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*[[Metal Hammer]] 8/10 Issue 141, July 2005
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*[[Rolling Stone]] {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/avengedsevenfold/albums/album/7357935/review/7504115/city_of_evil link]
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City of Evil is the third album and first major label release by American rock band Avenged Sevenfold. The album was released on June 7, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album obtains a more hard rock sound than Avenged Sevenfold's previous two albums, which had been classified into the metalcore genre.[1][2] The album is also notable for the absence of screaming vocals; M. Shadows worked with vocal coach Ron Anderson—whose clients have included Axl Rose and Chris Cornell -- for months before the album's release to achieve a sound that had "grit while still having the tone.[1][3] The album was certified platinum in August 2009, and has gone onto sell over 1,000,000 copies in the United States, and 1,500,000 total worldwide.

Reception

The album debuted at #30 on the Billboard Top 200 selling over 30,000 copies.[4][5] It received positive profiles in Rolling Stone and All Music Guide, with Rolling Stone lauding the guitar work.[6][7] In addition, "Bat Country" was one of the breakout singles of 2005, reaching #2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Charts, #6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Charts, and #1 on MTV's Total Request Live.[8] The album was ranked #63 on Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All-Time," and the band won "Best New Artist" at MTV's Video Music Awards, beating out artists like Rihanna, Panic at the Disco, James Blunt, Angels & Airwaves and Chris Brown.[9][10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Avenged Sevenfold

City of Evil
No.TitleLength
1."Beast and the Harlot"5:41
2."Burn It Down"4:58
3."Blinded in Chains"6:35
4."Bat Country"5:13
5."Trashed and Scattered"5:55
6."Seize the Day"5:32
7."Sidewinder"7:01
8."The Wicked End"7:10
9."Strength of the World"9:14
10."Betrayed"6:47
11."M.I.A."8:46

Videography

City of Evil features most of the songs that Avenged Sevenfold has made videos for. On May 4, 2005, they released a promotional video for "Burn It Down", which was done in the same way as "Unholy Confessions" on Waking the Fallen (live video with dubbed music). On July 28, 2005, their first professional video for a song on the album, "Bat Country", was released. It was directed by Marc Klasfeld. On February 6, 2006, "Beast and the Harlot" was released. This was a few weeks after it had been leaked on YouTube.com. It was directed by Tony Petrossian. Most recently, on June 30, 2006, the video for "Seize the Day" was released on Avenged Sevenfold's MySpace. The video was directed by Wayne Isham.

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold
Additional Musicians
  • Brian Haner Sr., Suzy Haner, Valary DiBenedetto and Michelle DiBenedetto on "M.I.A"
  • Brian Haner Sr. on "Sidewinder"
  • Justin Meacham - Additional piano on "Sidewinder"
  • The Rev played piano on Seize the Day per the album liner notes.
Production
  • Scott Gilman - Producer, orchestrations, string conductor, additional keyboards and percussion

References

  1. ^ a b Warped Tour outlasted by putting teenagers' interests first The Orange County Register. July 6, 2005. "We were lumped into metalcore, but with this record we really wanted to get out of it... We didn't even know why we were screaming. One day, we were just like, '(Bleep) this, there's no way we're gonna scream on the next record.'"
  2. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold: City of Evil." The New Zealand Herald accessed via LexisNexis. September 11, 2005. "But City Of Evil is some of the most exciting and epic rock'n'roll around at the moment. In fact, this album is a snorting and snarling mongrel that is as much for fans of classic rock as it is for those into metal."
  3. ^ Avenged Sevenfold Interview Blistering.
  4. ^ Whitmire, Margo Coldplay Earns First Billboard 200 No. 1 Billboard. June 15, 2005.
  5. ^ Avenged Sevenfold's "City of Evil" Unleashed June 7 Market Wire. June 22, 2005.
  6. ^ Album Review: City of Evil Rolling Stone. July 28, 2005.
  7. ^ City of Evil Review AllMusic.
  8. ^ Moss, Corey Avenged Sevenfold: Appetite for Destruction MTV.
  9. ^ 100 Greatest Guitar Album of All-Time Guitar World reprinted on Rate Your Music. October, 2006.
  10. ^ Avenged Sevenfold Capture Best New Artist Ultimate Guitar. September 9, 2005.
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