History Music / AvengedSevenfold

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet'' and ''Waking the Fallen'' were in the 8 range, with their later material usually bordering on 7, sometimes going down to 6. "Nightmare" (the song) goes up to a low 8. While a couple other songs, like "God Hates Us", are a pretty solid 8.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet'' and ''Waking the Fallen'' were in the 8 range, with their later material usually bordering on 7, sometimes going down to 6.

The band played the underground scene in America for several years before achieving more widespread recognition and success with their third studio album; City of Evil (2005). Their second album, Waking the Fallen, is certified gold. Their original sound was harsher, with extensive use of double bass drums and screamed vocals. Since then, the band has changed to be include more melody, but not sacrificed any of the instrumentist's brutal sound. The lead guitarist, Synyster Gates is also renowned for unleashing extensive and lightning fast solos.

Avenged Sevenfold (or [=A7X=], as they are often called) are amongst the most popular alternative/heavy bands among teens and young adults the world over, and were instrumental in the creation of metalcore, a genre that combines hardcore punk with extreme metal. Unfortunately, the band is currently in a state of turmoil as the Rev passed away on Dec. 28, 2009. In statements from the rest of the band they have said that they won't give up and are trying to rebuild their lives, no easy task as the five had been friends for most of their lives. The spot had gone to Mike Portnoy, as mentioned above for a few early tours, but recently the band has found Arin Ilejay of disbanded Californian metalcore band Confide.

* MrFanservice: All of them, but especially Matt and Brian.

* MoodWhiplash: God Hates Us, an angry metal song that [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced brought back their former metalcore sound]] comes between [[TearJerker So Far Away and Victim]] on the album.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Jimmy.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Their stage names.

** The Rev wrote "Fiction", which has the line, "Promise me you'll never feel afraid." After [[AuthorExistenceFailure his passing]], Syn wrote "So Far Away", which has the line, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "Sleep tight; I'm not afraid."]]
* CloudCuckooLander: The Rev.

* ClusterFBomb: Trashed and Scattered from City Of Evil

* ImAHumanitarian: Again, "A Little Piece of Heaven"

* LastNoteNightmare: "And All Things Will End"

* MoodWhiplash: God Hates Us, an angry metal song that [[AndTheFandomRejoiced brought back their former metalcore sound]] comes between [[TearJerker So Far Away and Victim]] on the album.

* TheDeadCanDance: The song "Dancing Dead", of course.
* ThePeteBest: The band's first three bassists (Matt Wendt, Justin Sane and Dameon Ash) are very often forgotten. Justin did in fact play on Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, but the band didn't gain any mainstream success until Johnny Christ joined the band.
** Subverted by Zacky. Avenged Sevenfold were a four-man band on the original release of Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, with Zacky playing lead guitar. Syn wasn't added until the re-release (where he only played in To End the Rapture), although fans tend to assume he was always the band's lead guitarist and Zacky was always the rhythm guitarist.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Critical Acclaim."

* TogetherInDeath: "A Little Piece Of Heaven". Kind Of. [[spoiler:The guy kills the girl at the beginning and [[{{Squick}} does]] [[ILoveTheDead things]] with her corpse. She Then comes back as a zombie and [[NoKillLikeOverkill murders the living hell out of him]], after which they are both in hell, and he begs her to forgive him. She does, and they come back as zombies. Then they decide to [[CrossesTheLineTwice murder an entire church full of people with chainsaws and whatnot during a REAL wedding and force the priest to wed them]]. They then live happily ever after as a murderous evil zombie couple.]]

* BuriedAlive: They have a song called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Buried Alive.]]

Avenged Sevenfold is a HardRock / {{Metalcore}} band from Huntington Beach, {{California}}. They formed in 1999. The band comprises four members; M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, and Johny Christ, since the death of The Rev. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] is currently covering for his spot for the album Nightmare and following tour. The band played the underground scene in America for several years before achieving more widespread recognition and success with their third studio album; City of Evil (2005). Their second album, Waking the Fallen, is certified gold.

The band's original sound was harsher, with extensive use of double bass drums and screamed vocals. Since then, the band has changed to be include more melody, but not sacrificed any of the instrumentist's brutal sound. The lead guitarist, Synyster Gates is also renowned for unleashing extensive and lightning fast solos.

* EpicRiff: Many.

[[caption-width-right:350:[=L to R: Johnny, Synyster, M. Shadows, Zacky, and [[TooCoolToLive the Rev]]=]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[=L to R: Johnny, Synyster, M. Shadows, Zacky, and the Rev=]]]

* Jimmy (or James) O. Sullivan - The Rev/The Reverend Tholomew Plague.

* AllDrummersAreManiacs: The Rev was the resident CloudCuckooLander.

Avenged Sevenfold is a HardRock / {{Metalcore}} band from Huntington Beach, {{California}}. They formed in 1999. The band comprises four members; M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, and Johny Christ, since the death of The Rev. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] is currently covering for his spot for the album Nightmare and following tour. The band played the underground scene in America for several years before achieving more widespread recognition and success with their third studio album; City of Evil. Their second album, Waking the Fallen, is certified gold.

Avenged Sevenfold is a HardRock / {{Metalcore}} band from Huntington Beach, {{California}}. The band comprises four members; M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, and Johny Christ, since the death of The Rev. [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] is currently covering for his spot for the album Nightmare and following tour. The band played the underground scene in America for several years before achieving more widespread recognition and success with their third studio album; City of Evil. Their second album, Waking the Fallen, is certified gold.