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Avenged Sevenfold Edward Holly Professor Pellegrino Music 125 December 10 2014 Avenged Sevenfold an all American hard metal rock band, the band originally started in Huntington Beach California their first album was released in 2001(Sounding the Seventh Trumpets). The band’s original members were Matthew Sanders also known as M Shadows (vocals), Zachary Baker aka Zacky Vengeance (rhythm guitar) and James Sullivan aka The Rev (drummer), short for The Reverend Tholomew Plaque. The original bassist Dameon Ash and Justin Sane were later replaced by Johnny Seward aka Johnny Christ. James Sullivan had a side project as a lead singer in a band named Pinkley Smooth, lead guitarist was Brian Haner, …show more content…

41 nominations and 30 Awards ranging from number one songs to number one albums, best live performers, best drummer to best guitar solos along with best guitarist duo (Synyster Gates, Zachy Vengeance). Unfortunately on December 28, 2009 at the age of 28, the “Rev” James Owen Sullivan died from a combination of heart condition and oxycodone overdose. The last album he worked on was Nightmare; the last song he wrote was fiction from the Nightmare album, shortly after his death Mike Portnoy joined the band as a temporary replacement, ex drummer of Dream Theater. Eventually Mike Portnoy left the band and was replaced by Arin Ilejay, a member that had traveled with the band since 2011. Mike Portnoy only was temporary to finish the drum production of Nightmare and to tour for the album, but the band was in agreement it was only temporary, the band did not want to disrupt

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