Housed in a synthetic leather bound book with special silver-plated "Nightmare" crest.Expanded booklet featuring lyric sheets from the band and exclusive artwork." Every day, his parents and sisters, and his brothers in Avenged Sevenfold smile at the many memories they have of Jimmy and his fans around the world revel in the musical legacy he left them."Īvenged Sevenfold decided to carry on as band following Sullivan's death, recruiting Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy to tour with the group this summer. " To all of us who loved Jimmy, the only thing relevant about December 28 is that is the night we lost, too soon, a son, brother, friend and one of the most talented artists in the world," the band's manager Larry Jacobson said about the ruling. Meanwhile, Orange County Deputy Coroner Mitchell Sigal revealed that Sullivan also had an enlarged heart, which was marked in the coroner's report as a " significant condition", and may have played a role in the drummer's death. The drummer, nicknamed The Rev, passed away on Decemat his home in southern California at the age of 28.Īt first Sullivan's death was ruled as inconclusive, but now according to Rolling Stone, toxicology reports suggest he suffered " acute polydrug intoxication due to the combined effects of Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Diazepam/Nordiazepam and ethanol." The death of Avenged Sevenfold member Jimmy Owen Sullivan was caused by an accidental drug overdose. The five of us created something more important than our physical existence and Jimmy is a part of that forever." "That connection will mean more than just entertainment. We're going to go up there and honor our friend and we're going to make our fans cry and laugh and leave every city with a feeling they've never felt before." He tells British rock magazine Kerrang!, " Getting up there to play our first show will feel like a victory after all we've gone through. Sullivan died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in December, and the band considered quitting altogether in the wake of his passing.īut they decided to continue in honor of their dead pal, and will step onstage at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, July 25 - a concert that guitarist Zacky Vengeance insists will cause fans to "cry and laugh". Rockers Avenged Sevenfold have vowed to make their first gig since the death of Jimmy Sullivan an emotional tribute to their tragic drummer. For ticket and tour information visit and. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre plays drums on Nightmare and will also tour with the band for Uproar.
Also on the bill are Stone Sour, Halestorm, and Hell Yeah. The Los Angeles Times has praised Nightmare's " elegiac power ballads," and called it " the band's most personal effort yet." On August 17th, Avenged Sevenfold will set out to co-headline the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival with Disturbed. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace, Nightmare was in the works when the band's beloved drummer, Jimmy " The Rev" Sullivan, passed away. The band's previous album, 2007's Avenged Sevenfold, moved 94,000 in its first week of release. 1 through Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and fansites. The fans came out in droves to buy the album and spent the past week exhorting one another to make the band's record No. 1 debut is the band's highest first-week chart position ever, selling over 162,500 units in its first week thanks to the band's devoted and rabid fanbase, who consider themselves part of a worldwide A7X family. 1 on Billboard's album chart and also No.1 on Billboard's Hard Music, Digital, Internet and Alternative Album Charts. Avenged Sevenfold has cemented their status as one of the country's favorite rock bands with their highly personal fifth studio album Nightmare, which bowed at No.
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