Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows has further spoken on the influence classic albums from the likes of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are having on their own forthcoming new record. The latest discussion took place with Revolver with some excerpts available below:
In regards to the writing process and the groups latest single “Carry On” (which was recorded for “Call Of Duty: Black Ops II“):
“…We’ve been working on the album since September, and this isn’t a dig at the direction of that song or anything, but I want people to understand that even if they like that song or if they don’t like it or whatever, the album is a completely different entity.
We’re working in a direction that I really feel confident with. Ya know, this wasn’t a song for the album. It was more of a thing we did for fun for Call of Duty. The album has been getting worked on and we’ve been pretty quiet about it. I think that’s because we’re really trying to make this thing as good as possible without getting all these expectations and all sorts of people talking about “They said this or they said that.”
All I can say is that I’m really, really happy with the album, and I’m really proud of it so far. I think we’re gonna start recording in January.”
On how far along they are with writing material for the effort:
“That’s a hard question to answer because songs come and go. There’s about six songs, whole song ideas that I’m 100% happy with. There’s a lot of other ideas and if those pieces find their place in other songs that could be… Let’s just put it this way, a million ideas and six solid songs.”
On the classic rock/metal influence:
“…This isn’t a dig at anyone who’s doing dubstep and shit, but people keep saying, “Do you think Avenged is gonna put that kind of stuff in their music?” It’s actually the exact opposite. We’re going back to Sabbath stuff. We’re looking at the blues chords they’re playing most of their stuff in. We’re listening to classical. We’re listening to Zeppelin. We’re kind of going backwards with what we want this record to feel like. Kind of old soul. All this new stuff, “Let’s put some techno beat in our bridge” is just completely what we don’t want to do.”
