Avenged Sevenfold Biographies

Avenged sevenfold is an American rock group from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. Group managed the overall success with their 2005 album city of evil, which included partners such as "Burn It Down", "Bat Country", "beast and the harlot" and "seize the day." Success followed the band self-titled album, with a partner such as "Critical Acclaim", "Almost Easy", "Afterlife", "disaster" and "Dear God".
Band History

Form (1999-2004)

Band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, Rev. and Matt Wendt. M Shadows came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from the Bible, even though this is not a religious group. In developing this, each team member has also taken on a symbolism that is their nickname from high school. Prior to the release of their debut album, the band recorded two demos in 1999 and 2000. Avenged sevenfold debut album, sounding seventh trumpet, is recorded when the band members were just eighteen years old and in high school. It was originally released on their first label, Good Life Recordings in 2001. After lead guitarist Synyster Gates joined the band in late 1999 when he was 18 in an open way "to end the Rapture" was re-recorded featuring a full band element. This album will be released after you desperately Records in 2002.

Band began to get recognition, with groups such as Mushroomhead and Shadows Fall and playing on Tour Action taken. Having decided on their fourth bassist, Johnny Christ, awake to falling into despair Records in August 2003. Band profiles in Billboard and The Boston Globe, and played the Vans Warp Tour. In 2004, Avenged sevenfold visited again with Vans Warp Tour and recorded a video for their song "Unholy Confessions" that went into rotation on the MTV2 Headbanger Ball. Shortly after the publication of dropping smart, Avenged sevenfold hopeless la Records and signed with Warner Bros.. Records.

City of evil (2005-2007)

The city of evil, the group's third album and major label debut, was released on June 7, 2005 and debuted at # 30 on Billboard 200 chart, selling over 30,000 copies in its first week of release. Utilizing a more sound, classic metal than Avenged sevenfold previous albums, which are grouped in the metalcore genre. The album is notable for the lack of screaming vocals, M. Shadows worked with vocal coach Ron Anderson, whose clients have included Axl Rose and Chris Cornell, for months before the album release to achieve a sound that has the "courage, while still ours."

They returned to the Vans Warp Tour, this time headlining and then went to their "bad City Tour." In addition, their lead single "Bat Country" reached # 2 on the Billboard mainstream rock chart, # 6 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart and accompanying video made it to # 1 MTV Total Request Live. Buoyed by this success, the album has sold well and became Avenged sevenfold the first record of gold. They will go to the "Best New Artist" win at MTV Video Music Awards, beat artists such as Rihanna, Panic at the disco and Chris Brown.


Self-titled album (2007-2008)

Avenged sevenfold major success got them an invitation to the 2006 Ozzfest tour on the main stage, along with other popular rock hard and heavy metal acts Dying Yusuf, lacuna Coil, Hatebreed, System of a restless and Down. In the same year they also completed a tour around the world, including United States, United Kingdom (and continental Europe), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. After the tournament for sixteen months ago the city of evil, the group announced they were throwing their Fall 2006 tour in favor of recording new music. M. Shadow said that their fourth album in the studio, which the group self-titled and not self-made-is a "city of evil Part 2" or "smart part 2 fallen", but will include a new, grittier sound. To tide fans over between albums, the band released their first DVD entitled All excess on July 17, 2007. All excess, which debuted as # 1 in U.S. DVD with live performances and backstage photos that spanned eight years, the group's career. Identify two albums, tying off the Avenged sevenfold: Bat Wings and Broken string and strung out on Avenged sevenfold: Identification String was released in October 2007.

Avenged sevenfold, the group's fourth album, was released on October 30, 2007, debuting at # 4 on the Billboard 200 with over 90,000 copies sold. Two separate, "Critical Acclaim" and "Almost Easy" was released before the debut album. At December 2007, an animated video was made for "a little bit of heaven. ' Due to the controversial subject matter of the lyrics, however, Warner Brothers released it only to registered MVI users over the internet. The third single, "Afterlife" and the video will be released in January 2008. And their fourth single, "Dear God", was released on September 30, 2008. Self titled album went on to sell over 500,000 copies and was awarded "Album of the Year" at the Kerrang! Awards.


Live in the LBC and Diamonds in Hand (2008-2009)

Avenged sevenfold tour title with Taste of Chaos 2008 Atreyu, Bullet for My Heart Blessthefall and Idiot Pilot. They have used photos from their recent show in Long Beach for Live LBC & Diamonds in hand, a two-disc B-sides CD and live DVD which was released on September 16, 2008. They also recorded several covers, including "Walk" Pantera Iron Maiden with "Flash of the Blade" and Black Sabbath "Paranoid" (the first two of which are included in the "Live in the LBC and Diamonds in hand"). Also releasing a Guitar Tutorial DVD, which includes five tracks, Afterlife, Almost Easy, Bat Country, animals and prostitute and trashed and scattered, broken guitar solos and riffs in each song.

In a sold out show at Leeds and Reading festival, the group was forced to shorten their Leeds performance and cancel their Reading performance due to a vocal strain is supported by M. Shades. A day later, the group was forced to announce the cancellation of the remaining September shows, tour set to resume again on October 15.

New album (2009 onwards)

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In January 2009, M. Band confirm shadow is going to write a self-titled fourth album in the coming months. They also announced that they are playing Rock range from 16 to 17 May, 2009. On April 16, carried a version of "Roses" Guns N 'so easy' stage with Slash, Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. M. Shadow also has proven to be a featured vocalist on Slash's upcoming solo album Slash and Friends.

M. Shadow and the rest of the group have expressed interest to make a follow up to Avenged sevenfold. They plan to start writing in June 2009 and registered in October 2009. M. Shadow also said in an interview on Loveline that the next record will be a more classic metal, more rock-oriented record, because the self-titled record was very experimental. He also said he would present more progressive songs and is the "greatest records ever Avenged sevenfold." In addition, he said that maybe they are thinking about a concept record.

On July 15, 2009, their website and MySpace page updated with a statement from the shadows, which means that work on the next album has begun, but they are still "throwing ideas around." Update is on the same day was waking fallen Gold.

In an interview, Singer M. Shadow band announced that after completing their terms at a recent show at Sonisphere Festival on August 2, they will go to the studio to write and record a new studio album, a follow up to their self-titled album.
Characteristics of music

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Category

In general, Avenged sevenfold is classified as a significant groups and influential new wave of American Heavy Metal. Their material includes many genres and has evolved over ten years career band. First, Avenged sevenfold sound of the trumpet the debut of seven consists almost entirely of metalcore sound, however, there have been several deviations this genre, most notably in "street", which adopts a punk style and "warmness on the soul," a piano oriented ballad. In waking fallen, the group has shown a more refined album and fluent metalcore that made use of inexperienced first album and add more mature elements and intricate musical. In all the excess band DVD, creator Andrew Mudrock explained this transition: "When I met the group after the seventh trumpet sounds come from before they were enrolled dropped awake, M. Shadows said" this record was screaming. Record we want do would be half singing half screaming. I want to scream now. And the data, as will be singing. '"city of evil, Avenged sevenfold third album, the Group chose to abandon the metalcore genre, developing a more many metal / punk style beat. Also, promoting in both these albums is played in a style of thrash metal-influenced alternative. Avenged sevenfold self-titled album, again, consists of several deviations to less consistent genres and styles from leading album of hard rock and heavy metal songs, most notably in "Dear God", which adopts a country style and "bit of Heaven", which includes elements of Broadway show tunes, using the basic brass instruments and stringed orchestra to take most of the role of lead guitar and rhythm. The group has changed significantly since the first album, since they are characterized as a serious group with screams and growls with clean vocals that can be expected from the metalcore genre.

Band name and lyrical content

The group name is a reference to the book of Genesis in the Bible - specifically Genesis 4:24, where Cain is sentenced to life in exile for murdering his brother. God has made it so that nothing will kill him because of his sins, the man who dared to kill Cain would suffer "vengeance seven times over" (Bible). The acronym "A7X" for their group name is the idea of ​​guitarist Zacky Vengeance. The title of Avenged sevenfold song "Chapter Four" refers to the fourth chapter of Genesis, the story of Cain and Abel takes place. The song appears subject to this story. "Beast and the harlot", 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 "Evil End". In this song, many times it is said "dust the apple, savor each bite, and deep inside you know Adam was right." Referring to Eve eating the forbidden fruit. Although the title of the band members and stage names make references to religion, Shadows stated in an interview that she was not a religious group. "Anyone who reads the lyrics and really knew anything about us, if we do not promote them either," he said. "This is one thing about this group that I want is that we never really shove any kind of, like, political or religious beliefs on people. We only have music and entertain the thought-provoking on both sides, but we try to, like, really shove anything down anyone's throat. There are many groups that were present, I think. "Band songs are some pretty political in nature, as the" critical acclaim "," gunslinger "and" blinded chains. " Song "Betrayed" off of "city of evil", their album was written for Darrel "Dimebag" of Pantera and Damageplan, death.

Deathbat

The group sports a logo known as "Deathbat". It was originally designed by a high school friend of Avenged sevenfold art, Micah Montague, as seen in the group's first DVD, all the surplus. Deathbat appeared in all band album covers, many of which are produced by Cameron Rackam, a close friend of the group. Deathbat has developed from being just a skull with bat wings, sometimes appears as a frame "size one" full of bat wings, because it is seen to cover the city of evil. In the seventh trumpet sounds, photographs of two people (maybe Cain and Abel), another angel, as a people and a semi-darkness Deathbat below it. It also appears on the covers of a special number like "Bat Country", "warmness on the Soul" and "Critical Acclaim."
Members of the group

Members of the current

M. Shadows - lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, synth, organ (1999 - present)

Synyster Gates - lead, backing vocals guitar, piano, keys, synth, organ (2000 - present)

Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano (1999 - present)

Johnny Christ - bass, backing vocals (2002 - present)

Rev - drums, percussion, backing vocals, piano (1999 - present)

Former member

Dameon Ash - bass (2001-2002)

Justin reasonable - bass, piano (2000-2001)

Matt Wendt - bass (1999-2000)