“We didn’t want to live and die by someone else’s sword”: Avenged Sevenfold's Zacky Vengeance on ditching major labels and nurturing better fan connections with the blockchain MusicTech
"The first thought about the band that went through my mind was: ‘The band’s over.'" How Avenged Sevenfold found the strength to carry on after the death of The Rev - with the unlikely help of Mike Portnoy and the guy who wrote 50 Cent's biggest hit Louder