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''Hail to the King'' is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on August 23, 2013 in New Zealand and Australia, and was released on iTunes on August 27, 2013 and in North America on the same day. The album was produced by Mike Elizondo. ''Hail to the King'' is the only Avenged Sevenfold album to feature Arin Ilejay on drums, prior to his departure in July 2015. It is also the first Avenged Sevenfold album without musical contributions from Ilejay's late predecessor, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan; the bonus track, "St. James", was written in his memory. The album was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200. This marks Avenged Sevenfold's second album to top the ''Billboard'' chart (the first being ''Nightmare''), as well as their first to reach number 1 in the UK, topping the UK Albums Chart. It also topped the Canadian, Brazilian, Finnish and Irish album charts. Also, the album spawned two number 1 singles on Billboard's Mainstream Rock, Hail to the King, and Shepherd of Fire. The former spent 11 weeks on the top of the chart. On July 16, 2014 the album was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. ==Background== On November 15, 2012, vocalist M. Shadows said that the band has been working on a new album since the recording of "Carry On" in August 2012. In December, the band said that it plans to begin recording material for their next album in January 2013, with release planned for later in the year. In January 2013 the band started recording their new album. The band started streaming snippets of their new album in May 2013 on their new radio app. It was on the app that Arin Ilejay was confirmed as an official band member and replacement of deceased drummer and founding member The Rev. In an interview with ''Metal Hammer'' about the new album, M. Shadows said that the album would sound more blues rock-influenced and more like classic rock and classic metal in the vein of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=M Shadows Wants The New Avenged Sevenfold Album To Be A Metal/Rock Classic ) The new album has a lot more of a Sabbath and Zeppelin feel to it, ” he states. “There’s definitely more Sabbath in what we’re writing, and we’re proud of ‘Carry On,’ but this album is going to be on a whole new level. We’re shooting for late January, early February (enter the studio ) and to have the album out in the summer. I’m pretty sure that we’re looking to go overseas first, so you guys will be seeing it before everyone else... We’re going back to Sabbath stuff. We’re looking at blues chords they’re playing most of their stuff in. We’re listening to Zeppelin. We’re going backwards with what we want this record to feel like. I wanna write a classic metal record, a classic rock record in 2013.〕 The band released four teasers on YouTube showing the band going through the recording process as well as providing snippets of songs off the album. On June 26, 2013, the band revealed the title, cover art and release date of album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Revolvermag )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Blabbermouth.net )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King () )〕 In July, the band revealed the complete track list of the album.〔http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2013/07/avenged_sevenfold_unveil_track.html〕 On August 8, 2013, "Shepherd of Fire" was revealed to be the theme song of the ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' Zombies map "Origins", included in its final downloadable content pack titled ''Apocalypse''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/avenged-sevenfold-trailer-for-hail-to-the-king-animated-series/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hail to the King (Avenged Sevenfold album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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