Shortly after the release of Waking the Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold left Hopeless Records and were signed to Warner Bros. In 2004, Avenged Sevenfold toured again on the Vans Warped Tour and recorded a video for their song 'Unholy Confessions' which went into rotation on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. The band received profiles in Billboard and The Boston Globe, and played in the Vans Warped Tour. The album featured a more refined and mature sound production in comparison to their previous album. Having settled on their fourth bassist, Johnny Christ, the group released their second studio album titled Waking the Fallen on Hopeless Records in August 2003. The band started to receive recognition, performing with bands such as Mushroomhead and Shadows Fall and playing on the Take Action Tour.

The album was subsequently re-released on Hopeless Records in 2002. After lead guitarist Synyster Gates joined the band, at the end of 1999 when he was 18, the introductory track 'To End the Rapture' was re-recorded featuring a full band element. It was originally released on their first label, Good Life Recordings in 2001. 'When you have someone in your band who does that, it ruins everything that's going on all around you, and it makes you want to do something to prevent it from happening to other people.'Īvenged Sevenfold's debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, was recorded when the band members were just eighteen years old and in high school. Shadows about it, he said 'He perma-fried his brain and was in a mental institution for a long time,' Shadows said. In an interview during the middle 2001s with lead singer M. He then was in the hospital for a while and was in poor condition and had to leave the band and was replaced by Dameon Ash. His suicide attempt had an impact on the band's Take Action Tour. In the mid-2001, former bassist Justin Sane was reported that he had a suicide attempt performed by drinking excessive amounts of cough syrup. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen (2001–2004) Matt Wendt was later replaced by Justin Sane who was originally the bassist for Suburban Legends.īefore the release of their debut album, the band recorded two demos in 19. Upon its formation, each member of the band also took on a pseudonym which were already nicknames of theirs from high school. M Shadows 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, although they are not a religious band. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev and Matt Wendt.

The band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M. Avenged Sevenfold - Full Discography (2001 - 2013)įormation and early recordings (1999–2000)

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