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to proselytise for ahightech future, wherever it leads. And on February 27, they hosted a private launch party in the basement of a Los Angeles office tower to share their first virtual reality experience, Avenged Sevenfold VR Concert: Looking Inside.
Asmall crowd of journalists and fans dined on empanadas and A7Xbrand IPA brew, then took turns experiencing the immersive, 3D concert on Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest VR headsets, plugging into a surreal, 26-minute performance of songs from the band’s latest album, Life Is But ADream…: Nobody, (D)eath and Mattel –plus the hits Hail To The King and Nightmare. The show unfolds in a mind-expanding virtual world built by Unreal Engine 5, delivered exclusively by the AmazeVR Concerts App.
The band shot their performance on a green screen stage last year in Los Angeles, with their epic surroundings, special effects and the drawings of album cover artist Wes Lang digitally added later. A7X are seen performing amid walls of fire, strange landscapes and a massive Deathbat brought to life.
“IT’S LIKE ACONCERT INSIDE AVIDEOGAME WITH ABROADWAY PRODUCTION”
“I sat there with, like, a shit-eating grin on my face the whole time, just totally immersed in it,” singer M. Shadows told Hammer of his first time watching the final version of the concert.
Viewers will be transported into anew digital dimension, and can turn their heads to watch any bandmember in action: Shadows, guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer Brooks Wackerman.