According to Blabbermouth.net, Avenged Sevenfold has chosen Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater to play drums on their upcoming album. The band tragically lost their long time drummer, James "The Rev" Sullivan, on December 28th of 2009.Portnoy said "I am treating my participation on this album with the utmost respect for Jimmy's memory and am remaining as true as possible to the drum parts that he wrote for the songs and the record he wanted to make."
Avenged Sevenfold released a statement as well saying "Jimmy helped leave this world an amazing gift and now it's our job to make sure to deliver that gift to our fans. We asked Jimmy's all-time favorite drummer Mike Portnoy to record on behalf of him. Mike said it would be an honor and without question that's what Jim would have wanted."
An official release date for the new record is not available at this time. Continue to check back for further information.
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