USA TODAY: “Carry On” For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 And M Shadows’ Current Daily Routine

USA Today have shared an article in which they spoke to M Shadows about Avenged Sevenfold’s involvement with Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2
with the song “Carry On,” gaming with his clan, how the new album is
coming along and the front-man confirms a sneaking suspicion amongst
fans. A congratulations is in order!

Once players finish the single-player campaign, they see
the game’s villain Raul Menendez and one of the main characters Sgt.
Frank Woods meet an animated version of the band backstage before
joining them onstage to perform the song. Eventually, the entire cast of
the game dances to the tune. “Carry On was more like these guys coming
together at the end and being buddies after they have pretty much killed
each others’ families,” Shadows says. “I’m proud of it and I think it’s
fun and it’s actually just really cool to be in a Call of Duty game.”

Avenged Sevenfold has a new album in the works, so Shadows is busy
writing. “It’s a big record for us. … All I can say is that we are
really excited about it and it’s sounding really good to us,” he says.
“It’s definitely different like all of our records are all different
from each other. That’s fun. We are just exploring our musical
boundaries.”

Shadows says that these days “I write about eight hours a day, five
days a week and then play games the rest of the night and hang out with
my son,” he says. “Fans don’t need to be worried that I am just playing
Call of Duty.”