Complex sentence: Avenged Sevenfold won'Best New Artist' at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for "Bat Country" and on October 1,2009, the single was certified gold by the RIAA.
Split into simpler sentences: Avenged Sevenfold won'Best New Artist' at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for "Bat Country". On October 1,2009, the single was certified gold by the RIAA.