Majalah Rolling Stone : Album Avenged Sevenfol Pertama Setelah Drummernya Meninggal

Majalah Rolling Stone mewawancara Zacky Vengeance dalam artikel baru mereka. Dalam wawancara tersebut membicarakan tentang bagaimana Avenged Sevenfold sepeninggal The Rev dan apakah Mike Portnoy akan tetap di Avenged Sevenfold.

Ini adalah beberapa cuplikan wawancara tersebut :

“We knew the music was incredible and we were just really excited… maybe too excited,” Vengeance says, adding that the band was having an incredible year before Sullivan’s death. “Talking about the future and everything and how this album was just going to take over — we learned a lesson real quick that everything can change in a second. The world has a funny way of working.”

The band struggled with intense emotions after the Rev died, but Vengeance says he doesn’t think there’s anything any of the bandmates could have done to prevent Sullivan’s sudden passing. “Jimmy was just a magical person,” says Vengeance. “He was always the most eccentric, most exciting friend that we ever had. He was the kid in high school that all the other kids dressed up as for Halloween. He really only truly lived for his friends, his family, and all of our fans. As far as warning signs or anything like that, you can never see something like that coming. That guy wasn’t meant to grow old. He didn’t want responsibility. I don’t think it could have been any other way, to be honest.”

Portnoy, of course, can’t fill in forever. So what will Avenged do for their next album? According to Vengeance, the thought of finding a full-time replacement hasn’t even been a topic of discussion. “We’re just taking baby steps at this point,” he says. “After Jimmy passed, I learned you have to live in the moment and every day is the only thing that you have. There may be a day where we come across someone we click with, or we could go onstage and it could be too hard to deal with. You just don’t know until you’re there.”

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