Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows recently spoke to Loudwire and offered up details on the band’s forthcoming record for 2022. Avenged Sevenfold plans to begin finishing off the record in January, but the band wants to be cautious about plans moving forward. “It’s just that we have to be very careful about getting everything going, building a whole new stage set, hiring everybody, renting buses and then having one person get sick and the tour gets canceled and we get to be on the hook for everything,” Shadows said.
“And it’s not that we don’t wanna do it. People compare us to bands that are going and playing clubs. It’s not the same thing. Getting an arena tour going and playing these festivals, it’s just not the same thing. And also we wanna be mentally ready.” Shadows said that he understands frustration from fans with the delay in recording and touring. “These are all gonna sound like crazy excuses, but these are real,” he said. “We have a huge stage that we wanna get built. We can’t get people to work. We can’t get the supplies we need to build it, which there’s a supply chain problem as well.”
Shadows said the band plans to finish the record early next year in anticipation of a release just before or during the summer. They will also cautiously return to live shows starting in Europe in June. “So, we’re gonna be doing stuff,” Shadows said. “But, yeah, it’s just kind of making sure we’re mentally there and we put our best foot forward when we do come out and make sure that it’s all good.” Shadows said of the album: “It’s a completely new direction, and it sounds nothing like anything we’ve done.”
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