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Avenged Sevenfold's first two albums had a clear influence from heavy metal, but the California combo also freely incorporated emo, screamo, and post-hardcore elements. The mixing and matching meant 2003's Waking the Fallen had as many sighing harmonies as it did harmonized guitar freakouts. And yet City of Evil, the band's third record and Warner debut, is absolutely rife with the imagery and pacing of classic metal. Look at that artwork. It features a skeletal swordsman flying a steed with steaming nostrils over the urban inferno of the title; tattoos, demons, and a skull with flapping wings adorn the lyric book. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal influence is immediate and prevalent, from the maniacally rippling percussion throughout to the triumphantly whining lead guitars in the chorus of "Blinded in Chains," or the soaring melody in "Burn It Down" that meets its match in Metallica-styled verses. The downshifts into guttural roars are largely gone, replaced by better-integrated atmospheric stretches or the tighter songcraft of a track like "Bat Country," which intersects punk and pop influences in a manner similar to My Chemical Romance. At over seven minutes, "Wicked End" is a late-album standout. Vocalist M. Shadows rips through couplets like "We've grown in numbers, six hundred sixty-six/War breaks, a sign of the end, eternally expelled/Look to the sky for knowledge, the stars align tonight," guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance trade off blistering solos, and there's a full choral interlude in the center, complete with an angelic host and sighing cellos. Which is all totally metal, and refreshingly unmarred by attempts to fit too many jumbled genres in. City of Evil's ballads are a little trite, and even its double-bass raging doesn't necessarily break new ground. But Avenged Sevenfold gets all the pieces right, and sound like they're having more fun here than in the scattershot approach of the first couple records.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Piano, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums, Piano - Zacky Vengeance, Acoustic Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Piano, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer - Brian Haner, Sr., Acoustic Guitar
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Bruce Dukov, Violin - Sally Stevens, Choir Vocals - Samuel Fischer, Solo Violin - Mark Robertson, Violin - Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Songa Lee-Kitto, Violin - David Low, Cello - Alan Grunfeld, Violin - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Liane Mautner, Violin - Victor Lawrence, Solo Cello - Alma Fernandez, Viola - Larry Greenfield, Violin - David Walther, Viola - Andrew Murdock, Producer - Alan Hong, Choir Vocals - C.J. Cruz, Choir Vocals - Colton Beyer-Johnson, Choir Vocals - David Mergen, Cello - Josiah Yiu, Choir Vocals - Nathan Cruz, Choir Vocals - Nico Walsh, Choir Vocals - Sam Formicola, Violin - Sean Sullivan, Choir Vocals - Stephen Cruz, Choir Vocals - Zachary Biggs, Choir Vocals - Matthew Funes, Viola - Jeannine Wagner, Choir Vocals - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar, Gang Vocals - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar, Gang Vocals - The Rev, Drums, Gang Vocals - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar, Gang Vocals - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Avenged Sevenfold, MainArtist - ANDY WALLACE, MixingEngineer - Johnny Christ, Bass Guitar - M. Shadows, Vocals - Synyster Gates, Lead Guitar - The Rev, Drums - Zacky Vengeance, Guitar - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Matthew Sanders, Writer - Andrew Murdock, Producer - James Sullivan, Writer - Jonathan Seward, Writer - Zachary Baker, Writer - Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., Writer
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Avenged Sevenfold's first two albums had a clear influence from heavy metal, but the California combo also freely incorporated emo, screamo, and post-hardcore elements. The mixing and matching meant 2003's Waking the Fallen had as many sighing harmonies as it did harmonized guitar freakouts. And yet City of Evil, the band's third record and Warner debut, is absolutely rife with the imagery and pacing of classic metal. Look at that artwork. It features a skeletal swordsman flying a steed with steaming nostrils over the urban inferno of the title; tattoos, demons, and a skull with flapping wings adorn the lyric book. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal influence is immediate and prevalent, from the maniacally rippling percussion throughout to the triumphantly whining lead guitars in the chorus of "Blinded in Chains," or the soaring melody in "Burn It Down" that meets its match in Metallica-styled verses. The downshifts into guttural roars are largely gone, replaced by better-integrated atmospheric stretches or the tighter songcraft of a track like "Bat Country," which intersects punk and pop influences in a manner similar to My Chemical Romance. At over seven minutes, "Wicked End" is a late-album standout. Vocalist M. Shadows rips through couplets like "We've grown in numbers, six hundred sixty-six/War breaks, a sign of the end, eternally expelled/Look to the sky for knowledge, the stars align tonight," guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance trade off blistering solos, and there's a full choral interlude in the center, complete with an angelic host and sighing cellos. Which is all totally metal, and refreshingly unmarred by attempts to fit too many jumbled genres in. City of Evil's ballads are a little trite, and even its double-bass raging doesn't necessarily break new ground. But Avenged Sevenfold gets all the pieces right, and sound like they're having more fun here than in the scattershot approach of the first couple records.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:54
- Main artists: Avenged Sevenfold
- Label: Warner Records
- Genre: Metal Hard Rock
© 2005 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc.
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