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Avenged Sevenfold

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Alternative Metal
Heavy Metal
Metal Core

http://avengedsevenfold.com
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15 апр 2025 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS 'Couldn't Care Less' About Your Opinion Of His Band's Music: 'We're Not Making Art By Committee'
22 фев 2025 :	M. SHADOWS Says 'It's Incredibly Hard' For AVENGED SEVENFOLD To Make Money On Tour Right Now
14 янв 2025 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS: 'The Day I Realized God Was Not A Feasible Option For Me, My Whole Body Shook In Fear'
22 дек 2024 :	SYNYSTER GATES On AVENGED SEVENFOLD Playing Full Albums On Anniversary Tours: 'It Doesn't Really Interest Us'
16 ноя 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Shares Video Recap Of Club Show Celebrating 'Waking The Fallen' And 'City Of Evil' Albums
31 окт 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS No Longer Regrets 'The Stage''s Surprise Release: 'I'm So Proud Of The Way It Was Released'
30 окт 2024 :
29 окт 2024 :	Watch: AVENGED SEVENFOLD Plays Special Club Show Celebrating 'Waking The Fallen' And 'City Of Evil' Albums
25 окт 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Shares Cover Of MISFITS' 'Skulls'
22 окт 2024 :	M. SHADOWS Explains Why AVENGED SEVENFOLD Isn't Interested In Performing Entire Old Albums On Tour
20 окт 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Launches Virtual 'Museum'
14 авг 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Announces Club Show Celebrating 'Waking The Fallen' And 'City Of Evil' Albums
8 авг 2024 :	M. SHADOWS On AVENGED SEVENFOLD's Success: 'We're Extremely Lucky'
19 июл 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Share Europe / UK Life Is But A Dream... Tour 2024 Recap Video
29 июн 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Share Germany 2024 Recap Video
19 июн 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's JOHNNY CHRIST On Stage Production For 'Life Is But A Dream…': We Were Able To Take It To Another Level'
12 июн 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS Says Metal 'Should Have No Rules': 'Just Do Whatever You Want'
11 июн 2024 :	Why AVENGED SEVENFOLD Performed 'Dear God' Live For First Time In 15 Years During Jakarta Concert
8 май 2024 :	JOHNNY CHRIST: 'It Would Be A Huge Honor' For AVENGED SEVENFOLD To Get Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
3 апр 2024 :	Watch: AVENGED SEVENFOLD Closes Out 2024 Leg Of North American Tour In Newark
20 мар 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Shares Music Video For 'Cosmic'
10 мар 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Kicks Off 2024 Leg Of 'Life Is But A Dream…' North American Tour In Buffalo
4 мар 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD Releases Immersive Concert 'Looking Inside' With AmazeVR
13 фев 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS Explains Why He Prefers Headlining Arenas Over Performing At Festivals
6 фев 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's JOHNNY CHRIST On Making 'Life Is But A Dream…' Album: 'We Approached It Very Differently'
4 фев 2024 :	AVENGED SEVENFOLD's Immersive Interactive Concert To Be Released This Month

30 авг 2017

AVENGED SEVENFOLD Lawsuit With WARNER BROS. To Go To Trial In December

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the lawsuit brought against AVENGED SEVENFOLD by its former label, Warner Bros. Records, could set a new legal precedent if it actually comes to trial in December. Warner Bros. sued AVENGED SEVENFOLD in late 2015 after the band left the label by citing the California Labor Code's "seven-year rule." The rule allows for parties to exit contracts after seven years if certain unfavorable conditions exist. Nearly every, if not all, similar cases in California have been settled out of court before trial.

But a provision in the rule allows labels to collect money that would have been made on undelivered albums. Warner Bros. is seeking damages based on the fact that AVENGED SEVENFOLD had one album left on its contract, while the band has argued that extensive turnover in the label's staff led to an unsatisfactory working relationship. If it loses, AVENGED SEVENFOLD could face a verdict between $5 million and $10 million. Warner Bros. is also being allowed to seek its attorney fees — already amounting to more than $1.5 million.

"We've realized this battle is bigger than just us," AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows said. "We're fighting so that all musical artists have the same rights everyone else has. It's not like we wanted to be here, but we are down for the fight."

If there is no settlement before the case goes to trial, Warner Bros. will have to present evidence in court of how much the label could have earned if the band's new album, "The Stage", had come out through Warner Bros. instead of the group's new label, Capitol Records. The figures could set the standard for future cases.

Complicating matters is that the surprise release of "The Stage" — it came out with almost no promotion beforehand, save for the arrival of a new song one week earlier — has backfired on the group, with the record selling considerably less in its first weeks on sale that the last three AVENGED SEVENFOLD albums.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's attorney, Howard King, is arguing that there would not have been much — if any — profit for Warner to lose on the band's fifth album. "We believe a jury will conclude they can't prove any damages," he said. He added that "The Stage" "has been a commercial disappointment. WBR would have lost money had that been delivered to them for marketing."

"The Stage" debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 album chart last November. The surprise release of the disc earned the lowest sales of an AVENGED SEVENFOLD album in eleven years. It sold 76,000 copies in its first week, less than half the tally of its previous two efforts.

M. Shadows told The Pulse Of Radio that AVENGED SEVENFOLD was aware of the risks in such an unusual release. "One thing that we knew, you know, all the analytics proved that, you know, we shouldn't do this because of the way that rock fans consume music," he said. "You know, it's very physical-heavy, and one thing we knew is that we had to get records in stores, but we were gonna be basically setting ourselves up for a leak, which would have been a huge disaster. But Capitol Records did an amazing job of being able to get these records into stores, so we were able to be the first band to actually have a physical and digital release that was a surprise."

AVENGED SEVENFOLD Lawsuit With WARNER BROS. To Go To Trial In December

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