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City Of Evil (Parental Advisory),Avenged Sevenfold

- City Of Evil (Parental Advisory)
- - 7,819,380 plays
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  - 1,434 shares
Avenged Sevenfold
Released 2005

Burn It Down
04:59
653,103 plays

Trashed And Scattered
05:52
588,532 plays

Blinded In Chains
06:34
511,065 plays

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songs

- 1
- Beast And The Harlot
- 05:41
- 1,494,145 plays

- 2
- Burn It Down
- 04:59
- 653,103 plays

- 3
- Blinded In Chains
- 06:34
- 511,065 plays

- 4
- Bat Country
- 05:12
- 1,331,683 plays

- 5
- Trashed And Scattered
- 05:52
- 588,532 plays

- 6
- Seize The Day
- 05:33
- 1,034,340 plays

- 7
- Sidewinder
- 07:02
- 494,653 plays

- 8
- The Wicked End
- 07:10
- 363,635 plays

- 9
- Strength Of The World
- 09:14
- 404,404 plays

- 10
- Betrayed
- 06:46
- 455,283 plays

- 11
- M.I.A.
- 08:46
- 488,579 plays

album review

Avenged Sevenfold's first two albums had a clear influence from heavy metal, but the California combo also freely incorporated emo, screamo, and post-hardcore elements. The mixing and matching meant 2003's Waking the Fallen had as many sighing harmonies as it did harmonized guitar freakouts. And yet City of Evil, the band's third record and Warner debut, is absolutely rife with the imagery and pacing of classic metal. Look at that artwork. It features a skeletal swordsman flying a steed with steaming nostrils over the urban inferno of the title; tattoos, demons, and a skull with flapping wings adorn the lyric book. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal influence is immediate and prevalent, from the maniacally rippling percussion throughout to the triumphantly whining lead guitars in the chorus of "Blinded in Chains," or the soaring melody in "Burn It Down" that meets its match in Metallica-styled verses. The downshifts into guttural roars are largely gone, replaced by better-integrated atmospheric stretches or the tighter songcraft of a track like "Bat Country," which intersects punk and pop influences in a manner similar to My Chemical Romance. At over seven minutes, "Wicked End" is a late-album standout. Vocalist M. Shadows rips through couplets like "We've grown in numbers, six hundred sixty-six/War breaks, a sign of the end, eternally expelled/Look to the sky for knowledge, the stars align tonight," guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance trade off blistering solos, and there's a full choral interlude in the center, complete with an angelic host and sighing cellos. Which is all totally metal, and refreshingly unmarred by attempts to fit too many jumbled genres in. City of Evil's ballads are a little trite, and even its double-bass raging doesn't necessarily break new ground. But Avenged Sevenfold gets all the pieces right, and sound like they're having more fun here than in the scattershot approach of the first couple records. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

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listener reviews

- - BEST ALBUM TO DATE.
  - - By EL SL33PY
    - 5/4/2009 20:47:36
  - I love every piece of this album. all the acoustic sections are perfect. instrumentals are GENIUS! album art is epic.
    the best songs have to be B.A.T.D and M.I.A.
  - 2 out of 2 people
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- - City of Evil review
  - - By peppermanmoobs
    - 10/7/2008 19:01:16
  - This album has some of A7X's best songs including Beast and the Harlot and Bat Country. A very kick ass album.
  - 5 out of 5 people
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- - City of Evil
  - - By A7XwootA7X
    - 5/21/2008 16:54:02
  - This is one great album. City of Evil is a first all-singing album for avenged sevenfold, and it rocks. M. Shadows, the lead singer displays many different styles of singing and yelling mixed with each other. The guitar solos in this album are difficult and well put together. I love it! Synyster Gates absolutely ROCKS in Beast and the Harlot as well as Bat Country. Syn's and Zacky Vengeance's "duo-solos" are exactly synced with each other and they're fun to watch because Syn is right handed and Zacky has a lefty-flipped guitar. I strongly reccomend that you listen to this awesome, loud, obnoxious, skilled, and ROCKIN album. Enjoy.
  - 10 out of 10 people
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