A7X will bring out their new album, with Mike Portnoy (DT) on drums:

"I want our fans to know that with Jimmy in our hearts, our journey to record has officially began. Jimmy helped leave this world an amazing gift and now it's our job to make sure to deliver that gift to our fans. We asked Jimmy's all time favorite drummer Mike Portnoy to record on behalf of him. Mike said it would be an honor and without question that’s what Jim would have wanted. Its comforting to us that someone like Mike, who is undoubtedly revered as one of the best drummers in the world, held such respect and adoration for the Rev's abilities. Even though it will never be the same without our brother by our side, his essence lives in our hearts and through the music he helped create. He was a legend before any of the success or any of that bullshit and we are fucking excited to lay this down for our fans, and especially for Jimmy.
-Avenged Sevenfold"

Looking forward to it.

me too, great news. should be a great collaboration, even though Portnoy won't necessarily support them live.

Nah, that would be too good to be true (given the circumstances of course)... I do hope they will find a drummer that fits in really well for them, going forward. Rev was very special though (technique, singing, musicality), but still hope A7X will keep most of its character in the future...

Thats really cool A few friends of mine are huge Avenged Sevenfold fans.

this sounds great!!

I'm not a great fan of Avanged Sevenfold, and not sure I think Mike fits their style, but hey, let's see how it turns out

These things turn out to be good in about 20% of projects but I hope Mike wouldn't pick something that doesn't really fit with his style. We'll see