Avenged Sevenfold today revealed "Hail To The King", the blistering first single and title track from the band's forthcoming sixth studio album due out on August 26th via Warner Bros. Records.
Produced by Mike Elizondo, Hail To The King was recently proclaimed "the band's crowning achievement" by Revolver Magazine. To listen to "Hail ToThe King" now, click HERE. To purchase "Hail To The King" on iTunes.
Avenged Sevenfold also announced the Hail To The King Tour – a massive headlining U.S. arena tour to take place this October and the band's first full scale American tour since 2011.
The run of dates will kick off in Chicago, IL on Thursday, October 3rd and wrap up on October 26th in Las Vegas, NV. Supporting the band on all dates will be special guests Deftones and Ghost B.C. As previously announced the band will play a run of dates in the UK:
November 2013
Saturday 30 Manchester Arena
December 2013
Sunday 1 Wembley Arena, London
Tuesday 3 02 Dublin, Ireland
Thursday 5 LG Arena, Birmingham
Tracklisting for the album is as below:
Shepherd of Fire
Hail to the King
Doing Time
This Means War
Requiem
Crimson Day
Heretic
Coming Home
Planets
Acid Rain
Avenged Sevenfold made an unprecedented appearance as characters in the Call of Duty Black Ops 2 video game in November 2012. The game was the biggest selling video game of all time and featured the band's performance of a song written for the game, 'Carry On,' which then went on to Top the Billboard Monitor chart on January 13, 2013.
On August 26th, Avenged Sevenfold will also play a free show for their fans at the Hollywood Palladium. The show is a special thank you to their fans to celebrate the release of the new album. Stay tuned for entry details, which will be revealed in the coming weeks.
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