Avenged Sevenfold Releases "Not Ready to Die" to iTunes

Sometimes things just go your way.  Everything you do seems to work out and be successful, if only for an hour or so. Avenged Sevenfold has been on one of those rolls for, oh, about a year or so now.  Everything they've released has been the epitome of success.  So it's no surprise that the band has released a new song for an equally successfully enterprise "Call of Duty." The band recorded the song for the game "Call of Duty: Black Ops" expansion pack "Call of the Dead." The song also marks a landmark in the band's history, as it is the first song that new drummer Arin Ilejay recorded with the band that has been released thus far.

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Welcome to the Family, the A7X Family

AVENGED SEVENFOLD has tapped Arin Ilejay, former drummer for Los Angeles-based Christian rock group CONFIDE, to sit behind the kit for AVENGED's upcoming tour dates in support of the "Nightmare" album. ...

AVENGED recruited ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy to play on "Nightmare" and take part in the band's touring activities in 2010 following the death in December 2009 of the band's drummer, James "The Rev" Sullivan. Portnoy was Sullivan's favorite drummer.

Commented AVENGED SEVENFOLD: "We recently asked several friends who knew Jimmy and his style, and also knew our music and each of our personalities to suggest drummers to tour with us starting this year. Our longtime studio drum tech Mike Fasano recommended Arin Ilejay. 

"We've rehearsed with Arin and have been impressed with his technical skills, attitude and work ethic. 

"We're very excited to tour with Arin and hope all of you will give him the warm welcome to the family we have."

Ilejay is featured on CONFIDE's full-length debut album "Shout The Truth" (2008) and he performed with the band during the 2008 Vans Warped Tour, among others.

Sullivan was found dead in his Huntington Beach, California home at the age of 28. 

Sullivan's death was attributed to a lethal combination of several prescription drugs, including OxyContin and Valium, with alcohol.

The drummer died just before AVENGED SEVENFOLD was to begin recording its fifth album.

The disc, titled "Nightmare", came out last summer and was AVENGED SEVENFOLD's first No. 1 record.

Portnoy was dismissed from the group in December. 






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