Released on October 30, 2007, the Avenged Sevenfold album was a high-wire act without a net. Following the exhausting, decade-defining tour for City of Evil , the band—vocalist M. Shadows, guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ, and the late, great drummer The Rev—made a conscious decision to tear up their own rulebook. By 2007, Avenged Sevenfold had grown tired of being pigeonholed. Critics wanted Waking the Fallen Part II —more double bass, more screaming, more breakdowns. Instead, the band delivered a self-titled opus that spat in the face of expectation.
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Over the last seventeen years, this record has aged like fine wine. In an era where metalcore bands either faded away or became radio-rock caricatures, Avenged Sevenfold bet on chaos and won. You can hear its DNA in modern metalcore, post-hardcore, and even alternative rock. Released on October 30, 2007, the Avenged Sevenfold