Avenged Sevenfold Frontmann M. Shadows lässt via MTV verlauten, dass es sich bei seiner Band um eine Heavy Metal Band handelt. So seine Worte:
"When you go to our live show, it's a full-on heavy metal show, and we don't need I mean, no offense to 10-year-old and 11-year-old little girls, [but] they're not going to understand the experience."
