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Discs1
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Released2007-10-30
Record labelWarner Bros
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AddedAugust 10th, 2007
Last updatedJanuary 7th, 2017
AboutAvenged Sevenfold is the fourth studio album by Avenged Sevenfold, released on October 30, 2007 by Warner Bros. Records. The album, originally slated for an October 16 release, was delayed by two weeks in order to provide more time to complete bonus material and production for the record, including the making of the animated music video for the song "A Little Piece of Heaven". The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200. On September 23, 2008, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA. The album has also been released on vinyl. The band supported the album with a tour, beginning a day before the release of the album and ending in 2009.
Although critical reception to the album was mixed compared to previous releases, Avenged Sevenfold won the Kerrang! Award for Best Album in 2008. In addition, the album was included in Kerrang's "666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". As of 2014, it has sold over 960,161 copies in the United States and 152,123 copies in the United Kingdom.
The album is more experimental than their other material. It also shows less characteristics of metal heard on their other albums as it moves away from the metal characteristics they have used before. It has been considered as a hard rock album with elements of symphonic rock. It also has some elements from gothic rock and country music. It also is considered experimental music. The band worked with brass and string sections on "A Little Piece of Heaven", an avant-garde metal song inspired by Broadway show tunes, in which horns and orchestral strings replaced the band's lead and rhythm guitars. The album features The Rev doing co-lead vocals and backing vocals on songs like Critical Acclaim, Scream, Afterlife, Lost, and A Little Piece Of Heaven.
Although critical reception to the album was mixed compared to previous releases, Avenged Sevenfold won the Kerrang! Award for Best Album in 2008. In addition, the album was included in Kerrang's "666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". As of 2014, it has sold over 960,161 copies in the United States and 152,123 copies in the United Kingdom.
The album is more experimental than their other material. It also shows less characteristics of metal heard on their other albums as it moves away from the metal characteristics they have used before. It has been considered as a hard rock album with elements of symphonic rock. It also has some elements from gothic rock and country music. It also is considered experimental music. The band worked with brass and string sections on "A Little Piece of Heaven", an avant-garde metal song inspired by Broadway show tunes, in which horns and orchestral strings replaced the band's lead and rhythm guitars. The album features The Rev doing co-lead vocals and backing vocals on songs like Critical Acclaim, Scream, Afterlife, Lost, and A Little Piece Of Heaven.