They are known for their diverse heavy metal sound, dramatic imagery in album covers and t-shirts.Avenged Sevenfold emerged with a metalcore sound on their debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet but their style had evolved by their third album and first major label release, City of Evil into a hard rock/heavy metal sound. The band continued to explore new sounds with their self-titled release and enjoyed continued mainstream success before their drummer, James "The Rev" Sullivan, died in 2009. Despite his death, the band continued on with help of now-former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and released and toured in support of their fifth album Nightmare in 2010 which debuted on the top spot of the Billboard 200, their first number one debut.
To date, Avenged Sevenfold has released five studio albums, one live album/compilation/DVD, and eighteen singles and sold more than four million albums worldwide.The band has received much credit for their worldwide mainstream success and were featured as second place on Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Bands of the Decade.
Genre :
Avenged Sevenfold material covering various genres and has developed over the band's career ten years. Initially, the debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet consisted almost entirely of metalcore, but there are some deviations to this genre, especially in "Streets" which adopts the style of punk and "Warmness on the Soul," which is a piano ballad-oriented. In Waking the Fallen, metalcore bands displayed in a contemporary style once again, but add more extensive clean vocals and musical elements are more mature and complex. In the band's DVD All Excess, producer Andrew Mudrock explained this transition: "When I met the band after Sounding the Seventh Trumpet had come out before they had recorded Waking the Fallen, M. Shadows said to me 'this tape scream. We want to make will be a half-half scream and sing. I do not want to scream again and after that the record will be singing all .. ""
In City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold's third album, the band chose to leave the metalcore genre, developing a more hard rock style. Album Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled, again, consists of several deviations to the genre are less consistent and the style of playing hard rock and songs of heavy metal, especially in "Dear God", which adopts a country style and "A Little Piece of Heaven ", which circled the influence of Broadway show songs, especially the use of brass instruments and friction orchestra to take over part of the role of lead and rhythm guitar. Nightmare contain further irregularities, including a piano ballad called "Fiction" and returned briefly to their metalcore roots in the "God Hates Us". The band has changed a lot since their first album, in which during that time they have been characterized as a heavy band with screaming and growling vocal style combined with clean vocals, chugging guitar riffs and the damage that one can expect from the metalcore genre.
In City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold's third album, the band chose to leave the metalcore genre, developing a more hard rock style. Album Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled, again, consists of several deviations to the genre are less consistent and the style of playing hard rock and songs of heavy metal, especially in "Dear God", which adopts a country style and "A Little Piece of Heaven ", which circled the influence of Broadway show songs, especially the use of brass instruments and friction orchestra to take over part of the role of lead and rhythm guitar. Nightmare contain further irregularities, including a piano ballad called "Fiction" and returned briefly to their metalcore roots in the "God Hates Us". The band has changed a lot since their first album, in which during that time they have been characterized as a heavy band with screaming and growling vocal style combined with clean vocals, chugging guitar riffs and the damage that one can expect from the metalcore genre.
Band name and song content Avenged Sevenfold
In an interview for Skratch Magazine M. Shadows says "the name itself comes from the Bible is basically the first murder on Earth between Cain and Abel .. [name is] 'what goes around, comes around' kind of thing. And just so there is no confusion, instead of the band Avenged Sevenfold religion "section of the Bible where the name comes is Genesis (King James Bible) - specifically Genesis 4:15, where Cain was sentenced to live in exile for killing his brother. "And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven times And the LORD set a mark on Cain, that whosoever found him should kill him.". The acronym "A7X" to name their band is the brainchild of guitarist Zacky Vengeance. The title of Avenged Sevenfold's song "Chapter Four" refers to the fourth chapter of Genesis, in which the story of Cain and Abel happened. The subject of the song also seems to this story. "Beast and the Harot", yet another song derived from the Bible, comes from the Book of Revelation only it is written in first person and refers to the punishment of Babylon the Great, world empire and seat of false religion.
Another biblical reference occurs in the song "The Wicked End". In this song, several times said "dust the apple off, Savor each bite, and deep inside you know Adam was right" makes reference to Eve eating the forbidden fruit. Although the title and name of the stage band members' makes reference to religion, Shadows stated in an interview that they were not a religious band. "Anyone who reads the lyrics and really knew anything about us, they'll know we do not promote," he said. "That's one thing about this band that I love that we never really pushed various kinds, such as, political or religious beliefs on people. We only music there to entertain and maybe thought on both sides, but we do not try. Like, really push things into one's throat. There are too many bands are doing it now, I think .. "The band has some songs that are somewhat political in nature like" Critical Acclaim "," Gunslinger "and" Blinded in Chains ". The song "Betrayed" in the album City of.
In an interview for Skratch Magazine M. Shadows says "the name itself comes from the Bible is basically the first murder on Earth between Cain and Abel .. [name is] 'what goes around, comes around' kind of thing. And just so there is no confusion, instead of the band Avenged Sevenfold religion "section of the Bible where the name comes is Genesis (King James Bible) - specifically Genesis 4:15, where Cain was sentenced to live in exile for killing his brother. "And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven times And the LORD set a mark on Cain, that whosoever found him should kill him.". The acronym "A7X" to name their band is the brainchild of guitarist Zacky Vengeance. The title of Avenged Sevenfold's song "Chapter Four" refers to the fourth chapter of Genesis, in which the story of Cain and Abel happened. The subject of the song also seems to this story. "Beast and the Harot", yet another song derived from the Bible, comes from the Book of Revelation only it is written in first person and refers to the punishment of Babylon the Great, world empire and seat of false religion.
Another biblical reference occurs in the song "The Wicked End". In this song, several times said "dust the apple off, Savor each bite, and deep inside you know Adam was right" makes reference to Eve eating the forbidden fruit. Although the title and name of the stage band members' makes reference to religion, Shadows stated in an interview that they were not a religious band. "Anyone who reads the lyrics and really knew anything about us, they'll know we do not promote," he said. "That's one thing about this band that I love that we never really pushed various kinds, such as, political or religious beliefs on people. We only music there to entertain and maybe thought on both sides, but we do not try. Like, really push things into one's throat. There are too many bands are doing it now, I think .. "The band has some songs that are somewhat political in nature like" Critical Acclaim "," Gunslinger "and" Blinded in Chains ". The song "Betrayed" in the album City of.
Discography Avenged Sevenfold
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001)
Waking the Fallen (2003)
City of Evil (2005)
Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough (2008)
Nightmare (2010)
Death of The Rev.
The band members occasionally play their instruments in addition to the main instruments are listed below.
Active members
M. Shadows - lead vocals (1999-present)
Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1999-present)
Synyster Gates - lead guitar, backing vocals (2000-present)
Johnny Christ - bass, backing vocals (2003-present)
former Member
The Rev - drums, vocals (1999-2009)
Matt Wendt - bass (1999-2000)
Justin Sane - bass (2000-2002)
Dameon Ash - bass (2002-2003)
Additional members
Mike Portnoy - drums (2010)
Arin Ilejay - drums (2010-present)
Active members
M. Shadows - lead vocals (1999-present)
Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1999-present)
Synyster Gates - lead guitar, backing vocals (2000-present)
Johnny Christ - bass, backing vocals (2003-present)
former Member
The Rev - drums, vocals (1999-2009)
Matt Wendt - bass (1999-2000)
Justin Sane - bass (2000-2002)
Dameon Ash - bass (2002-2003)
Additional members
Mike Portnoy - drums (2010)
Arin Ilejay - drums (2010-present)
Magazine Rock Sound awarded "The Most Pyro Award For Best Shot At Being The World's Newest Festival headliner / The Most Pyro Award To Be Band Home With Best Performance In Music Festival New World (Download Festival)," On the Issue newest To Avenged Sevenfold . They also write an article about it in the magazine.
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
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