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City Of Evil

City of Evil
City of Evil album cover.jpg
Studio album by Avenged Sevenfold
Released June 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)
Recorded 2004–April 2005
Genre Heavy metal,hard rock
Length 72:43
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Avenged Sevenfold
Andrew Murdock
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Waking the Fallen
(2003)
City of Evil
(2005)
Avenged Sevenfold
(2007)
Singles from City of Evil
  1. "Burn It Down"
    Released: June 12, 2005
  2. "Bat Country"
    Released: August 9, 2005
  3. "Beast and the Harlot"
    Released: March 6, 2006
  4. "Seize the Day"
    Released: July 7, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
Blender 4/5 stars
IGN 7.9/10
Kerrang! 5/5 stars
Metal Hammer 8/10
Punknews.org 3/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5

City of Evil is the third studio album by Avenged Sevenfold released on June 7, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. Co-produced by Andrew Murdock, City of Evil contains a more traditional heavy metal and hard rock sound than Avenged Sevenfold's previous two albums, which showcased a predominantly metalcore sound. The album is also notable for the absence of screaming vocals. M. Shadows worked for months before the album's release with vocal coach Ron Anderson, whose clients have included Axl Rose and Chris Cornell, to achieve a sound that had "grit while still having the tone". In order to increase stamina and strength on the pedals, The Rev would sit for hours practicing until he could get up to 210 beats per minute. The album was ranked No. 63 on Guitar World magazine's "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time". City of Evil also appears in Kerrang's "666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and "50 Albums You Need To Hear Before You Die" The album was ranked No. 35 in Kerrang's list of "50 Greatest Metal Albums Ever" in 2016.

The album contains some of Avenged Sevenfold's most popular and famous songs, including "Bat Country", which is arguably their most successful to date, being one of their two singles certified Gold by the RIAA. City of Evil was very successful after its release, debuting at #30 on the Billboard 200 chart and certified as a platinum record by the Recording Industry Association of America in August 2009. It went on to sell over 1,500,000 copies in the United States, and 2,500,000 total worldwide, making it the best-selling album out of Avenged Sevenfold's discography as of 2015.


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