A message from M. Shadows and trailer for an animated series

Avenged Sevenfold, Warner Bros. Records & Machinima teamed up for the Hail To The King animated series, which premieres Dec. 15.

FROM M. SHADOWS:

First we want to thank all of our friends that we just saw in Europe.  Hands down the best tour that we have ever had over there.  It was an honor to play for you all every night.  As we promised, we are slowly filling in summer dates so we can come play for you again.  We also have been getting quite a few requests for new countries that we haven't played yet.  We will use this summer as an opportunity to come to few new places.  Please stay tuned for that.

As for the rest of the world, we hear you,and we will be coming soon!  By now you’ve already heard announcements about Download, Graspop, Nova Rock, and Aerodome, and there will be a lot more dates announced in the coming months.  Right now though, we have decided to hangout at home until we get over to Australia for Soundwave in February. 

Since we have a couple months off we wanted to update you on a couple things that we promised a while back.  

First is our "Hail to the King"animated series that we did with Machinima and Jon Schnepp.  You may know Jon from his work on Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.  It's funny stuff and it was an honor to work with him.  Below is the trailer for the series which will debut Dec. 15th.  We hope it gives you something entertaining to watch over your Holiday break.  The series also plays as a backstory to our mobile game "Hail to the King: Deathbat."  We felt this was the best way to tell the story and give you all an idea about the type of game we are creating.

Check out the trailer for the “Hail to theKing” animated series here: http://youtu.be/ZeUhpV5kmBw

This brings us to the game.  Two years ago while touring in South East Asia I looked around the bus taking us from the airport to the hotel and noticed everyone was on their phones and iPads playing different types of games.  We had a discussion and decided that it would be fun to create one of our own.  The problem was that we didn't feel passionate about doing a full on typical music game.  We wanted to do something different.  Something inspired by some of our favorite games. So we came up with the idea of turning some of our songs and art work into a living, breathing, evil world.  We wanted to bring the story of the Deathbat to life and allow you to control its destiny. While the game stands on its own in terms of the story and game play, we still wanted to add in some extras for our fans.  In the game you can unlock 16 pieces of never seen before artwork from all of our albums.  There will also be 7 new Cam Rackam paintings available in the game.  We also recorded 7 new songs. Now these aren't metal songs, they are theme songs for each level and are done in an old school video game fashion with a new school twist.  There will also be reimagined versions of older songs.  Basically, we have not only packed the game with exciting gameplay, but also a lot of things for fans that might now be interested in a video game.  The trailer for the game will be released with the Machinima "Hail to the King" series on December 15th as well.  Expect a release date in early 2014 as we are in the BETA process now.  Remember, the game and series go hand in hand. The animated series tells the story "before" the game takes place.  When the series ends, the game picks up.

We hope these things keep you entertained while your hanging out at home for the Holiday Season.  Most importantly we hope you all enjoy the time with your families and we will see you on the road as soon as we can make it to you.  

M Shadows 

What happened to the one genre of music that hold's true and stands the test of time since it's initial taking over of the world in the 50's. Maybe I shouldn't ever look at the charts anymore but either no one actually likes rock music anymore (Imagine Dragons don't count) or rock fans don't actually buy music. There are only 5 bands that show up on any sales chart I look at,

Well f*** it, I'm going to keep flying the flag on RAZOR 94.7 and on Hangar 19 and I just hope there's enough of us left to keep Rock and Metal alive and well

In This Moment photos

But you have to click below for the photo gallery of In This Moment live

From Revolver Magazine

On Cutter's Guitar shop this week

I'm giving you the chance to win the new re-issued and re-mastered set from Nirvana's 3rd and final album In Utero. The prize includes all 4 discs including the original album and the 2013 remix of it. It also includes a bunch of rarities like demos and and b-sides.








This prize also includes the previously unreleased Live & Loud performance from 1993 on MTV. The DVD includes 40 extra minutes of the band that never aired.

Concert Review: Kill Devil Hill

Let me start this by saying collectively the members of Kill Devil Hill come from bands that we as metal fans have been listening to since before we knew what head-banging and devil horns actually were. As bassist Rex Brown will explain in the Hangar this upcoming weekend don't call Kill Devil Hill a supergroup though. These guys truly are a full fledged band with big plans for the future.

Kill Devil started in the mind of Vinny Appice the legendary drummer from Black Sabbath and DIO fame. Vinny was working with guitarist Mark Zavon who knew lead singer Dewey Bragg. The three of them then sent some demos to bassist Rex Brown who had been the long time bassist for Pantera and the some time bassist for Down. Rex recorded some bass lines and sent it back to the other three. The rest as the say is history since Kill Devil Hill has just released their second album Revolution Rise.

(side note: about a three weeks before this show I tore a tendon in my foot that took a piece of bone with it, so I wasn't able to walk at this show.)

Being on crutches I knew it was going to be difficult but I was so jacked up for this show, and they didn't disappoint. After a couple opening bands the stage was set and from the very first note you knew that this band is not a one trick pony. The band sounded tight when playing songs like "Leave it All Behind" and "Strange."  Rex and Vinny looked they had been playing together for years. (There must be something with drummers named Vinny for Rex.) Both Dewey and Mark are tall guys and not as experienced on the stage and it showed. Mark's playing was fantastic but at times he seemed out of place. Dewey's vocals were spot on but a couple of times he mixed up the songs on the set list and just generally seemed awkward on stage. Now granted I'm being nitpicky but because over all they were great. There wasn't a person in this little 400 person club that wasn't impressed.

The highlight of the show had to come about midway through when Vinny Appice did his drum solo. The sound guy even turned to me and said "he's doing this without double bass, that's how it's supposed to be done."  Later in the set as maybe an ode to Vinny's work with Black Sabbath they broke into the first part of "War Pigs" were Dewey basically just held the mic in front of the crowd and let them sing  it.

With two albums under their belt and some big time touring plans in 2014 Kill Devil Hill aren't going anywhere. In fact you might want to go see them live now before it's impossible to get tickets.

After the show I was able to hang with the band for a while  and they were some of the nicest guys I've ever met. Rex Brown has been on this show a couple of times before but he is one the most down to earth and humble human beings I have ever met. Those are the kind of people you want to support.

(note: all live pics taken by Cutter on his phone)

Brett Favre on the Today Show

Kind of incredible the things the former legend of our Green Bay Packers has to say

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There's bullying and then there's this

Maybe the Miami Dolphins or a lot of NFL players should take note of this. Please watch, share and support and put a stop to bullying. These kids have