Avenged Sevenfold recently announced on their website that they will be recording their next record with Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater. A7X’ s former drummer, James “The Reverend” Sullivan, was found dead in his home early this year. Mike was Jimmy’s favorite drummer, hence why he will be doing the next record. The Reverend was a fantastic drummer, and an influence to many. Click HERE for a full article on the matter.
RIP The Rev
As many of you may know, Avenged Sevenfold drummer James “The Reverend” Sullivan died recently at only 28 years of age. He was reportedly found dead in his home, and so far it has been stated that he died of natural causes.
James was a fantastic drummer, and was one of the top modern metal drumming icons. This is an extremely sad occurrence, as The Rev undoubtedly had a very long musical career ahead of him. Not much info has been released about his death, but I did find some Artisan News (linked here–>) YouTube press coverage that sums up this series of events pretty well. Below I have included a few various videos of The Rev in action, to give you an idea of how great he was.
