘Scream’ and
has sold over a million units worldwide. In 2008, the band captured their
magnificent stage show on LIVE IN THE LBC & DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH, a live
CD/DVD that has since been certified platinum. Over the years, Avenged Sevenfold
has built a fanatical fanbase that includes nearly 14 millions fans on
Facebook.
Tracklisting to be confirmed
