Heavy Metal band Avenged Sevenfold have announced they will be taking to the stage in Belfast two days before they headline the famous Download Festival.
The Californian band will perform at Download on June 8 but Belfast fans will get a sneak peak of what to expect at the festival on June 6 when they play the SSE Arena in the city.
Best known for singles such as Afterlife, Nightmare, A Little Piece Of Heaven and Bat Country to name a few Avenged Sevenfold have notched up an impressive back catalogue after nearly two decades recording and touring.
With seven best-selling studio albums under their belt with the most recent being The Stage, released 2016, the band have also achieved two consecutive No. 1’s on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart along with Diamond, Platinum and Gold awards for album sales in nearly a dozen countries.
The Stage, which has been considered the most ambitious album of their career, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative, Rock and Hard Rock Album Charts and No. 1 on iTunes in 13 countries. Co-produced by the band and Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), the critically acclaimed album is described to be “a work of immense scope and ambition, featuring 11 panoramic tracks tied together by an Artificial Intelligence theme”.
Avenged Sevenfold will play Belfast’s SSE Arena on June 6. Tickets on sale Friday January 26 and available the SSE Arena Box Office on 02890 739074 or www.ssearenabelfast.com. Tickets are also available from all Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, by calling 0844 277 44 55 or online at www.ticketmaster.ie