10. Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
The band's first album without late drummer The Rev and their sixth altogether, Avenged Sevenfold are back with their accomplished heavy rock sound on Hail To The King. Vocalist M. Shadows has described the sound as "more blues rock-influenced and more like classic rock and classic metal like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin", which is an intriguing combination seeing as they're normally simply described as heavy rock/metal. The band obviously expected anticipation to be high in the rock world, releasing four teasers of the recording process on YouTube, although we have still only heard the album's titular single. However, since they've already sold over eight million albums globally, they're doing pretty well and there's nothing to say that Hail To The King will be any different. http://youtu.be/iU9YM1Lfvt8
Release date: 26 August