Avenged Sevenfold surprise release futuristic electronic-tinged new EP ‘Statica’

Avenged Sevenfold have surprise-released a futuristic electronic-tinged new EP titled ‘Statica’ – listen below. READ MORE: Avenged Sevenfold on dividing fans: “Being willing to risk everything is the most liberating thing” The four-track collection arrived without warning earlier today (July 24), and it features the songs ‘Lights’, ‘Statica’, ‘Rejoice’ and ‘Ashes’. It is the California metal band’s most significant release since their eighth studio record ‘Life Is But A Dream…’ in 2023, and it sees them continuing to explore the adventurous direction of that album, as well as 2016’s ‘The Stage’. They make use of robotic vocals, sci-fi synths and electronic dance beats, moving further away from the more traditional heavy metal sound of records such as 2005’s ‘City Of Evil’ and 2013’s ‘Hail To The King’. The band did not tease the EP beforehand and it follows the standalone single ‘Magic’, which arrived last December as part of an update for Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7. Listen to ‘Statica’ below. Speaking to NME backstage at Download Festival in 2024, guitarist Zacky Vengeance said the reaction to ‘Life Is But A Dream…’ had been “the exact response that we set out to achieve”, explaini...