Avenged Sevenfold drummer Arin Ilejay recently spoke with Music Radar about some of his favourite drummers. Metallica's Lars Ulrich made the list and Ilejay shared his thoughts:

"In so many ways Lars really is the best metal drummer. He doesn’t have the crazy shredding chops that a lot of drummers have, but he has the best stage presence of any drummer. He’s out of his mind but writes incredible parts for the music. He’s the Ringo Starr of metal. Ringo and Lars get the least amount of credit, but they are absolute geniuses. I used to think drummers had to shred to get anywhere, but when you look at the music industry it is saturated with incredible musicians and that doesn’t mean that your band is going to make it. It’s not enough to just shred."

Click here for Ilejay's complete list of drum heroes.

Avenged Sevenfold recently announced the release of Waking The Fallen: Resurrected on August 26th via Hopeless Records. The multi-platinum band personally curated this rare, never before seen look at their fan favorite, genre defining, breakthrough album Waking The Fallen. The new release includes 11 never before heard songs, 23 total tracks, new artwork, the original first cut of the music video for "Unholy Confessions" and a 30 minute film featuring the present day band, directed/edited by Rafa Alcantara. Preorder packages are available at HopelessRecords.com.

New content on Waking The Fallen: Resurrected:

* Two new songs, including the lead track "Waking The Fallen: Resurrected" which had been lost to history before it was discovered buried deep within the original multi-track recordings. Originally intended to make the album as a full song, it was ultimately reworked into a vocal free intro. Later the band drew inspiration from this lost song's piano intro, building it out into their hit song "Beast And The Harlot" off of their next album City Of Evil. This song is a previously unknown link between two major eras in the band's career.

* Four never before heard demos recorded by Thrice's Teppei Teranishi including "Chapter Four", "Remenissions", "I Won't See You Tonight Part 1", "I Won't See You Tonight Part 2". These early version demos contain alternate lyrics, melodies, and arrangements giving fans a unique and unprecedented behind the scenes look at the evolution of four of the band's most popular songs.

* Five live versions recorded in 2004 from some of the band's earliest shows including "Chapter Four (Live In Ventura)", "Desecrate Through Reverence (Live In Pomona)", "Eternal Rest (Live In Pomona)", "Unholy Confessions (Live In Ventura)", "Second Heartbeat (Live In Ventura)". Very little live material from this era of Avenged Sevenfold's career has ever seen the light of day.

* A 30 minute documentary featuring brand new interviews from band looking back on the of the lead up, demoing, recording and touring around the Waking The Fallen album. The 30 minute film includes personal behind the scenes home movies and photos from the band's earliest days.

* The original first cut of the "Unholy Confessions" music video.

Trailer:

Waking The Fallen: Resurrected tracklisting:

CD1

“Waking The Fallen”
“Unholy Confessions”
“Chapter Four”
“Remenissions”
“Desecrate Through Reverence”
“Eternal Rest”
“Second Heartbeat”
“Radiant Eclipse”
“I Won’t See You Tonight Part 1”
“I Won’t See You Tonight Part 2”
“Clairvoyant Disease”
“And All Things Will End”

CD 2

“Waking The Fallen: Resurrected”
“Second Heartbeat” (Alternate Version)

“Chapter Four” (Demo)

“Remenissions” (Demo)

“I Won’t See You Tonight Part 1” (Demo)

“I Won’t See You Tonight Part 2” (Demo)

“Intro/Chapter Four (Live In Ventura)”
“Desecrate Through Reverence (Live In Pomona)”
“Eternal Rest (Live In Ventura)”
“Unholy Confessions (Live In Ventura)”
“Second Heartbeat (Live In Ventura)”

“I Won’t See You Tonight Part 1 (Live In Ventura)”*

“I Won’t See You Tonight Part 2 (Live In Ventura)”*

*Denotes bonus tracks only available in D2C pre-order

DVD tracklisting:

Waking The Fallen: Resurrected Documentary

“Chapter Four” (live footage video)

“Unholy Confessions” (official music video)

“Unholy Confessions” (original first cut music video)