Black Reign (EP)


Black Reign is an EP by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on September 21, 2018, through Warner Bros. Records.

Background

In September 2018 it was announced the band would release all previous non-album collaborations with the video game series in one collected EP, including a brand new single made specifically for ' as well as "Jade Helm", which was previously only available in-game on '.
On September 23, 2018, M. Shadows took to Avenged Sevenfold's Reddit to address the criticism regarding the mixing of the new single. He subsequently published a second version to download for free and explained that the song would be replaced on all radio stations and streaming websites.

Musical style

M. Shadows spoke to Kerrang! about the EP saying "We felt that we should go for something bigger, darker and more cerebral" referring to the brand new song "Mad Hatter". He continued "We have a very deep relationship with the team at Treyarch. We're proud to be part of the family and extremely excited for people to enjoy this next chapter and our contribution to it."

Track listing

Personnel