Avenged Sevenfold album playback

Irish Avenged Sevenfold fans will have the chance to hear the band's new album in full, ahead of its Monday July 26 release date, this weekend.

Bruxelles Rock Bar, Harry Street, and Fibber Magee's, Parnell St, Dublin will host listening parties for Nightmare from 6pm till 10pm.

The album, (their fifth) is being released following the untimely death of the band's drummer James 'The Rev' Sullivan in December 2009, aged just 28.

The first single taken from the album was 'Nightmare' and was released on July 9.

Avenged Sevenfold have played numerous Irish dates, including a sold out Ambassador show in Dublin '08, and they were featured on the bill that supported Metallica in Dublin's Marley Park in 2009.