City Of Evil (EXPLICIT) (CD)

After toughing it out in the indie-underground trenches for a pair of albums, California-based metalcore band Avenged Sevenfold signed to Warner Brothers and released their major label debut, CITY OF EVIL , in 2005. The band's mix of muscular riffage and metallic intensity remained intact after their jump to the big leagues; however, they scaled back a bit on the scorched-earth vocal stylings found on earlier records, upped the classic metal histrionics, and in the process found a much larger audience.

• Category:  Music  »  Hard Rock & Metal  »  General/Heavy Metal
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• Release Date: June 7, 2005
• Label: Warner Bros. Records
• UPC: 093624861324
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106413808
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #9739 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #313 in Hard Rock & Metal (See Top 100 Hard Rock & Metal Bestsellers)
• #204 in General/Heavy Metal (See Top 100 General/Heavy Metal Bestsellers)

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Avenged Sevenfold: M. Shadows (vocals); Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance (guitar); Johnny Christ (bass guitar); The Rev. (drums).

Even though Avenged Sevenfold's first two albums clearly got them lumped into the emo camp, the California quintet always hinted at the heavy metal influence of bands like Iron Maiden. With their major-label debut CITY OF EVIL, not only have they fleshed out these tendencies via the intricate riffing of dual guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates, but they've begun to dabble with more intricate, prog-like song structures. And with singer M. Shadows recovering from vocal chord surgery, he employs a considerably more melodic approach.

The first half of CITY cleaves to what longtime fans have come to expect: dive-bombing call-and-response riffing and furious double-bass-drum attacks, peppering cuts like the soaring "Burn It Down" and the equally ferocious "Blinded in Chains." Following the power-ballad tendencies of "Seize the Day," with its subtle piano accompaniment and Shadow's full-bodied crooning, things get really interesting. Song lengths start to hover around the seven-to-nine-minute mark, and intriguing nuances come into play, like the boys' choir and 14-piece string section that defines the epic grandeur of "The Wicked End," and the Latin jam complete with flamenco flourishes that close out "Sidewinder."

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