Hard rockers Avenged Sevenfold hit the Billboard Top 30 with their 2005 major-label debut, City of Evil, and theyre presently shacked up in a Burbank, Calif., studio trying to top it. The as-yet-untitled effort is expected in October. This time around, a greater concern was placed on creating a melody rather than ultra-heavy music that lashes out all over the place. One track that epitomizes this departure the band describes as a Hotel California-type of song layered with various guitar textures and backed by a gospel choir.