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Waking the Fallen is the second album by Avenged Sevenfold. The album was released on August 26, 2003 through Hopeless Records. It is the last Avenged Sevenfold album to feature their metalcore sound, although there are much more clean vocals on this album than their first release, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet.

Waking the Fallen was Avenged Sevenfold's first album to feature bassist Johnny Christ as well as the first to feature the full current line-up (up until The Rev's death), after Dameon Ash's Departure. The album was certified gold on July 15, 2009.

Reception

Waking the Fallen received a positive profile in Billboard, with the magazine comparing Avenged Sevenfold to bands like NOFX, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.[1] In other profiles, the album also received comparisons to the Misfits and further comparisons to Iron Maiden.[2] "Chapter Four" was featured in NASCAR Thunder 2004, Madden 2004 and NHL 2004, which garnered enough exposure to lead to a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.[3] This record is also notable among fans because of M. Shadows' slightly higher voice and high notes he sings on songs like "I Won't See You Tonight" (both parts).

Videography

A live performance video was shot at Warped Tour 2003 for the first single from Waking the Fallen, "Second Heartbeat". A video was made for the second single "Unholy Confessions" on March 6, 2004. It was a live video with the actual track dubbed over. It featured the fans before and during an Avenged Sevenfold concert. According to vocalist M. Shadows, it was requested by their new label, Warner Bros. Records in order to publicize the band before their 2005 album City of Evil.

This video was the second attempt at a video for the track. The previous attempt was a concept video created the previous fall (2003). The band was not happy with the final product, however, and opted to re-shoot the video, this time as a live performance. The new video went into rotation on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Avenged Sevenfold, except "Waking the Fallen" by Avenged Sevenfold and Scott Gilman

Waking the Fallen
No.TitleLength
1."Waking the Fallen"1:42
2."Unholy Confessions"4:43
3."Chapter Four"5:42
4."Remenissions"6:06
5."Desecrate Through Reverence"5:38
6."Eternal Rest"5:12
7."Second Heartbeat"7:00
8."Radiant Eclipse"6:09
9."I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)"8:58
10."I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)"4:44
11."Clairvoyant Disease"4:59
12."And All Things Will End"7:40

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold
Production

References

  1. ^ "Artists to Watch: AVENGED SEVENFOLD." Billboard. "Orange County, Calif.'s Avenged Sevenfold stands at a crossroads. In one direction is the present and future: the current punk/metal hybrid known as "screamo." In the other, the past: influences of such punk bands as NOFX and Bad Religion; the '80s-metal dynamic of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica; and a touch of goth."
  2. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold members carve a new niche with old sound" The Bradenton Herald accessed via LexisNexis. September 18, 2003. "Their long bangs and black eye makeup draw comparisons to the Misfits. Their cryptic lyrics are similar to Iron Maiden. The guttural vocals and machine-gun percussion sound like early Metallica. And the guitar riffs are reminiscent of Crimson Glory."
  3. ^ Gaudiosi, John. Tunes drop into video games The Hollywood Reporter. March 9, 2005.
  4. ^ "Headbanger's Ball spawns second compilation" BPI Entertainment News Wire. "Here is the MTV2 Headbanger's Ball, Volume 2" track list... Disc one... 'Unholy Confessions,' Avenged Sevenfold." August 2, 2004.
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