Avenged Sevenfold is a band of American Hardrock Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitar Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance rhythm guitar, and bassist Johnny Christ.
Avenged Sevenfold came to the metalcore genre on their debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, which contains the vocal scream banya. The band changed their style on their third album and major label release, City of Evil, featuring melodic vocals and power ballads. This band continues to explore new sounds with the issue, titled Avenged Sevenfold and continued to enjoy mainstream success before their drummer, James "The Rev" Sullivan, died of heart disease and combined effects of drugs and alcohol in his body in 2009. Although his death, the band went on with the help of then ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy to release and toured in support of the Nightmare, their fifth album in 2010 which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 in the first place.
To date, Avenged Sevenfold have released five studio albums, one live album / compilation / DVD, and sixteen singles. The band has received many awards for mainstream success worldwide, and especially those declared as one of the leaders and key bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal and emerged as the second place in the top Ultimate Guitar Band Decade's Top Ten.
BiographyThe beginning (1999-2004)The band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev. and Matt Wendt. provide a reference band name comes from the story of Cain and Abel from the Bible, however, they are not a religious band. As it forms, each band member is wearing a pseudonym which is also the name of their calls while attending school in Upper Medium School. Before releasing their debut album, the band recorded two demos in 1999 and 2000. Their first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, was recorded when the band members was eighteen years old and still attending high school. This album was originally released by the company their first label, Good Life Records in 2001. After lead guitarist Synyster Gates joined the band in late 1999 entered when he was 18 years old. The track "To End the Rapture" featuring re-recorded with a full band member. The album was later re-released on Hopeless Records in 2002.
The band began to receive recognition, they performed with bands such as Mushroomhead and Shadows Fall and playing on the Take Action Tour. After their fourth bassist, Johnny Christ joined permanently, they released the album Waking the Fallen on Hopeless Records in August 2003. The band received recognition by Billboard and The Boston Globe, and also played at the "Vans Warped Tour". In 2004, Avenged Sevenfold toured again in the "Vans Warped Tour" and record a video for the song "Unholy Confessions" which entered the charts on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. Shortly after the release of Waking the Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold left the Hopeless Records and signed a contract proposed by Warner Bros..
City of Evil (2005-2007)City of Evil, the band's third album was released on June 7, 2005 and debuted at # 30 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 30,000 copies in its first week. This is more classic metal album than previous albums that have been grouped into the metalcore genre. Album is also notable for the absence of screaming and growling. M. Shadows worked with vocal coach Ron Anderson, who once had a client like Axl Rose and Chris Cornell, for months before the release of the album to achieve a sound that has "grit while still having the tone". The album received Steller's review of several magazines and websites and is credited for pushing the band into international popularity.
After playing at Ozzfest in 2006, Avenged Sevenfold beat R & B singers Rihanna and Chris Brown, Panic! at the Disco, Angels and Airwaves and James Blunt to the title of Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, thanks in part to the song "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - which inspired the "Bat Country."
They returned to the Vans Warped Tour, this time they were headlining tour and later went on their own "Cities of Evil Tour." In addition, their lead single "Bat Country" reached # 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, # 6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Charts and accompanying video reached # 1 on MTV's Total Request Live.
Encouraged by this success, the album sold well and became Avenged Sevenfold's first gold record. He later went platinum in August 2009.
Self-titled album (2007-2008)Avenged Sevenfold made their success diundangan to 2006's Ozzfest tour on the main stage, comparable to the famous heavy metal band such as DragonForce, Lacuna Coil, Hatebreed, Disturbed, and System of a Down. In the same year they also completed a worldwide tour, including the United States, United Kingdom (and mainland Europe), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. After touring for sixteen months in the promotion of City of Evil, the band announced that they canceled the tour in 2006 after recording a new album. M. Shadows stated that their fourth album, self-titled and self-production would not be a "City of Evil Part 2" or "Waking the Fallen Part 2," but will incorporate a new grittier sound. To wave the fans, between the emergence of a new album, the band released their first DVD entitled "All Excess" on July 17, 2007. All Excess, which debuted as the # 1 DVD in the United States, including live performances and backstage footage of the band career spanned eight years. Two tribute album, Strung Out on Avenged Sevenfold: Bat Wings and Broken Strings, and Strung Out on Avenged Sevenfold: The String Tribute also was released in October 2007.
Avenged Sevenfold, the band's fourth album, was released on October 30, 2007, debuting at # 4 on the Billboard 200 with over 90,000 copies sold. Two singles, "Critical Acclaim" and "Almost Easy" which was released before the debut album. In December 2007, the animated video was made for "A Little Piece of Heaven." Due to the controversial subject matter the song, however, Warner Brothers released only to registered MVI users over the internet. The third single, "Afterlife" and its video was released in January 2008. Their fourth single, "Dear God", was released on September 30, 2008. Despite mixed critical reception in general self-titled debut album sold over 500,000 copies and was awarded "Album of the Year" at the Kerrang! Awards.
Headline Avenged Sevenfold at Taste of Chaos tour with Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine, Blessthefall and Idiot Pilot. They use footage from their last show in Long Beach to Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, a two-disc B-sides CD and live DVD that was released on 16 September 2008. They also recorded many cover songs, including Pantera's "Walk", Iron Maiden's "Flash Blade" and Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". They will also release a Guitar Tutorial DVD, which includes five tracks, Afterlife, Almost Easy, Bat Country, Beast and the Harlot, and Trashed and Scattered. During the festival sold out show at Leeds and Reading, the band was forced to shorten their Leeds performance and cancel their Reading performance due to vocal strain experienced by M. Shadows. A few days later, the band was forced to announce the cancellation of the remaining September shows, with the tour to resume on October 15.
Nightmare (2010-present)In January 2009, M. Shadows confirmed that the band is writing a self-titled follow-up, their fourth album in the coming months. They also announced that they will be playing at Rock on the Range, from 16 to 17 May 2009. On April 16, they do versions of Guns N 'Roses' "It's So Easy" on stage with Slash, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. M. Shadows are the vocals on Slash's solo album on the song "Nothing to Say".
They announced that they plan to start writing in June 2009 and recorded in October 2009. M. Shadows also said in an interview with Loveline that the next recording would be a more traditional heavy metal, more rock-oriented record, because the self-titled record was very experimental. He also said it would feature a more progressive, old songs and will be the "largest record Avenged Sevenfold." In addition, he said that they might think about a concept record. On July 15, 2009, their website and MySpace profile has been updated with a statement of M. Shadows implies that work on the next album has begun and they are still "throwing ideas". These updates are on the same day that Waking the Fallen gets Gold in America.
On 5 November 2009, Zacky Vengeance posted a message on the official website states that they have returned from their tour and immediately began focusing on the production team up to start recording the album. "We will continue to finish the song until we feel every note you are not good and our justice. We are also in the final stages of strengthening our production team, studios and engineers so that the ax fell and the album is written we will spend days and nights in the studio to finish This album will definitely take you on a journey that is very dark .... "
On December 24, 2009 he announced that Avenged Sevenfold has come in second place in the top Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Bands on Decade, losing the top spot for Metallica. The December 31, 2009 issue of Kerrang! magazine includes an interview with M. Shadows, where the Shadows stated as follows on this album, .. "This is a dark note of music is emotionally Our goal is to make each piece in mind, we wanted to evoke a reaction of living and at home. It will have a big rock ballads, big fun stuff, piano, choir, orchestra and all things visual You'd expect but with the vibration, in contrast to moodier. the lyrics, I have been inspired by everything from the way children are raised today, for the schools, economy, religion, war and our government's behavior is all. turned to how kids are very emotional regardless of the real world now. "
DiscographyThe Rev's death and the arrival of Mike PortnoyOn December 28, 2009 drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan was found dead at his home at the age of 28 years. Autopsy results are inconclusive. However, the 9th of June 2010 it was announced that the cause of death was poisoning from the use piskotropika mixed - mixed, often called polydrug use or "cross fading". In a statement from the other band members, they share condolences over the death of The Rev and asked to respect the privacy of his family:
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts That we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Jimmy was not only one of the world's best drummers, but more importantly he was our best friend and brother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy's family and we hope That you will respect our privacy during this difficult, Their time.
Avenged Sevenfold's official website featuring a message from the Sullivan family thanked fans for their support:
"We would like to thank all of Jimmy's fans for the heartfelt comments That have been posted - it is Comforting to know that his genius and antics were appreciated and that 'he was loved so much. Our hearts are broken - he was much too young to fall. og agus go deo Saor (forever young and free) "
In addition, comments about the death of Sullivan, the band's manager Larry Jacobson reveals how Sullivan is a man who was so kind to everyone. Jacobson said in the interview:
He was expressive. He'd tell you how he felt about you - Because you did not wonder he'd put his arm around you, "he said." He Knew how to tell his friends he loved them.
In addition there are 50 more artists Jacobson music that commented on the death of the Rev.
On January 6, 2010 the bodies buried in an undisclosed location.
Dated January 5, 2010, the magazine Kerrang! write an article about the death of The Rev.Zacky Vegeance shows his feelings about the death of The Rev.
"Jimmy will always be with me in everything I do. Except sitting at home being sad, so today Im going to try to start living again. Forever."
In addition to Jacobson, more than 50 musical artists to comment on Sullivan's death. Kerrang! January 13, 2010 edition featuring an article about the death of The Rev, where fans and stars pay tribute to him. Simultaneously, Zacky Vengeance express his own feelings about passing, stating that "Jimmy will always be with me in everything I do except sit at home forever be sad, so today I will try to start living again ..."
In an interview with M. Shadows of the death of The Rev, July release of Shadows confirmed for the fifth album Avenged Sevenfold "I have a lot to talk about but can not find the words so I'll wait until the time that could allow me to find a way to express yourself. As for the rest of us , it has become clear what we need to do We've just finished recording with Jimmy .. I can not promise what the future because right now it is too painful to think about, but we know that we need to record and release this record in honor of Jimmy. He would call me every night to talk about the song and say is this will change the world. "I agree with him, unfortunately I do not know it was going to use this term Please be patient with us because we can not imagine how difficult this would be to qualify, we just knew we had to do to his legacy .. After that, who knows? "
In a recent interview conducted by the Huntington Beach Independent newspaper, parents Jimmy Sullivan, Babara and Joseph revealed the following information about the new album Avenged Sevenfold: "Most important to him, Jimmy had just finished writing songs for new album Avenged Sevenfold - he even called it a masterpiece. When he wrote the song, he will record, play piano and drums - then, then when he played it all to me, she will sing the orchestra or guitar that will be added later. I am grateful that I have to tell him how much I love and admire his music . Later, Barbara commented that, "Jimmy writing a few songs are really good I'm very proud of her. and I know that although it would be very difficult for them, the band will do a great job to make their records immediately. Needless to say, this recording 'all Jimmy' is almost impossible for me to hear, but what a blessing to have them. "They plan to dedicate their new album for The Rev.
On February 17, 2010, Avenged Sevenfold stated that they have entered the studio, along with drummer denganmantan Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy, to drum for recording, in the Rev "I want our fans to know that with Jimmy in our hearts, our journey to record officially begins. Jimmy helped leave this world a wonderful gift and now it becomes our duty to make sure to deliver a gift to our fans that we ask. Jimmy all time favorite drummer Mike Portnoy to record their own name. Mike said it would be an honor and without questions that would want Jim. Very convenient to us that someone like Mike, who no doubt regarded as one of the best drummers in the world, giving respect and concern for the ability of the Rev's. Although it would not be the same without our brother by our side, the essence it lives in our hearts and through the music he helped create a legend before he was one of the success or it's all nonsense and. we are very pleased to lay this to our fans, and especially for Jimmy. "
On 17 April 2010, a short message from Zacky Vengeance has been posted on the official Avenged Sevenfold Twitter: "Tracking is complete No words will ever describe the feeling of listening to this album while driving alone in the house at 4:00 .." The single "Nightmare" was released digitally on May 18, 2010. A preview for the song was released on May 6, 2010 on Amazon.com, but was removed soon after for unknown reasons.
On May 12, 2010, M. Shadows and Synyster Gates stopped by the hard drive (radio show) where they explain the details about Nightmare before release:
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[...] The new album, Nightmare, is dedicated to The Rev memory and although it's not exactly a concept album, it does center around The Rev. The eeriest thing about it is there is a song on the album called "Fiction" (a nickname The Rev gave Himself) the which started out with the title "Death". And the song was the last song The Rev wrote for the album, and when he handed it in, he said, that's it, that's the last song for this record. And then three days later, he died. "
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Mixing for the album was finished in New York City, and the album was finally released worldwide on July 27, 2010. The album received positive reviews from music critics but. Welcomed by fans. Nightmare debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with sales of 163,000 units in its first week.
Portnoy's departure and a new drummer (2010-present)On December 16, 2010, Portnoy announced via Facebook that he no longer will work with Avenged Sevenfold. The band has posted a statement on their website on December 17, 2010 which stated that Mike Portnoy would not be a substitute for the position of The Rev, but there is a new drummer who has been selected for testing during 2011 and showed the potential to become a permanent member.
On January 20, 2011, Avenged Sevenfold announced via Facebook Confide former drummer Arin Ilejay be touring with them starting this year but have yet to get a place as a permanent drummer.
Avenged Sevenfold will be performing at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festival on December 3-5, 2011 along with other bands like Alter Bridge, System of a Down, and In Flames.
CharacteristicsGenreAvenged 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. On Waking the Fallen, metalcore band 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 recording scream. We want to make will be a half- half scream and sing. I do not want to scream again and after that the records will be singing all .. ""
In City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold's third album, the band chose to leave the metalcore genre, developing a harder 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 is circled in the influence of a 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 contains further irregularities, including a piano ballad called "Fiction" and a brief return 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.
The band's name and content of the lyricsIn 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, not the band Avenged Sevenfold religion "section where the name comes from the Bible is Genesis (King James Bible) - specifically Genesis 4:15, where Cain is sentenced to life in exile for killing his brother. "And the Lord said to 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 happen. The subject of the song also appears to this story. "Beast and the Harot", yet another song derived from the Bible, comes from the Book of Revelation was only 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" making 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 are not a religious band. "Anyone who reads the lyrics and really knew nothing 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 did 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 Evil tells the story of "Dimebag Darrell's death".
The DeathbatLogo band known as "Deathbat". It was originally designed by an artistic high school friend of Avenged Sevenfold, Micah Montague, as seen on the band's first DVD, All Excess. The Deathbat has appeared in all the band's album, much was done by Cameron Rackam, a close friend of the band. The Deathbat has grown from just a skull with bat wings, to sometimes appear as a "measure of the" full skeleton with bat wings, as can be seen on the cover of the album City of Evil and Nightmare and the single "Dear God" and "Scream" . On Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, there are pictures of two people (where it looks like Cain and Abel), another angel like a human and semi-opaque Deathbat below, some Deathbat appears on the back cover of the album as well. The Deathbat also appeared on the cover of a number of singles such as "Bat Country", "Warmness on the Soul" and "Critical Acclaim".
TRANSLATE:
Avenged Sevenfold adalah band Hardrock Amerika dari Huntington Beach, California, yang dibentuk pada tahun 1999. Band ini terdiri dari vokalis M. Shadows, lead guitar Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance rhythm guitar, dan bassist Johnny Christ.
Avenged Sevenfold muncul dengan genre metalcore pada debut mereka Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, yang mengandung banya vokal scream. Band ini mengubah gaya mereka di album ketiga mereka dan rilis major label, City of Evil, yang menampilkan vokal melodis dan power ballad. Band ini terus mengeksplorasi suara baru dengan mengeluarkan yang berjudul Avenged Sevenfold dan menikmati kesuksesan mainstream lanjutan sebelum drummer mereka, James "The Rev" Sullivan, meninggal karena penyakit jantung dan dampak gabungan dari obat dan alkohol di tubuhnya pada tahun 2009. Meskipun kematiannya, band ini melanjutkan dengan bantuan kemudian mantan drummer Dream Theater Mike Portnoy untuk merilis dan melakukan tur dalam mendukung Nightmare, album kelima mereka pada tahun 2010 yang memulai debutnya di tempat atas, Billboard 200 yang berada di tempat pertama.
Sampai saat ini, Avenged Sevenfold telah merilis lima album studio, satu album live / kompilasi / DVD, dan enam belas single . Band ini telah menerima banyak penghargaan untuk kesuksesan mainstream di seluruh dunia mereka dan terutama dinyatakan sebagai salah satu pemimpin dan band kunci dalam New Wave of American Heavy Metal dan tampil sebagai tempat kedua di Atas Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Band Decade.
Biografi
Permulaan (1999-2004)
Band ini dibentuk pada tahun 1999 di Huntington Beach, California dengan anggota asli M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev dan Matt Wendt. memberi nama bandnya yang referensinya berasal dari cerita Cain dan Abel dari Bible, meskipun demikian, mereka bukanlah band agamis. Saat pembentukannya, masing-masing anggota band ini memakai nama samaran yang juga merupakan nama panggilan mereka saat bersekolah di Sekolah Menegah Atas. Sebelum merilis album debut mereka, band ini merekam dua demo pada tahun 1999 dan 2000. Album pertama mereka, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, direkam ketika para anggota band masih berumur delapan belas tahun dan juga masih bersekolah di sekolah menengah atas. album ini pada awalnya dirilis oleh perusahaan label pertama mereka, Good Life Record pada tahun 2001. Setelah gitaris Synyster Gates bergabung dengan band, pada akhir 1999 masuk ketika ia berusia 18 tahun. Lagu "To End the Rapture" direkam ulang dengan menampilkan anggota penuh band. Album ini kemudian dirilis ulang pada Hopeless Records pada tahun 2002.Band ini lalu mulai menerima pengakuan, mereka tampil dengan band-band seperti Mushroomhead dan Shadows Fall dan bermain di Take Action Tour. Setelah bassis keempat mereka, Johnny Christ bergabung secara permanen, mereka merilis album Waking the Fallen di Hopeless Records pada bulan Agustus 2003. Band menerima pengakuan oleh Billboard dan The Boston Globe, dan juga bermain di "Vans Warped Tour". Pada tahun 2004, Avenged Sevenfold mengadakan tur kembali di "Vans Warped Tour" dan merekam video untuk lagu "Unholy Confessions "yang masuk tangga lagu di MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. Tak lama setelah merilis Waking the Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold meninggalkan Hopeless Records dan menandatangani kontrak yang diajukan oleh Warner Bros.
City of Evil (2005-2007)
City of Evil, album ketiga band ini dirilis pada tanggal 7 Juni 2005 dan debut di # 30 di chart 200 Billboard, menjual lebih dari 30.000 kopi dalam minggu pertama. Album ini lebih classic metal dari album sebelumnya yang telah dikelompokkan ke dalam genre metalcore. Album ini juga terkenal karena tidak adanya menjerit dan menggeram. M. Shadows bekerja dengan pelatih vokal Ron Anderson-yang pernah mempunyai klien seperti Axl Rose dan Chris Cornell-selama berbulan-bulan sebelum rilis album untuk mencapai suara yang telah "grit saat masih memiliki nada ". Album ini mendapat steller review dari beberapa majalah dan website dan dikreditkan untuk mendorong band ke popularitas internasional.Setelah bermain di Ozzfest pada tahun 2006, Avenged Sevenfold mengalahkan penyanyi R & B Rihanna dan Chris Brown, Panic! at the Disco, Angels and Airwaves dan James Blunt untuk judul Best New Artist di MTV Video Music Awards, sebagian berkat lagu "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"- yang menginspirasi "Bat Country."
Mereka kembali ke Vans Warped Tour, kali ini mereka headlining dan kemudian melanjutkan tour mereka sendiri "Cities of Evil Tour." Selain itu, lead single mereka "Bat Country" mencapai # 2 di Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, # 6 pada Billboard's Modern Rock Charts dan video yang menyertainya berhasil mencapai # 1 di MTV Total Request Live.
Didorong oleh keberhasilan ini, album ini terjual laris dan menjadi catatan emas pertama Avenged Sevenfold. Ia kemudian meraih platinum pada bulan Agustus 2009.
Self-titled album (2007-2008)
Keberhasilan Avenged Sevenfold membuat mereka diundangan untuk tur 2006's Ozzfest di panggung utama, disejajarkan dengan band Heavy Metal yang terkenal seperti Dragonforce, Lacuna Coil, Hatebreed, Disturbed, dan System of a Down. Pada tahun yang sama mereka juga menyelesaikan tur di seluruh dunia, termasuk Amerika Serikat, Britania Raya (serta daratan Eropa), Jepang, Australia dan Selandia Baru. Setelah tur selama enam belas bulan di promosi City of Evil, band ini mengumumkan bahwa mereka membatalkan tur 2006 demi rekaman album baru. M. Shadows menyatakan bahwa album keempat mereka, self-titled dan self production tidak akan menjadi "City of Evil Part 2" atau "Waking the Fallen Part 2," tapi akan menggabungkan suara grittier baru . Untuk gelombang para penggemar, di antara kemunculan album baru, band ini merilis DVD pertama mereka berjudul "All Excess" pada tanggal 17 Juli 2007. All Excess, yang memulai debutnya sebagai # 1 DVD di Amerika Serikat, termasuk pertunjukan live dan backstage footage yang membentang delapan tahun karir band. Dua tribute album, Strung Out on Avenged Sevenfold: Bat Broken Wings and String dan Strung Out on Avenged Sevenfold: The String Tribute juga dirilis pada bulan Oktober 2007.Avenged Sevenfold, album keempat band ini, dirilis pada tanggal 30 Oktober 2007, memulai debutnya di # 4 di Billboard 200 dengan lebih dari 90.000 eksemplar terjual. Dua single, "Critical Acclaim" dan "Almost Easy" yang dirilis sebelum debut album. Pada bulan Desember 2007, video animasi dibuat untuk "A Little Piece of Heaven." Karena masalah kontroversial subjek lagu, bagaimanapun, Warner Brothers hanya dirilis kepada pengguna MVI terdaftar melalui internet. Single ketiga, "Afterlife" dan videonya dirilis pada bulan Januari 2008. Single keempat mereka, "Dear God", dirilis pada tanggal 30 September 2008. Meskipun penerimaan dicampur kritis secara umum album-self titled terjual lebih dari 500.000 eksemplar dan mendapat penghargaan "Album of the Year" di Kerrang! Awards.
Headline Avenged Sevenfold di tour Taste of Chaos dengan Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine, Blessthefall dan Idiot Pilot. Mereka menggunakan rekaman dari pertunjukan terakhir mereka di Long Beach untuk Live in LBC & Diamonds di Rough, dua- disc B-side CD dan DVD live yang dirilis pada 16 September 2008. Mereka juga merekam banyak lagu cover, termasuk Pantera "Walk", Iron Maiden's "Flash Blade" dan Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". Mereka juga akan merilis Guitar Tutorial DVD, yang meliputi lima lagu, Afterlife, Almost Easy, Bat Country, Beast and the Harlot dan Trashed and Scattered. Selama pertunjukan festival terjual habis di Leeds dan Reading, band terpaksa mempersingkat pertunjukan Leeds mereka dan membatalkan pertunjukan Reading mereka karena strain vokal yang di alami oleh M. Shadows. Beberapa hari kemudian, band ini terpaksa mengumumkan pembatalan sisa pertunjukan September, dengan tur untuk melanjutkan kembali pada 15 Oktober.
Nightmare (2010-sekarang)
Pada bulan Januari 2009, M. Shadows menegaskan bahwa band ini menulis tindak lanjut self-titled, album keempat mereka dalam bulan-bulan mendatang. Mereka juga mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan bermain di Rock on the Range, dari 16-17 Mei 2009. Pada tanggal 16 April mereka melakukan versi Guns N 'Roses' "It's So Easy" di atas panggung dengan Slash, di Nokia Theater di Los Angeles. M. Shadows adalah vokal pada album solo Slash di lagu"Nothing to Say".Mereka mengumumkan bahwa mereka berencana untuk mulai menulis pada bulan Juni 2009 dan rekaman pada bulan Oktober 2009. M. Shadows juga mengatakan dalam sebuah wawancara dengan Loveline bahwa rekaman berikutnya akan menjadi Heavy Metal yang lebih tradisional, catatan rock lebih berorientasi, karena catatan self-titled sangat eksperimental. Dia juga mengatakan akan fitur yang lebih progresif, lagu-lagu lama dan akan menjadi "rekaman terbesar Avenged Sevenfold." Selain itu, ia mengatakan bahwa mereka mungkin berpikir tentang sebuah catatan konsep. Pada tanggal 15 Juli 2009, website mereka dan profil MySpace telah diperbarui dengan pernyataan dari M. Shadows menyiratkan yang bekerja pada album berikutnya telah dimulai dan mereka masih "melemparkan ide-ide". Pembaruan itu pada hari yang sama bahwa Waking the Fallen mendapat Gold di Amerika.
Pada tanggal 5 November 2009, Zacky Vengeance memposting pesan di website resmi menyatakan bahwa mereka telah kembali dari tur mereka dan segera mulai berfokus pada membentuk tim produksi untuk mulai merekam album. "Kami akan terus menyelesaikan lagu kita sampai kita merasa setiap catatan tidak baik Anda serta keadilan kita. Kami juga dalam tahap akhir dari memperkuat tim produksi kami, studio dan insinyur sehingga kedua kapak jatuh dan album ditulis kita akan menghabiskan hari dan malam di studio sampai selesai Album ini pasti akan membawa Anda pada sebuah perjalanan yang sangat gelap .... "
Pada tanggal 24 Desember 2009 ia mengumumkan bahwa Avenged Sevenfold telah datang di tempat kedua di Atas Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Bands on Decade, kehilangan tempat teratas untuk Metallica. The 31 Desember 2009 edisi Kerrang! majalah termasuk wawancara dengan M. Shadows, di mana Shadows dinyatakan sebagai berikut mengenai album ini,.. "Ini adalah catatan gelap musik adalah emosional Tujuan kami adalah untuk membuat setiap bagian diingat, kami ingin membangkitkan reaksi hidup dan di rumah. Ini akan memiliki balada batu besar, hal-hal menyenangkan besar, piano, paduan suara, orkestra dan semua hal visual yang Anda harapkan tetapi dengan getaran, berbeda moodier. lirik, Saya telah terinspirasi oleh segala sesuatu dari anak-anak cara tersebut dibesarkan saat ini, untuk sekolah, ekonomi, agama, perang dan perilaku pemerintah kita ini semua. memutar ke bagaimana anak-anak sangat emosional terlepas dari dunia nyata sekarang. "
Diskografi
Kematian The Rev dan kedatangan Mike Portnoy
Pada tanggal 28 Desember 2009 drummer James"The Rev"Sullivan ditemukan meninggal di rumahnya pada umur 28 tahun. Hasil otopsi tidak dapat disimpulkan. Namun tanggal 9 juni 2010 diumumkan bahwa penyebab kematiannya adalah keracunan akibat penggunaan piskotropika yang dicampur - campur, sering juga disebut polydrug use atau "cross fading". Dalam pernyataan dari anggota band lainnya, mereka turut berbela sungkawa atas meninggalnya The Rev dan meminta untuk menghormati privasi keluarganya:- It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. Jimmy was not only one of the world's best drummers, but more importantly he was our best friend and brother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy's family and we hope that you will respect their privacy during this difficult time.
- "We would like to thank all of Jimmy's fans for the heartfelt comments that have been posted – it is comforting to know that his genius and antics were appreciated and that he was loved so much. Our hearts are broken – he was much too young to fall. Óg agus saor go deo (forever young and free)"
- He was expressive. He'd tell you how he felt about you -- you didn't wonder because he'd put his arm around you," he said. "He knew how to tell his friends he loved them.
Pada tanggal 6 Januari 2010 jenazah di makamkan di lokasi yang dirahasiakan.
Tanggal 5 Januari 2010,majalah kerrang! menulis artikel tentang kematian The Rev.Zacky Vegeance menunjukan perasaan-nya tentang kematian The Rev
- "Jimmy will always be with me in everything I do. Except sitting at home being sad, so today Im going to try to start living again. foREVer."
Dalam sebuah wawancara dengan M. Shadows tentang kematian The Rev, Shadows mengkonfirmasi rilis Juli untuk album kelima Avenged Sevenfold "Saya memiliki banyak yang perlu dibicarakan tetapi tidak dapat menemukan kata-kata jadi saya akan menunggu sampai waktu yang bisa memungkinkan saya untuk menemukan cara untuk mengekspresikan diri. Adapun sisa dari kami, telah menjadi jelas apa yang perlu kita lakukan Kami baru saja selesai rekaman dengan Jimmy.. Saya tidak bisa menjanjikan apa yang masa depan karena sekarang ini terlalu menyakitkan untuk dipikirkan, tetapi kita tahu bahwa kita perlu untuk merekam dan mengeluarkan rekaman ini untuk menghormati Jimmy. Dia akan menelepon saya setiap malam untuk berbicara tentang lagu dan katakan adalah ini akan mengubah dunia. "Saya setuju dengan dia, sayangnya saya tidak tahu itu akan menggunakan istilah ini Harap bersabar dengan kami karena kami tidak bisa membayangkan betapa sulitnya ini akan menjadi untuk lolos, kita hanya tahu kita harus melakukannya untuk warisannya.. Setelah itu, siapa tahu? "
Dalam wawancara terbaru yang dilakukan oleh surat kabar Huntington Beach Independent, orangtua Jimmy Sullivan, Babara dan Joseph mengungkapkan informasi berikut tentang album baru Avenged Sevenfold: "Paling penting baginya, Jimmy baru saja selesai menulis lagu untuk album baru Avenged Sevenfold - ia bahkan menyebutnya masterpiece. Ketika ia menulis lagu, dia akan merekam, bermain piano dan drum - kemudian, lalu ketika ia bermain itu semua untuk saya, dia akan menyanyikan bagian orkestra atau gitar yang akan ditambahkan kemudian. Saya bersyukur bahwa saya harus mengatakan padanya betapa aku menyukai dan mengagumi musiknya. Kemudian, Barbara berkomentar bahwa, "tulisan Jimmy dalam beberapa lagu benar-benar baik Saya sangat bangga padanya,. dan aku tahu bahwa meskipun akan sangat sulit bagi mereka, band ini akan melakukan pekerjaan yang besar membuat mereka rekam segera. Tak perlu dikatakan , rekaman ini 'semua Jimmy' hampir tidak mungkin bagi saya untuk mendengarkan, tapi apa berkat untuk memiliki mereka. " Mereka berencana untuk mendedikasikan album baru mereka untuk The Rev.
Pada tanggal 17 Februari 2010, Avenged Sevenfold menyatakan bahwa mereka telah memasuki studio, bersama denganmantan drummer Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy, untuk drum untuk rekaman, di tempat Rev "Saya ingin fans kami tahu bahwa dengan Jimmy di dalam kita hati, perjalanan kita untuk merekam secara resmi dimulai. Jimmy membantu meninggalkan dunia ini hadiah yang mengagumkan dan sekarang sudah menjadi tugas kami untuk memastikan untuk menyampaikan bahwa hadiah untuk fans kami Kami bertanya. Drummer favorit Jimmy sepanjang masa Mike Portnoy untuk mencatat atas nama dirinya. Mike mengatakan akan menjadi kehormatan dan tanpa pertanyaan itulah yang pasti diinginkan Jim. Sangat nyaman kepada kita bahwa seseorang seperti Mike, yang tidak diragukan lagi dihormati sebagai salah satu drumer terbaik di dunia, memberikan penghormatan dan kepedulian untuk kemampuan The Rev's. Meskipun tidak akan sama tanpa saudara kita oleh pihak kita, esensi nya tinggal di hati kita dan melalui musik dia membantu menciptakan Dia adalah legenda sebelum salah satu keberhasilan atau semua itu omong kosong dan. kami sangat senang untuk berbaring ini untuk fans kami, dan terutama untuk Jimmy. "
Pada tanggal 17 April 2010, sebuah pesan singkat dari Zacky Vengeance telah diposting di resmi Avenged Sevenfold Twitter: "Tracking selesai Tidak ada kata-kata yang pernah akan menggambarkan perasaan mendengarkan album ini saat mengemudi sendiri di rumah pada 4:00.." Single "Nightmare" dirilis secara digital pada tanggal 18 Mei 2010. Sebuah preview untuk lagu ini dirilis pada 6 Mei 2010 pada Amazon.com, namun dilepas segera setelah untuk alasan yang tidak diketahui.
Pada tanggal 12 Mei 2010, M. Shadows dan Synyster Gates mampir ke harddisk (acara radio) di mana mereka menjelaskan rincian tentang Nightmare sebelum rilis:
| “ | [...] The new album, Nightmare, is dedicated to The Rev memory and although it's not exactly a concept album, it does center around The Rev. The eeriest thing about it is there is a song on the album called "Fiction" (a nickname The Rev gave himself) which started out with the title "Death". And the song was the last song The Rev wrote for the album, and when he handed it in, he said, that’s it, that’s the last song for this record. And then 3 days later, he died. " | ” |
Keberangkatan Portnoy dan drummer baru (2010-sekarang)
Pada tanggal 16 Desember 2010, Portnoy mengumumkan melalui Facebook bahwa ia tidak lagi akan bekerja dengan Avenged Sevenfold. Band ini memposting pernyataan di website mereka pada 17 Desember 2010 yang menyatakan bahwa Mike Portnoy tidak akan menjadi pengganti posisi The Rev, tetapi ada drummer baru yang telah dipilih untuk uji coba selama tahun 2011 dan menunjukkan berpotensi menjadi anggota tetap.Pada tanggal 20 Januari 2011, Avenged Sevenfold mengumumkan melalui Facebook mantan drummer Confide Arin Ilejay akan tur dengan mereka mulai tahun ini tetapi belum mendapatkan tempat sebagai drummer permanen.
Avenged Sevenfold akan tampil di Rock am Ring dan Rock im Park festival pada tanggal 3-5, 2011 bersama band-band lain seperti Alter Bridge, System of a Down, dan In Flames.
Karakteristik
Genre
Material Avenged Sevenfold meliputi berbagai genre dan telah berkembang selama karier tahun band sepuluh. Awalnya, debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet terdiri hampir seluruhnya dari Metalcore, namun ada beberapa penyimpangan untuk genre ini, terutama dalam "Streets" yang mengadopsi gaya punk dan "Warmness on the Soul," yang merupakan piano balada-oriented. Pada Waking the Fallen, band metalcore ditampilkan dengan gaya kontemporer sekali lagi, tetapi menambahkan vokal bersih lebih luas serta unsur-unsur musik yang lebih matang dan rumit. Dalam band DVD All Excess, produser Andrew Mudrock menjelaskan transisi ini: "Ketika saya bertemu band setelah Sounding the Seventh Trumpet telah keluar sebelum mereka telah mencatat Waking the Fallen, M. Shadows berkata kepadaku 'rekaman ini scream. kami ingin membuat akan menjadi setengah-setengah scream dan bernyanyi. Aku tidak ingin menjerit lagi dan catatan setelah itu akan menjadi bernyanyi semua.. ""Di City of Evil, album ketiga Avenged Sevenfold, band ini memilih untuk meninggalkan genre metalcore, mengembangkan gaya rock yang lebih keras. Album Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled, sekali lagi, terdiri dari beberapa penyimpangan untuk genre yang kurang konsisten dan gaya dari main hard rock dan lagu-lagu heavy metal, terutama dalam "Dear God", yang mengadopsi gaya country dan "A Little Piece of Heaven ", yang dilingkari dalam pengaruh lagu pertunjukan Broadway, terutama menggunakan instrumen kuningan dan gesekan orkestra untuk mengambil alih sebagian dari peran memimpin dan gitar ritme. Nightmare mengandung penyimpangan lebih lanjut, termasuk piano ballad yang disebut "Fiction" dan kembali singkat ke akar Metalcore mereka pada "God Hates Us". Band ini telah banyak berubah sejak album pertama mereka, di mana selama waktu itu mereka telah ditandai sebagai band berat dengan menjerit dan menggeram gaya vokal dikombinasikan dengan vokal bersih, menenggak riff gitar dan kerusakan yang satu dapat harapkan dari genre Metalcore.
Nama band dan konten lirik
Dalam sebuah wawancara untuk Majalah Skratch M. Shadows mengatakan "nama itu sendiri berasal dari Alkitab ini pada dasarnya pembunuhan pertama di Bumi antara Kain dan Habel.. [namanya adalah] 'apa yang terjadi di sekitar, datang sekitar' semacam itu. Dan hanya sehingga tidak ada kebingungan, Avenged Sevenfold bukan band agama "Bagian dari Alkitab dimana nama datang adalah Kejadian (King James Bible) - khususnya Kejadian 4:15, dimana Cain dihukum hidup di pengasingan untuk membunuh saudaranya. "Dan TUHAN berfirman kepadanya, demikian Kain barangsiapa slayeth, dendam harus diambil pada dirinya tujuh kali Dan TUHAN membuat tanda pada Kain, supaya setiap menemukan dia harus membunuh dia.". Singkatan "A7X" untuk nama band mereka adalah gagasan gitaris Zacky Vengeance. Judul lagu Avenged Sevenfold's "Chapter Four" mengacu pada bab keempat kitab Kejadian, di mana cerita Kain dan Habel terjadi. Subjek lagu juga tampaknya cerita ini. "Beast and the Harot", namun lagu lain yang berasal dari Alkitab, berasal dari Kitab Wahyu hanya itu ditulis dalam orang pertama dan mengacu pada hukuman Babel Besar, kerajaan dunia dan kursi dari agama palsu.Referensi lain Alkitab terjadi dalam lagu "The Wicked End". Dalam lagu ini, beberapa kali dikatakan "dust the apple off, savor each bite, and deep inside you know Adam was right" membuat rujukan kepada Hawa memakan buah terlarang. Walaupun judul dan nama band panggung anggota 'membuat referensi untuk agama, Shadows dinyatakan dalam sebuah wawancara bahwa mereka bukan band agama. "Siapa saja yang membaca lirik dan benar-benar tahu apa-apa tentang kami, mereka akan tahu kita tidak mempromosikan,"katanya. "Itu satu hal tentang band ini, bahwa aku mengasihi bahwa kita tidak pernah benar-benar mendorong berbagai macam, seperti, keyakinan politik atau agama pada orang. Kami hanya musik di sana untuk menghibur dan mungkin pemikiran di kedua sisi, tapi kita tidak mencoba. Seperti, benar-benar mendorong sesuatu ke dalam tenggorokan seseorang. Ada terlalu banyak band yang melakukan itu saat ini, saya pikir.. "Band ini memiliki beberapa lagu yang agak politik di alam seperti "Critical Acclaim", "Gunslinger" dan "Blinded in Chains". Lagu "Betrayed" dalam album City of Evil menceritakan tentang "kematian Dimebag Darrell's".
The Deathbat
Logo band yang dikenal sebagai "Deathbat". Ini pada awalnya dirancang oleh seorang teman seni SMA Avenged Sevenfold, Mikha Montague, seperti yang terlihat pada band DVD pertama, Semua Kelebihan. The Deathbat telah muncul di semua album band, banyak yang dilakukan oleh Cameron Rackam, teman dekat dari band. The Deathbat telah berkembang dari hanya menjadi tengkorak dengan sayap kelelawar, untuk kadang-kadang muncul sebagai "ukuran orang" kerangka penuh dengan sayap kelelawar, seperti dapat dilihat pada cover album City of Evil dan Nightmare dan pada single "Dear God" dan "Scream". Pada Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, ada gambar dua orang (di mana tampaknya Kain dan Habel), seorang malaikat lain seperti manusia dan Deathbat semi-opak di bawahnya, beberapa Deathbat muncul di bagian belakang sampul album juga. Para Deathbat juga muncul di sampul sejumlah single seperti "Bat Country", "Warmness on the Soul" dan "Critical Acclaim".Anggota Band
Para anggota band sesekali memainkan instrumen selain instrumen utama mereka tercantum di bawah ini.Anggota Aktif
- M. Shadows – lead vocals (1999–sekarang)
- Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar,backing vocals (1999–sekarang)
- Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals (2000–sekarang)
- Johnny Christ – bass, backing vocals (2003–sekarang)
- The Rev – drum,vocal (1999–2009)
- Matt Wendt – bass (1999–2000)
- Justin Sane – bass (2000–2002)
- Dameon Ash – bass (2002–2003)
- Mike Portnoy - drum (2010)
- Arin Ilejay - drum (2010-sekarang)
Timeline
