Avenged Sevenfold Lyrics

Avenged Sevenfold Info:

Also known as:
A7X

From:
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.

Genres:
Heavy metal, hard rock, metalcore (early)

Years active:
1999-present

Associated acts:
Pinkly Smooth, Confide, Suburban Legends, Brian Haner, Sr., Good Charlotte

A7X Influences:
Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Bad Religion, Dream Theater, Motörhead, Megadeth, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, NOFX, Alice in Chains, Black Flag, Corrosion of Conformity, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits, Slayer, The Vandals, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Deftones and AFI.

Name Origin:
They came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from The Bible, which can be found in Genesis 4:24.
In this story Cain is punished to live in exile, alone and miserable. Anyone who relieved Cain of his misery by killing him would be "avenged in sevenfold," or punished in a way that is seven times worse than Cain's punishment.

A7X Trivia:
• Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, was recorded when the band members were just around eighteen years old and in high school.

• The song "Blinded in Chains" was featured in the soundtrack for the video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

• The song "Bat Country," was used in the soundtracks for SSX on Tour, NHL 06 and Madden 06,

• They won the 2006 MTV Best New Artist Award over such artists as James Blunt, Panic At The Disco, Rihanna and Chris Brown.

• Their song "Beast and the Harlot" is in the video game "Guitar Hero II"

Members:

M. Shadows (1999-Present) (Matthew Charles Sanders) — Lead Vocals

Synyster Gates (2001-Present) (Brian Elwin Haner, Jr.) — Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals

Zacky Vengeance (1999-Present) (Zachary Johnathan Baker) — Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals

Johnny Christ (2002-Present) (Johnathan Lewis Seward) — Bass (not to be confused with John Christ of Danzig)

Arin Ilejay - drums (2011-present)

Past members:
The Rev "The Reverend Tholomew Plague" (James Owen Sullivan) — Drums, Backing Vocals (1999-2009; died 2009)
Matt Wendt - bass (1999-2000)
Justin Sane - bass (2000-2001)
Dameon Ash - bass (2001-2002)
Mike Portnoy - drums (2010)

A7X Quotes:
"We play music for the sake of music, not so that we can be labeled a metal band. That's like telling us we aren't punk enough. Who cares? -M. Shadows

Sometimes we tell everyone to f*ck off and sometimes we are cool with it. I guess we handle it the way that any normal person would. Somedays we are all for it and some days you want to kill everyone!
M. Shadows

We've been criticized since day one. We love it. The more people talk, the more people get interested in the band. Selling out is a term kids use in high school. Anyone that calls us a sell out has never heard the record or they are basing it off of the fact that we dont scream anymore.
M. Shadows

I got Appetite for Destruction from my dad when I was younger and after that it was all history. I fell in love with rock music and started taking piano and teaching myself guitar.
M. Shadows

It’s where you see all the hard work really come out in the writing; touring’s hard work but not as hard as this, we have to get up early and just hang out and spend all day and night just writing up ideas…it’s like a jigsaw with five million pieces that we have to put together…
Zacky

Yeah, I think so, we’re always evolving, we’re a lot more mature and a lot more mellowed out and you’re going to hear a bit more of that, I think you guys will enjoy it a lot.
Synyster

Awards:
MTV Video Music Award for Artist to Watch, Kerrang! Award for Best Album

MTV Music Video Award for Best New Artist in a Video, "Bat Country"

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