you win the prize! it is, indeed, Avenged Sevenfold.
Their press release says "their new record "City Of Evil" has a universal appeal: hard rocking, metal-anchored with a punk rock sensibility. "City Of Evil" manages to embrace both genres while reaching out into the hardest and most musical places a listener can go. It's no secret where the band is headed musically. Wearing their influences proudly on their tattooed arms."
I say it's pure ******baggery at it's worst.
by the way, what's the "most musical place a listener can go?"