Avenged Sevenfold discography

The American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold has released seven studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, two compilation albums, 31 singles, two video albums and 26 music videos. Formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1999, the band originally featured vocalist M. Shadows (Matthew Sanders), guitarist Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker), bassist Matt Wendt and drummer The Rev (James Sullivan). Synyster Gates (Brian Haner Jr.) joined as lead guitarist in 2001, just after the group released its debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet on Good Life Recordings, which was later reissued on Hopeless Records.[1]

Avenged Sevenfold discography
Avenged Sevenfold in 2014
Studio albums7
Live albums1
Compilation albums2
Video albums2
Music videos26
Singles31
Soundtrack albums1

After replacing Wendt with Justin Sane and later Dameon Ash, Avenged Sevenfold settled on Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward) on bass in 2003 to record Waking the Fallen. The album was the band's first to chart in the US, reaching the top ten of the Billboard 200.[2] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3] The 2005 follow-up City of Evil reached only number 30 on the chart,[2] but was certified platinum by the RIAA.[3] The single "Bat Country" reached the top ten of the US Billboard Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock charts,[4][5] while "Beast and the Harlot" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[6]

In 2007 the band released its self-titled fourth album, which was the first to reach the top five of the Billboard 200 when it peaked at number 4.[2] The All Excess video, released earlier in the year, topped the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart.[7][8] Avenged Sevenfold was the band's final full release to feature The Rev, who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol on December 28, 2009, while they were producing their next album Nightmare.[9] Mike Portnoy performed drums on 2010s Nightmare,[10] which topped the Billboard 200 for the first time in the band's career.[2] Lead single "Nightmare" topped the Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart,[11] while third single "So Far Away" became the band's first to top the Mainstream Rock chart.[5] 2011's "Not Ready to Die" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[6]

Arin Ilejay joined as The Rev's second replacement in 2013, performing on the band's sixth studio album Hail to the King.[12] The album followed Nightmare by topping the Billboard 200,[2] as well as being the group's first release to reach number 1 on the Canadian and UK Albums Charts.[13][14] "Hail to the King" and "Shepherd of Fire" both topped the Mainstream Rock chart.[5] Brooks Wackerman replaced Ilejay in 2015, and the following year the band released The Stage without any prior announcement.[15] The album reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Canadian Albums Chart.[2][13] Since 2017, the band has been adding to The Stage as part of an "evolving track listing", including cover versions of "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, "As Tears Go By" by The Rolling Stones and "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.[16]

Avenged Sevenfold released Live at the Grammy Museum on December 8, 2017, documenting the group's first acoustic performance at the Grammy Museum in October.[17]

Albums

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[2]		 AUS
[18]		 CAN
[13]		 FIN
[19]		 IRL
[20]		 JPN
[21]		 NOR
[22]		 NZ
[23]		 SWE
[24]		 UK
[14]
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
  • Released: July 24, 2001
  • Label: Good Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
 —————176
[upper-alpha 1]		————
Waking the Fallen
  • Released: August 26, 2003
  • Label: Hopeless
  • Formats: CD, LP
 10
[upper-alpha 2]		34
[upper-alpha 3]		——————35
[upper-alpha 4]
City of Evil 30————16———63
Avenged Sevenfold
  • Released: October 30, 2007
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, CD+DVD
 4376—4112———24
Nightmare
  • Released: July 27, 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
 192191214295
Hail to the King
  • Released: August 27, 2013
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
 12111153341
The Stage
  • Released: October 28, 2016
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
 4411016421693713
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Notes

  1. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen charted as a double album set in Japan.[21]
  2. Waking the Fallen charted in USA upon the release of Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014.
  3. Waking the Fallen charted in Australia upon the release of Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014.[18]
  4. Waking the Fallen charted in UK upon the release of Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014.

Live albums
List of live albums
Title Album details
Live at the GRAMMY Museum
  • Released: December 8, 2017
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DL

Compilations
List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]		 US
Alt.
[29]		 US
Hard
[30]		 US
Rock
[31]		 CAN
[13]		 IRL
[20]		 JPN
[21]		 NZ
[23]		 UK
[14]		 UK
Rock
[32]
Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough
  • Released: September 16, 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD+DVD
 2476916544429423
  • RIAA: Platinum[3]
The Best of 2005–2013
  • Released: December 2, 2016
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: 2CD, DL
 ——————257———
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays
Title Album details
Black Reign
  • Released: September 21, 2018
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: 10", DL

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[33]		 US
Act.
[34]		 US
Alt.
[4]		 US
Heat.
[11]		 US
Main.
[5]		 US
Rock
[35]		 CAN
[36]		 CAN
Rock
[37]		 UK
[38]		 UK
Rock
[6]
"Warmness on the Soul" 2001 —————×———— Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
"Unholy Confessions" 2004 —————×———— Waking the Fallen
"Burn It Down"[39] 2005 —————×——927 City of Evil
"Bat Country" 60—6—2×——843
"Beast and the Harlot" 2006 ——40—19×——441
"Walk"[upper-alpha 1] 2007 —————×———— Non-album single
"Almost Easy" —[upper-alpha 2]—6—3×——671 Avenged Sevenfold
"Afterlife" 2008 ——20—11×——1973
"Crossroads"[41] —————×———— Diamonds in the Rough
"Dear God"[42] —————×———3 Avenged Sevenfold
"Nightmare" 2010 511121234849652 Nightmare
"Welcome to the Family" —[upper-alpha 3]1151928———8
"So Far Away" 2011 —115—15—42——
"Not Ready to Die" 70——4——73—1261 Call of Duty: Black Ops
"Carry On" 2012 —[upper-alpha 4]1—18220——1192 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
"Hail to the King" 2013 831235112638764 Hail to the King
"Shepherd of Fire" —1634—128—31—12
"The Stage" 2016 —[upper-alpha 5]———410———7 The Stage
"God Damn" 2017 ————937————
"Wish You Were Here" ————1637———— The Stage (Deluxe Edition)
"Mad Hatter" 2018 ————928———— Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
"Set Me Free" 2020 —————22———— Diamonds in the Rough (Rerelease)
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Notes

  1. "Walk" was originally released on the High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock compilation.
  2. "Almost Easy" peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.[40]
  3. "Welcome to the Family" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.[43]
  4. "Carry On" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.[44]
  5. "The Stage" peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.[45]

Promotional singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Alt.
[4]		 US
Main.
[5]		 US
Rock
[35]
Eternal Rest / Chapter Four[46] 2003 — — — Waking the Fallen
"Seize the Day" 2006 —17× City of Evil
"Critical Acclaim"[upper-alpha 1] 2007 — — × Avenged Sevenfold
"Scream" 2008 269×
"Buried Alive" 2011 26210 Nightmare
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Notes

  1. "Critical Acclaim" was released as a downloadable single only.[47]

Other charted songs
List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Hard
Digi.
[48]		 US
Main.
[5]		 US
Rock
[35]		 US
Rock
Digi.
[49]		 US
Sales
[50]		 UK
[51]		 UK
Rock
[52]
"Lost It All" 2010 —————1656 Nightmare (Deluxe Edition)
"St. James" 2013 2——42——36 Hail to the King (Deluxe Edition)
"This Means War" 2014 —436———— Hail to the King
"I Won't See You Tonight" ————2—— Waking the Fallen: Resurrected
"Paradigm" 2016 ——50———— The Stage
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Other appearances
List of other appearances, showing year released and album name
Song Year Album Comments
"Second Heartbeat" (demo version)[upper-alpha 1][53] 2002 Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4 Later released on Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014, although dubbed an alternate version rather than a demo version.
"Eternal Rest" (live)[upper-alpha 2][54] 2005 Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 5
"Beast and the Harlot" (live)[55] Masters of Horror
"Walk" (Pantera cover)[56] 2006 High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock Later released on Diamonds in the Rough, in 2008.
"Flash of the Blade" (Iron Maiden cover)[57] 2008 Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden
"Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover)[58] 2009 Covered, A Revolution in Sound Later released on Diamonds in the Rough, in 2020.
"Jade Helm"[59] 2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Later released on Black Reign.

Notes

  1. Avenged Sevenfold also contributed "Darkness Surrounding" to Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4, which had previously been released on the album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet.[53]
  2. Avenged Sevenfold also contributed "Chapter Four" to Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 5, which had previously been released on the album Waking the Fallen.[54]

Videos

Video albums
List of video albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Chart peaks
US
[7]		 JPN
[21]		 UK
[8]
All Excess
  • Released: July 17, 2007
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: DVD
 12752

Music videos
List of music videos, showing year released and director(s) name
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Warmness on the Soul" 2001 Broken Robot, Militont [60]
"Unholy Confessions" (version 1) 2004 Greg Kaplan [61]
"Unholy Confessions" (version 2)
"Burn It Down" 2005 Nick Wickham [62]
"Bat Country" Marc Klasfeld [63]
"Beast and the Harlot" 2006 Tony Petrossian [64]
"Seize the Day" Wayne Isham [65]
"Almost Easy" 2007 P. R. Brown [61]
"A Little Piece of Heaven" Rafa Alcantara
"Afterlife" 2008 Wayne Isham [66]
"Dear God" Rafa Alcantara [61]
"Nightmare" 2010 Wayne Isham [66]
"So Far Away" 2011
"Carry On" 2012 Dave Anthony [67]
"Hail to the King" 2013 Syndrome [68]
"Shepherd of Fire" Wayne Isham [66]
"This Means War" 2014 Rafa Alcantara [69]
"Chapter Four" [70]
"The Stage" 2016 Chris Hopewell [71]
"God Damn" 2017 Anders Rostad [72]
"Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)" Rafa Alcantara [73]
"Retrovertigo" [74]
"Dose" [75]
"Runaway" [76]
"God Only Knows" [77]
"As Tears Go By" [78]
"Wish You Were Here" [79]

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