Avenged Sevenfold have shared an electrifying cover of the Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By." It's the latest in a long string of new music released by the band over the past few months, as part of their expansion iniative for last fall's album The Stage. The Californians previously unleashed inventive takes on Mexican folk song "Malagueña Salerosa," Mr. Bungle's "Retrovertigo," Del Shannon's "Runaway" (a collaboration with Vandals guitarist Warren Fitzgerald, with lead vocals by Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Zacky Vengeance) and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," as well as the trippy original song "Dose." Listen now.
"We really got into some of the deeper Rolling Stones tracks during the writing process for Hail to the King,'" frontman M. Shadows explains. "This song always stood out because of the melody and fragile state of Mick Jagger's vocal, and the interesting string section in the bridge. We took a more uptempo rock & roll approach and added the sitar as a little nod to the experimentation of the Sixties."
