Artist: AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Album: THE STAGE (CD)

Year: 2016
EAN/UPS: 0602557097733
Media type: CD

The Stage is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It is a concept album about artificial intelligence and self-destruction of society. It was released on October 28, 2016. The Stage is the first Avenged Sevenfold album to feature Brooks Wackerman on drums after the departure of Arin Ilejay in 2015, and the band's first album to be released through Capitol Records. It is also the band's longest studio album at 73 minutes and 35 seconds, thus beating City of Evil by almost a minute. The album also features their longest song to date, "Exist", with a run-time of 15 minutes and 41 seconds.

All songs written and composed by Avenged Sevenfold.

TRCKLIST CD:

No.     Title     Length
1.     "The Stage"       8:32
2.     "Paradigm"       4:18
3.     "Sunny Disposition"       6:41
4.     "God Damn"       3:41
5.     "Creating God"       5:34
6.     "Angels"       5:40
7.     "Simulation"       5:30
8.     "Higher"       6:28
9.     "Roman Sky"       5:00
10.     "Fermi Paradox"       6:30
11.     "Exist"       15:41

Total length:    73:35

LINE-UP:

    M. Shadows – lead vocals
    Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    Synyster Gates – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "The Stage", backing vocals
    Johnny Christ – bass, backing vocals
    Brooks Wackerman – drums

Session musicians:
    Papa Gates – outro guitar solo on "Angels"[8]
    Jason Freese – keyboards on "The Stage", "Paradigm", "Higher", "Fermi Paradox" and "Exist"
    Brian Kilgore – percussion on "God Damn", "Higher" and "Roman Sky"
    Eric Gorfain – strings on "Creating God"
    River James Sanders, Tennessee James Baker – backing vocals on "Simulation"
    Valary Sanders – nurse on "Simulation"
    Michael Suarez – additional sound effects on "Simulation"
    Angelo Moore, Walter Kibby – additional horns on "Sunny Disposition"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson – spoken word on "Exist"
    John Krovoza – cello
    Ian Walker – contrabass
    Stephanie O'Keefe – French horn
    David Ralicke, Nick Daley – trombone
    Jordan Kats – trumpet
    Leah Katz v viola
    Daphne Chen – violin