Metal Anarchy

According to Billboard, Avenged Sevenfold are getting sued by Warner Bros. for trying to get out of their contract by using the “seven-year rule,” which is a part of the California Labor Code that “allows parties to leave personal service contracts under certain circumstances after seven years have passed.” The band apparently still owes the label two more studio albums, and a live CD/DVD, which Warner Bros. claims to have already invested in. The label also said that the band sent a letter saying they were parting ways, which was was not received until November 30, 2015, despite the fact that it was dated on November 25, 2015.

The band’s attorney Howard E. King said the following:

“Avenged Sevenfold recently exercised the rights given them by this law and ended its recording agreement with Warner Bros. Records,” Since the 2004 contract was signed the label “underwent multiple regime changes that led to dramatic turnover at every level of the company, to the point where no one on the current A&R staff has even a nodding relationship with the band.”

“The band looks forward to building a relationship with a new label. [Avenged Sevenfold] has every expectation that it will forge the success and personal relationships with them that it once had with Warner Bros.”

In other news, the band will be heading to the studio soon to officially start tracking their new album. Thia was announced in a Schecter Guitars press release for Synyster Gates’ SYNSTER CUSTOM-S and Zacky Vengeance’s ZV-6661, which will be used to record the effort. This will be the band’s first album since the addition of new drummer Brooks Wackerman, (ex-Bad Religion).

UPDATE: A7X will release a new album this year, but the Schecter announcement was wrong about about them recording next month. No time frame has been established as of yet.