Avenged Sevenfold bassist Johnny Christ confirmed in a new interview at Knotfest.com that the California band has been working on the follow-up to its 2016 album The Stage.
Christ said, “We've been working for a long time on new material. I can't verify how far in we are or anything like that. And it's not even me trying to be secretive or anything like that. There's so much going on in the world right now, for me to get people's hopes up and then something has to switch last minute, I would be very irresponsible if I gave any kind of information of where we are in the process.”
Christ would not confirm how many songs the band has written when pressed, insisting, “There's stuff, there's stuff. I don't wanna divulge that . . . There's too many moving parts in the world right now, and I don't wanna mess with anybody's hopes and dreams.”
Singer M. Shadows told us a while back that he was confident the band's eighth studio album would come together smoothly once the group got started: “There’s just so many cool new influences and even just the idea of sparking us to think of different things outside of the box, I just know it’s going to be different and cool. A lot of times it's just hard to find inspiration, but once you find inspiration, it's usually a lot easier process.”
Avenged Sevenfold kept a low profile during 2019 and will likely not return to the road until next year. A blood blister on Shadows's vocal cords forced the band to cancel a summer 2018 tour with Prophets Of Rage and Three Days Grace.