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Avenged Sevenfold is an American hard rock band from Hunington Beach, California, formed in 1999.

After two demo's (one recorded in 1999 and the other in 2000), the band released their debut studio album in 2001 entitled "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet". The title is a reference to the book of Revelations in the Bible, similar to the band's name, "Avenged Sevenfold", being a reference to the story of Cain and Abel in the book of Genesis, specifically Genesis 4:24. The album received generally positive reviews, and would go on to be re-released by Hopeless Records in 2002 (originally the album was released by Good Life Recordings). It was a primarily hardcore punk/heavy metal album, with screamed vocals.

The band's 2003 follow-up album, Waking the Fallen, received critical acclaim upon its release. It expressed more of a metalcore sound as it included more clean lyrics. It also attracted the attention of Warner Bros. studios, a major record label.

In 2004, the band's lead singer, M. Shadows, could not scream anymore without the risk of damaging his voice, so their 2005 release, City of Evil (also the bands first major record-label release), would express a hard rock sound from the band. Lead singles like Beast and the Harlot and/or Bat Country lead the charts and are some of the bands most famous to this day. The album itself received critical acclaim and can be considered one of the greatest hard rock records of all-time.

In 2007, the band released their self-titled album, Avenged Sevenfold, to positive reviews and sales, as it also showed a hard rock sound. The band would also go on to release their first (and so far, only) live album in 2008 entitled, "Live in the LBC and Diamonds in the Rough". It also was well-received.

The band would remain mostly silent in 2009, only performing a few shows here and there. However, at the end of the year, on December 28th, 2009, Avenged Sevenfold's drummer/percussionist, Jimmy Sullivan (better known by his stage name, "The Rev") was found dead inside of his home due to a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol.
May he rest in peace.

In 2010, the band announced that their new, fifth studio album, would be completed and released, stating that The Rev would have hated it if they decided not to release it, even if it was due to his death. Therefore, the band would hire The Rev's favorite drummer, Mike Portnoy (of Dream Theater), to record the songs on the 5th studio album and go on the band's 2010 tour. Mike Portnoy accepted the offer, and in July 2010, the fifth studio album, entitled "Nightmare" released to highly positive reviews and exceedingly high sales, ending well-known rap artist Eminem's five week reign at the top of the billboard charts (TAKE THAT SOCIETY!!!).

To this day, Avenged Sevenfold rotates drummers and still performs at multiple shows, and is currently on a 2011 World Tour. Avenged Sevenfold was, is, and always will be rock legends.

Avenged Sevenfold is:

M. Shadows - Vocals
Johny Christ - Bass Guitar
Synyster Gates - Lead Guitar
Zacky Vengeance - Rythym Guitar
The Rev - Drums/Percussion

Former members:

Dameon Ash - Bass Guitar
Matt Wendt - Bass Guitar
Justin Sane - Bass Guitar

Studio Albums:

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet - 2001
Waking the Fallen - 2003
City of Evil - 2005
Avenged Sevenfold - 2007
Nightmare - 2010

Live Albums:
Diamonds in the Rough - 2008

DVD's:
All Excess - 2007
Live in the LBC - 2008

Demo's:

1999 Demo - 1999
2000 Demo - 2000

EP's:

Warmness on the Soul EP - 2001
Welcome to the Family EP - 2010

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