Avenged Sevenfold was sued by Warner Bros. back in January 16 after the band tried to get out of their contract. Avenged Sevenfold cited the "seven-year rule," where you can only bind somebody to an exclusive deal for seven years maximum under certain circumstances. It looked like things were settled in October 2016, but the label then announced they'd still be taking the band to court anyway. The latest news came in late 2017 when it seemed like Warner Bros. was going to actually go to court with the band over the lawsuit.
Now in an interview with Billboard, Avenged Sevenfold says they're still dealing with the lawsuit, but they're excited to hit the road this summer with Prophets Of Rage. They're also potentially going to start work on a new album at the end of the year, depending on what their tour schedule is.
"We have a couple things we're looking at, but right now we're still dealing with the label situation, the lawsuit [with Warner Bros. ], so we've still got a couple of things we have to clean up before we move on to the next record. For us right now we're going to do [the tour]], and by the time we get to September, we're either going to South America or we're not, and if we don't, then we'll start thinking about the next record."
No word on if Warner Bros. will put out a new greatest hits when Avenged Sevenfold eventually puts out their new album.
