What do you get when heavy riffs, deep drums, shredding solos, and raspy vocals come together? Here’s a hint: heavy metal and Call of Duty fans alike have been waiting for this release since August 2012. Still didn’t get it? Well, it’s the latest album from Avenged Sevenfold: “Hail to the King.”

The band’s sixth studio album was released on Aug. 27 and this is the debut of their new drummer, Arin Iljay, who has impressed. His clear, hollow drumming blends well with the heavy riffs of Synyster Gate’s custom, and has proved himself a worthy member of the band.

The intro to the album starts with the slow ringing of a church bell, which is right downMetallica’s path, and this occurs in several songs. Also, in their song “Requiem,” leadvocalist M. Shadows gives a chant after the solo that sounds a lot like Metallica with their own twist.

A7X give each song its own heavy clean riff the match the hollow drums and passionate vocals with the rest of the band, but each is still structured the same way: heavy riff intro, followed by the first few choruses and verses, which leads up to the solo, and either a passionate chorus or breakdown ends the song magnificently.

The only exception to this is “Crimson Day,” where everything is slowed down a bit and the passion and emotion could be felt by M. Shadow’s voice. Overall, this album is supposed to be played ­­­­– and played loud; the ideal time is doing 100 on the highway with the speakers about to blow. The riffs, drums, and vocals fuse together to create a unique, and awesome, sound that could make almost anyone pumped.