Avenged Sevenfold, Download Festival 2024 REVIEW: Avenged Sevenfold have headlined Donington Park before, but it's never felt anything like this. That could be because, in the time between, they have evolved in ways the past versions of themselves would never have imagined they could. And as they admit this might be the only time they get to do this on this side of the Atlantic for quite some time, to say they are going in all guns blazing as curtain closers for this year's festivities would be an understatement. Upon the release of their latest album, the endlessly ambitious and progressively grand 'Life Is But a Dream...' A7X stated that it was a body of work made to be listened to from front to back. They should have added that the songs need to be experienced live as well to really peel back the layers and reveal the genius within. 'Game Over' is all the thrashier, 'We Love You' all the heavier and 'Nobody' all the more exploratory when delivered with the raw spontaneity of the h...