Feb 19
Quick music notes: Avenged Sevenfold, Vampire Weekend
Heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, whose drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan passed away in December 2009, will be recording its next album with the help of Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy.
Portnoy, considered one of the more technically brilliant drummers in rock, said he was "truly honored to have been asked to play with them and I didn't even have to think twice about saying yes," according to a statement (via AntiMusic.com).• Vampire Weekend is that rare band who still spends a good deal of thought in making videos. In their newest for the song "Giving Up The Gun", they were able to get cameos from Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas and the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA for a cool video about a series of tennis matches:
