The Stage is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on October 28, 2016 by Capitol Records after a live stream event on the band's Facebook page.
 It's the first Avenged Sevenfold album to feature Brooks Wackerman on drums, who joined the band in late 2014 but wasn't revealed as Arin Ilejay's official replacement until Ilejay's departure in 2015, because the band wanted to find a drummer that would "fit in".
 "The Stage" is also the band's first album to be released through Capitol Records.
 It is also the band's longest studio album at 73 minutes and 35 seconds, thus beating "City of Evil" by almost a minute.
 The album also features their longest song to date, "Exist", with a run-time of 15 minutes and 41 seconds.
The Avenged Sevenfold Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold between 2007 and 2009, promoting their self-titled album.
 It was also the band's last tour with drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan who died on December 28, 2009.
Avenged Sevenfold is the eponymous fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on October 30, 2007 by Warner Bros.
 Records.
 The album, originally slated for an October 16 release, was delayed by two weeks in order to provide more time to complete bonus material and production for the record, including the making of the animated music video for the song "A Little Piece of Heaven".
 The album debuted at number 4 on the "Billboard" 200.
 On September 23, 2008, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA.
 The album has also been released on vinyl.
 The band supported the album with a tour, beginning a day before the release of the album and ending in 2009.
 This is their last studio album to feature the drummer The Rev for the full album, who has passed away in December 2009 during the recording of their next album "Nightmare".
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California.
 Formed in 1999, the group originally featured vocalist M. Shadows (Matthew Sanders), guitarist Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker), bassist Matt Wendt and drummer The Rev (James Sullivan).
 Wendt was replaced early by Justin Sane (Justin Meacham), who performed on the group's debut album "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet" before leaving the band the following year after attempting to commit suicide.
 Dameon Ash (Frank Melcom) replaced Meacham for the album's promotional touring cycle, while lead guitarist Synyster Gates (Brian Haner, Jr.) joined the band after the album's initial release.
 Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward) became Avenged Sevenfold's fourth bassist in time for the recording of the 2003 album "Waking the Fallen".
"Scream" is the fifth and final single from Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album.
 It has reached number nine on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 26 on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart.
 It is the second of five singles by Avenged Sevenfold written by M. Shadows.
 This is also the last single to feature The Rev on drums.
Hail to the King is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
 It was released on August 23, 2013 in New Zealand and Australia, and was released on iTunes on August 27, 2013 and in North America on the same day.
 The album was produced by Mike Elizondo.
 "Hail to the King" is the first and only Avenged Sevenfold album to feature Arin Ilejay on drums, prior to his departure in July 2015.
 It is also the first Avenged Sevenfold album without musical contributions from Ilejay's late predecessor, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan; the bonus track, "St. James", was written in his memory.
James Owen Sullivan (February 9, 1981– December 28, 2009), professionally known by his stage name The Rev (shortened version of The Reverend Tholomew Plague), was an American musician, best known as the drummer, songwriter, co-lead vocalist and founding member for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
 The Rev was widely regarded and critically acclaimed for his work on Avenged Sevenfold albums, and contributed entire songs composed by himself, such as "Chapter Four", "Afterlife", "A Little Piece of Heaven", and "Almost Easy".
 He was also the lead vocalist/pianist in Pinkly Smooth, a side project where he was known by the name Rathead, with fellow Avenged Sevenfold member, guitarist Synyster Gates (Brian Elwin Haner Jr.), and he was the drummer for Suburban Legends from 1998 to 1999.
Nightmare is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
 It was released on July 27, 2010 through Warner Bros.
 Records.
 It was produced by Mike Elizondo and mixed in New York City by noted engineer Andy Wallace.
 "Nightmare" is the first Avenged Sevenfold record without James "The Rev" Sullivan performing drums on all the songs due to his death in December 2009; however he did write parts that were used for the final recordings, making this the last album he would write on, The Rev's vocals are still on the album as a tribute to him.
 This is the only album to feature ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who performed as the drummer for the album in his place, also played with the band for all their tours through the end of 2010, due to his separation with Dream Theater.
 They then hired drummer Arin Ilejay, who played with the band for the next four years.
 The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States.
 The album debuted at number 1 in the "Billboard" 200.
 As of December 2016 the album has sold 964,000 copies in the United States.
"Shepherd of Fire" is the second single from "Hail to the King", the sixth studio album from American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
 Released on November 7, 2013, the song was a No.1 single on Mainstream Rock, and is the theme song of the "" Zombies map "Origins", included in the final downloadable content compilation named "Apocalypse".
 It is also featured in the mixed-martial arts video game "EA Sports UFC".
"Welcome to the Family" is a song by the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released as the second single for their fifth studio album, "Nightmare".
 It is the band's second single released without former drummer The Rev, who died on December 28, 2009.
 In the news Theprp.com mention the second single from the album Nightmare is "Welcome to the Family", scheduled to be played on the radio starting on October 19, 2010.
 A physical release, however, was not available until December 21.
 In Avenged Sevenfold's "making of" series on YouTube, "In the Studio", singer M. Shadows and bassist Johnny Christ say that The Rev wrote most of the song and M. Shadows finished it when they started to record the album.
 No plans for a music video have been made so far.
 The song is playable as DLC in the video game Rock Band 3.

Question: What Avenged Sevenfold album is the first to not feature Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan and the single "Shepherd of Fire"?
Answer: Hail to the King