It wasn't until high school that I realized Avenged Sevenfold was picking up locally.
When you're concentrating on just the music, you're not thinking about anything else.
The fans have always been die-hard and awesome. That's why we do a lot of the things we do.
You really have to play with the space in a riff so it can be allowed to breathe.
We're lucky to have such great fans that have stood by us, let us be us and try new things.
If it weren't for this, I'd probably be working a normal job and playing on the weekends for 10 people at the Irvine Spectrum.
It's not as much about the numbers as much as it is that our fans made a mark on this world for us.
When it comes right down to it, no, we're not religious at all.
We are just happy to be together and out and traveling the world together.
We definitely want to make sure that what we are making is something that we are proud of and something that we are inspired to write.
Everyone has their own opinions, and they're entitled to them.
We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.
If we're compared to Metallica, the greatest metal band in the world, I think that's actually a pretty damn good compliment.
I just don't have time to really sit there and worry about someone disliking what we put so much effort into.
We're always trying to do something better than the last record; to do something different and evolve as a band.
