Avenged Sevenfold flex their metal chops at Rogers Place

It was about halfway through the set Thursday night that vocalist M. Shadows finally got around to welcoming everyone at Rogers Place to the family.
The Avenged Sevenfold family, that is, a musically inclusive unit that doesn’t make a whole lot of distinctions when it comes to hard rock and metal. Based out of California, the five-piece have forged and reforged a sound out of the shards of metal past and present, almost to the point of homage. Add to that a new predilection for prog-rock a