Artist: AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Album: AVENGED SEVENFOLD (CD)

Year: 2007
EAN/UPS: 0093624992011
Media type: CD

Avenged Sevenfold is the self-titled fourth full-length 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 a cartoon. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling about 94,000 copies in its first week.

After solidly establishing themselves on the contemporary heavy music scene, Avenged Sevenfold wasted little time with following up their 2005 break-through effort, CITY OF EVIL. The band took a bold step on their fourth and self-titled full-length, opting to produce it themselves--a risky task indeed for such a young band.

Right out of the gate, Singer M. Shadows leads A7X even further into melodic territory--but not without a little help. Lending her vocal support to the slow-grooving "Gunslinger" and the heavy country rocker "Dear God" and taking a solo turn on "(Unbound) The Wild Ride" is Nashville implant Shanna Crooks. A7X explore dramatic power metal in the epic "A Little Piece Of Heaven," while first single "Critical Acclaim" cuts close for what has become the group's signature sound. Nonetheless, it is on this self-titled set that the band sets its sights on the mainstream.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Critical Acclaim" – 5:14
02 "Almost Easy" – 3:54
03 "Scream" – 4:48
04 "Afterlife" – 5:53
05 "Gunslinger" - 4:11 (featuring Shanna Crooks)
06 "Unbound (The Wild Ride)" (featuring Zander Ayeroff and Annmarie Rizzo) – 5:11
07 "Brompton Cocktail" – 4:13
08 "Lost" – 5:02
09 "A Little Piece of Heaven" (featuring Juliette Commagere) – 8:01
10 "Dear God" (featuring Shanna Crooks) – 6:33

LINE-UP:

M. Shadows - vocals
Synyster Gates
Johnny Christ - bass guitar
Zacky Vengeance - guitar
Rev. - drums

Additional personnel:

Beth Andersen, Debbie Hall, Bob Joyce, Susie Stevens Logan, Luana Jackman, Monique Donnelly, Rob Giles, Rock Logan, Ed Zajack, Gabriel Mann, Arnold McCuller, Scottie Haskell, Juliette Commagere, Shanna Crooks (vocals); Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo); Neel Hammond, Caroline Campbell (violin); Andrew Duckles (viola); Cameron Stone (cello); Bill Liston (clarinet, alto saxophone); Rusty Higgins (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Brandon Fields (alto saxophone); Dave Boruff (tenor saxophone); Joel Peskin (baritone saxophone); Dan Foreno, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet); Alex Iles, Bruce Fowler (trombone); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, organ); Greg Kusten (piano); Miles Mosley (upright bass); Lenny Castro (percussion); Jay-E (programming); Annmarie Rizzo, Zander Ayeroff (background vocals)