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New Avenged Sevenfold Album?

Ed Seith

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    When Syn talked about it in mid-2019, he said it was progressive like the Stage, but the songs were "more compact" - not 8-10 minutes long. However, it's entirely possible all of that work was scrapped or reworked, since he felt it was close to complete back then.

    So, all bets are off, and NONE of them are talking about it except for Shads saying we should expect the album to drop before the festival dates in late spring 2022, and they're waiting for distance restrictions to be eased in California so they can record an orchestra properly.
     

    Calvin Phillips

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    Judging by what brooks said drums were laid down and never were rerecorded so my guess is the base of the songs remained in tact but they chose to re record other parts. But then again the news I've heard from the members seems to change depending on who you talk to.
     

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    I watched a live video on Instagram a few weeks back and Brooks said then that his drum parts were all done
     

    Calvin Phillips

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    I watched a live video on Instagram a few weeks back and Brooks said then that his drum parts were all done
    Yeah that live video he said they were done ages ago and all they were waiting on was matt to finish up some songs. So my guess is they redid a bunch of stuff (tone matching probably a big reason why.. try remaking a tone 4 months later in the same room.. not always an easy task).

    Then it's the matter of the choirs and whatnot they need. I'm guessing they were able to do that recently but could have optioned to wait a bit longer. I think SOME states are relaxing while others (and canada) re doing another lock down for Christmas.
     

    Ed Seith

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    I doubt that.. cause i feel if they had b sides they would have released one to fill the gap during the pandemic

    The only reason I don't think this is true is because of Matt's voice. His recovery was LONG, and as near as I can piece together, involved breaking down and re-learning how to sing from scratch in a lot of ways. This could mean his voice may sound very different to fans' ears, and they may want to keep all of it wrapped up until THE BIG REVEAL and building momentum to the new album (i.e. the first single).

    Everything we've heard Matt's singing voice on since 2018 was recorded BEFORE he was sick.
     
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    It is definitely hard to say what to expect given the long wait but not so long when it comes to avenged sevenfold. I think we all kind of knew that sin had originally said it was pretty much finished, but things change over time I suppose. Things get added things want to change and new ideas come about.
    I do know that I think I heard somewhere that Matt's voice had lost another portion of the range perhaps in the lower register but who knows I can't remember where I heard that but it was somewhere. So yeah, he had to relearn a lot and I'm sure he's probably doing fantastic at this point. Still sucks about Ron though, that was really sad to hear. But I am sure he's doing well and Tip top at this point especially given the long break for his voice. Matt seems to bounce back pretty amazingly to be honest. So I'm just looking forward to whatever comes our way. Probably in the spring though from what everyone is saying.
     
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    Calvin Phillips

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    Totally get that.. hes had multiple surgeries. I sure his style had changed over each one. Every album you can hear the change in his voice. I think hes gotten better at controlling his range without over powering his voice.