City of Evil
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| City of Evil | ||
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| Studio album by Avenged Sevenfold | ||
| Released | June 7, 2005 | |
| Recorded | 2005 Houston, Texas |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 70:48 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Avenged Sevenfold Andrew Murdock |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Avenged Sevenfold chronology | ||
| Waking the Fallen (2003) |
City of Evil (2005) |
Untitled Fourth Avenged Sevenfold Album (2007) |
City of Evil is Avenged Sevenfold's third full-length album. It was released on June 7, 2005 by Warner Brothers. Unlike their previous albums, lead vocalist M. Shadows' screams are only heard in the background of a couple of songs. This, along with other changes in sound, mark City of Evil as a departure from the metalcore tropes of previous releases from the band. This new style has created controversy between fans, some call them sell outs while others say that they just wanted to move away from repetitive metalcore albums.
The album was ranked number 63 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time.[1]
[edit] Track listing
- "Beast and the Harlot" – 5:40
- "Burn It Down" – 4:58
- "Blinded in Chains" – 6:34
- "Bat Country" – 5:13
- "Trashed And Scattered" – 5:53
- "Seize the Day" – 5:32
- "Sidewinder" – 7:01
- "The Wicked End" – 7:10
- "Strength of the World" – 9:14
- "Betrayed" – 6:47
- "M.I.A." – 8:46
[edit] 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 "Bat Country", which was done in the same way as "Unholy Confessions" on Waking the Fallen (live video with dubbed music). A few weeks later, on May 23, 2005, they released the promotional video for "Burn It Down", done in the same live video/dubbed music fashion. 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. More 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.
[edit] Trivia
- "Bat Country" was written in dedication of the infamous writer/reporter, Hunter S. Thompson. The title comes from the 18th page 3rd chapter of Thompson's book, "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas", where Raoul Duke (Hunter S. Thompson) says "We can't stop here. This is bat country."[2]
- "Betrayed" was written about Dimebag Darrell and Nathan Gale's admiration of Pantera and Dime.
- "M.I.A." was written after M. Shadows talked with friends who were fighting in Iraq.
- Various songs from the album were featured on EA Games, and on other medias. They consist of:
- Beast and the Harlot - Guitar Hero II, Burnout Revenge
- Burn It Down - MTV2 Headbanger's Ball Compilation, Best of Taste of Chaos, and Saw III soundtrack.
- Blinded In Chains - Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Arena Football 06
- Bat Country - Madden NFL 06, NHL 06, SSX On Tour
- The intro to Trashed and Scattered is the same as the intro to Falconer's song The Coronation from their 2003 album The Sceptre of Deception.
| Avenged Sevenfold |
| M. Shadows | Synyster Gates | Zacky Vengeance | Johnny Christ | The Rev |
| Daemon Ash | Justin Sane |
| Discography |
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| Early Avenged Sevenfold releases | Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | Warmness on the Soul | Sounding the Seventh Trumpet Re-Release | Waking the Fallen | City of Evil | Untitled Fourth Album |
| Singles |
| Warmness on the Soul | Unholy Confessions | Burn it Down | Bat Country | Beast and the Harlot | Seize the Day |
| Label(s) |
| Warner Bros. Records | Hopeless Records | Goodlife Recordings |
