Ashley "Lux" Elzinga of the 105.7 The Point radio station in St. Louis, Missouri recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer Arin Ilejay. You can now watch the chat below.Ilejay, a former member of CONFIDE, joined AVENGED SEVENFOLD in early 2011 as the replacement for James "The Rev" Sullivan, who died in December 2009.AVENGED SEVENFOLD's sixth studio album, "Hail To The King", sold 159,000 copies in its first week of release, giving the California band their second straight chart-topper after 2010's "Nightmare".Asked to describe how Ilejay rose to the challenge in making his studio debut with the group, AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates told MusicRadar.com: "He really shined [he] got the feel, the sound and the power. It was his first big record, but fortunately, he played a lot of shows with us before the recording, so that helped to clear the nerves away. And it wasn't a one-take kind of thing, so he was able to explore the songs, get inside them and make them sound right."Ilejay's chops helped to steer the course of the music during writing and demoing sessions, as well. "Being that if was a riff-oriented record, we went in for a few days and made sure we had some things that were appealing to the ear," Gates told MusicRadar.com. "Then one of us would get behind the drums and jam it out. All of us can play drums a little bit, but we're certainly not on Arin's level, so he'd come in to show us what a real drummer can do and how the things would sound when played all-out. Hearing him made us either say, 'Hmm, that riff can be a little better,' or, 'Wow, that's amazing. We'll definitely base a song around that.'"AVENGED SEVENFOLD kicked off its first major tour in support of the new CD on October 3 in Chicago.
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