If you haven’t picked up the latest self-titled album from Avenged Sevenfold then head over to iTunes and pick up your copy for only $7.99. The sale ends soon so stop wasting time and get your ass over there!

The USC Trojan Marching Band will perform Avenged Sevenfold's hit single "Almost Easy" during the Rose Bowl's halftime show on January 1, 2009. The broadcast begins at 1:30 p.m., with halftime starting at approximately 3:40 p.m. All times are PST.

Thanks to each and every fan that made a video for the Scream Contest! Here is the winning video hand picked by the Zacky V:

New tour dates have just been announced for 2009! Here are the new dates:

1-28-09 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
1-30-09 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
1-31-09 Albuqurque, NM Tingley Coliseum
2-2-09 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena
2-3-09 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
2-5-09 Yakima, WA Yakima Valley SunDome
2-6-09 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum
2-7-09 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
2-9-09 Spokane, WA Star Theater at Spokane Arena
2-10-09 Great Falls, MT Four Seasons Arena
2-12-09 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
2-14-09 Council Bluffs, IA Mid America Center

Voting season is still underway and now Metal Hammer has just released their Readers Poll for 2008. Head over HERE start voting!

We have gotten some pretty cool shit over the years, but thanks for our fans for sending this to us! Check out the USC Marching Band doing our song "Almost Easy" during their halftime show! CLICK HERE to check out the footage or check it out below:

We have been checking out the videos already posted on YouTube for the Scream Contest and we fucking love them! There's only two weeks left to submit your entry so get all yours friends together and show us what you can do! If you haven't seen our previous blog then here's all the info:

Hey guys,

There are a few tickets left for this week's shows in Bloomington, Milwaukee and Madison. We've been having a great run with Buckcherry, and the last few shows have sold out. So we want to make sure you can get in.

CLICK HERE to get tickets for Bloomington.

CLICK HERE for Milwaukee.

We had an incredible win over 3 Doors Down on Fuse's Best of 2008! However it isn't over yet! Avenged Sevenfold is now up against Slipknot and this isn't going to be an easy win! We need all our fans helping us in round two so CLICK HERE to vote!

Hey Everyone-

Writing to you from Casper, WY. The show was great, the crowd was kickass and all we can say is we couldn’t be happier than to be out on this tour. Make sure to get your tickets for this tour TODAY because they’re going fast- CLICK HERE, get your tickets and we will see you at the next show!

-A7X

We decided since our fans love our new single "Scream" that we wanted to see what you fuckers can do with a video camera and whatever is floating around in your crazy head! So here's the deal, make your own "Scream" Video, upload it to YouTube and win a Macbook Air loaded with all of our shit! Check out all the details HERE! You only have a month so you better get started now!

Ever wanted to know what Zacky Vengeance loves and hates about Halloween? Well check out the Interview with Buzznet HERE to find out his deepest darkest fears about the beloved holiday!

BAT COUNTRY, AFTERLIFE and AFTERLIFE (LIVE) are currently up for sale on Xbox Live! So go get off your ass and get your copy now! Then you can rock out to our bad ass videos in your own living room!

We wanted to let all our fans know that tickets are going fast for our upcoming tour with Buckcherry and we don't want you to miss out! We haven't been on tour in the U.S. for a long time and we really want to see ALL OUR FANS in the fucking front row! So hurry up and get your TICKETS HERE and we can't wait to see you tear up the mosh pit!

Don't forget to check out Avenged Sevenfold's special of their DVD, "Live in the LBC," airing on MTV2 this week on Headbangers Ball Week. You can catch the airing of this special show this week! Here are the following dates to see it:

Wednesday 10/22

Thursday 10/23

Friday 10/24