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Post by tripper on Oct 13, 2010 11:56:36 GMT -5
Avenged Sevenfold is an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance and bassist Johnny Christ.
Avenged Sevenfold emerged with a metalcore sound on their debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, which included primarily screaming vocals. The band changed their style on their third album and first major label release, City of Evil, which features more melodic vocals and power ballads. The band continued to explore new sounds with their self titled release and enjoyed continued mainstream success before their drummer, James Sullivan, "The Rev" died of heart disease and combining effects of a few chemicals in his body in 2009. Despite his death, the band continued on with help of then Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and released their fifth album Nightmare in 2010 which debuted on the top spot of the Billboard 200-the first for the band.
To date, Avenged Sevenfold has released five studio albums, one live album/compilation/DVD, and fifteen singles. The band themselves have received much credit for their worldwide mainstream success and were most notably proclaimed as one of the leaders and key bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal and were featured as second place on Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Bands of the Decade.
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Post by Bishop on Oct 13, 2010 12:14:22 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to see these in concert before the Rev died. RIP James
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Post by tripper on Oct 13, 2010 12:17:48 GMT -5
I heard about them a few days ago and fell for M. Shadows.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2010 12:33:44 GMT -5
I'm not a real big fan of this band(but I like there sound reminds me of Metallica and pantera)but my younger brother loves these guys and like I told him(I herd this on my satellite radio(it was an interview with these guys)the rev they had ben friends with seance grade school and I thank once they get done touring there gonna break up
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