American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold has released eight studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, two compilation albums, 24 singles, two video albums and 29 music videos. Formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1999, the band originally featured vocalist M. Shadows (Matthew Sanders), guitarist Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker), bassist Matt Wendt and drummer The Rev (James Sullivan). Synyster Gates (Brian Haner Jr.) joined as lead guitarist in 2001, just after the group released their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet on Good Life Recordings, which was later reissued on Hopeless Records.[1]
After replacing Wendt with Justin Sane and later Dameon Ash, Avenged Sevenfold settled on Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward) on bass in 2003 to record Waking the Fallen. The album was released in August of that year, but did not chart at that time.[2][3] The 2005 follow-up City of Evil reached number 30 on the Billboard 200 US albums chart,[3] and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2009.[4] The single "Bat Country" reached the top ten of the US Billboard Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock charts,[5][6] while "Beast and the Harlot" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[7]
In 2007 the band released its self-titled fourth album, which was the first to reach the top five of the Billboard 200 when it peaked at number 4.[3] The All Excess video, released earlier in the year, topped the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart.[8][9]Avenged Sevenfold was the band's final full release to feature The Rev, who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol on December 28, 2009, while they were producing their next album Nightmare.[10] Mike Portnoy performed drums on 2010s Nightmare,[11] which topped the Billboard 200, the first charttopper in the band's career.[3] Lead single "Nightmare" topped the Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart,[12] while third single "So Far Away" became the band's first to top the Mainstream Rock chart.[6] 2011's "Not Ready to Die" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[7]
Arin Ilejay joined as The Rev's second replacement in 2013, performing on the band's sixth studio album Hail to the King.[13] The album followed Nightmare by topping the Billboard 200,[3] as well as being the group's first release to reach number 1 on the Canadian and UK Albums Charts.[14][15] "Hail to the King" and "Shepherd of Fire" both topped the Mainstream Rock chart.[6] In 2014, a re-released Waking the Fallen: Resurrected reached number 10 in the US, 11 years after the original album was released.[2][3] The album would be certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2021.[4]
Brooks Wackerman replaced Ilejay in 2015, and the following year the band released The Stage without any prior announcement.[16] The album reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Canadian Albums Chart.[3][14] In 2017, the band began to add to The Stage as part of an "evolving track listing" that would eventually become the album's deluxe version, including cover versions of "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, "As Tears Go By" by The Rolling Stones and "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.[17] Avenged Sevenfold released Live at the Grammy Museum on December 8, 2017, documenting the group's first acoustic performance at the Grammy Museum in October.[18]
After four years of writing and recording,[19] the band released their eighth studio album, Life Is But a Dream... on June 2, 2023,[20] and it peaked at number 13 in the US the same month.[3]
^"Sounding the Seventh Trumpet - Avenged Sevenfold: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^ abGrein, Paul (November 25, 2020). "Queen's 'Greatest Hits' Took 39 Years to Crack Billboard 200 Top 10 – And Only One Album Has Taken Longer". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
^ abcdefgh"Avenged Sevenfold Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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^"Avenged Sevenfold Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
^ abUK Rock & Metal Singles Chart peak positions for Avenged Sevenfold singles:
"Burn It Down": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 18 June 2006 - 24 June 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Bat Country": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 02 October 2005 - 08 October 2005". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Beast and the Harlot": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 12 March 2006 - 18 March 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Almost Easy": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 21 October 2007 - 27 October 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Afterlife": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 03 February 2008 - 09 February 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Dear God": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 20 July 2008 - 26 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Nightmare": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 23 May 2010 - 29 May 2010". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Welcome to the Family": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 26 December 2010 - 01 January 2011". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Not Ready to Die": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 08 May 2011 - 14 May 2011". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"Carry On": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 30 September 2012 - 6 October 2012". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
"Hail to the King" and "Shepherd of Fire": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 01 September 2013 - 07 September 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
"The Stage": "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 21 October 2016 - 27 October 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^"No. 1 on the Charts" (Scan). Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 31. New York City, New York: Nielsen Business Media. August 4, 2007. p. 3. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
^"Official Music Video Chart Top 50: 29 July 2007 - 04 August 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^Wiederhorn, Jon (June 9, 2010). "Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Died of Accidental Overdose". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^Lymangrover, Jason. "Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^ ab"Billboard Canadian Albums: Avenged Sevenfold Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^"Avenged Sevenfold Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^Monger, James Christopher. "The Stage - Avenged Sevenfold: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^DiVita, Joe (October 6, 2017). "Avenged Sevenfold Release Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'". Loudwire. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
^Munro, Scott (December 8, 2017). "Avenged Sevenfold release Live At The Grammy Museum acoustic album". Metal Hammer. TeamRock. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Avenged Sevenfold Announces 'Life Is but a Dream...' Album, Shares 'Nobody' Music Video". Blabbermouth.net. March 14, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
^Iahn, Buddy (March 14, 2023). "Avenged Sevenfold announces eighth studio album, live US dates". The Music Universe. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
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