(Radio.com) Avenged Sevenfold surprised released their new studio album "The Stage" at Midnight on Friday (October 28th) and the effort can now be streamed online. Radio.com has this additional background on record:
The Stage is a concept album about artificial intelligence that features 11 songs inspired by the writings of Carl Sagan and Elon Musk. The album's 15-minute-plus closing track, "Exist," features a guest appearance by award-winning astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson delivering a spoken word piece he wrote specifically for the album.
The campaign for the stealth arrival of The Stage began a few weeks ago with guerilla marketing efforts, in which the group's "deathbat" symbol began appearing on landmarks around the world. Fans and media reported sightings and shared images from Paris, Sydney, London, Tokyo and Berlin and rumors about a December release began to spread.
The Stage marks the band's first release with drummer Brooks Wackerman, who has played with Bad Religion, Tenacious D and Suicidal Tendencies. Stream the album here.
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