Stranger things: Avenged take metal on a trip.
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Earlier this year, powered by existentialism and hallucinogens, Avenged Sevenfold crafted the weirdest album by a major heavy metal band in decades.
Frontman MShadows and his wife, Valary, were having a night out at a local bar when the psychedelic mushrooms began to take hold. Anew Avenged Sevenfold album was already in the works, but the singer wasn’t seeking chemically enhanced inspiration at that moment – until the feelings of love and happiness got intense.