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  • Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: August 26, 2003
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Mudrock's dry production focuses almost all of Waking the Fallen on Avenged Sevenfold's greatest strength. That, of course, would be performance, and the band delivers with unflagging aggression and precision. Never mind the lyrical ennui or throat-scrape yowling; there's more to this music than generic cliché. When he wants to, M. Shadows can passionately project in a way that turns even the grim "Desecrate Through Reverance" into an almost bouncy little melody. (Incidentally, Reverance? Remenissions? Reverand? Maybe doomsday is around the corner, but isn't there still time to run song titles and soubriquets through a spell check?) And whether attacking a riff in unison or in harmonized parts, the double-threat guitars of Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance do their duty like search-and-destroy commandos -- in and out fast, leaving devastation in their wake. Especially noteworthy -- and note-heavy -- is the guitar solo that blazes through the last moments of "Second Heartbeat" and the head-spinning single-stroke virtuosity of the Reverand throughout the album. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Waking the Fallen (Lyrics) Scott Gilman, Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (1:42)
Unholy Confessions Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (4:43)
Chapter Four (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (5:42)
Remenissions (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (6:06)
Desecrate Through Reverance (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (5:38)
Eternal Rest (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (5:12)
Second Heartbeat (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (7:00)
Radiant Eclipse (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (6:09)
I Won't See You Tonight, Pt. 1 (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (8:58)
I Won't See You Tonight, Pt. 2 (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (4:44)
Clairvoyant Disease (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (4:59)
And All Things Will End (Lyrics) Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (7:40)

Credits

Johnny Christ (Art Conception), Stephen Ferrara (Guitar Technician), Al Pahanish (Drum Technician), Matt The Madman (Layout Design), The Gatekeepers (Engineer), Taylor Montague (Paintings), Sergie (Mechanical Design), Scott Gilman (Orchestration), Synyster Gates (Piano), Andrew Murdock (Engineer), Mudrock (Producer), Synyster Gates (Art Conception), Lisa Johnson (Photography), Fred Archambault (Assistant Engineer), Taylor Montague (Cover Painting), Avenged Sevenfold (Art Conception), Tom Baker (Mastering), Micah Montague (Art Conception), Andrew Murdock (Producer), Fred Archambault (Producer), Scott Gilman (Orchestral Arrangements), Andrew Murdock (Mixing), Mudrock (Mixing), The Reverend (Drums), Al Fujisaki (Assistant Engineer), Zacky Vengeance (Guitar), Mike Fasano (Drum Technician), Synyster Gates (Guitar), Johnny Christ (Bass), Bruce Jaccoby (Drum Technician)
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Waking the Fallen
Studio album by Avenged Sevenfold
Released August 26, 2003
Recorded 2003 at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre Metalcore
Length 68:40
Label Hopeless
Producer Andrew Murdock and Fred Archambault
Professional reviews
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Warmness on the Soul
(2001)		 Waking the Fallen
(2003)		 City of Evil
(2005)
Singles from Waking the Fallen
  1. "Second Heartbeat"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Unholy Confessions"
    Released: 2004

Waking the Fallen is the second album by Avenged Sevenfold. The album was released on August 26, 2003 through Hopeless Records. It is the last Avenged Sevenfold album to feature their metalcore sound, although there are much more clean vocals on this album than their first release, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet.

Waking the Fallen was Avenged Sevenfold's first album to feature bassist Johnny Christ as well as the first to feature the full current line-up, after Daemon Ash's Departure. The album was certified gold on July 15, 2009.

Contents

Reception

Waking the Fallen received a positive profile in Billboard, with the magazine comparing Avenged Sevenfold to bands like NOFX, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.[1] In other profiles, the album also received comparisons to the Misfits and further comparisons to Iron Maiden.[2] "Chapter Four" was featured in NASCAR Thunder 2004, Madden 2004 and NHL 2004, which garnered enough exposure to lead to a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.[3] This record is also notable among fans because of M. Shadows' slightly higher voice and high notes he sings on songs like "I Won't See You Tonight" (both parts).

Videography

A video was made for the track "Unholy Confessions" on March 6, 2004. It was a live video with the actual track dubbed over. It featured the fans before and during an Avenged Sevenfold concert. According to vocalist M. Shadows, it was requested by their new label, Warner Bros. Records in order to publicize the band before their 2005 album City of Evil.

This video was the second attempt at a video for the track. The previous attempt was a concept video created the previous fall (2003). The band was not happy with the final product, however, and opted to re-shoot the video, this time as a live performance. The new video went into rotation on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Avenged Sevenfold, except "Waking the Fallen" by Avenged Sevenfold and Scott Gilman.

  1. "Waking the Fallen" - 1:42
  2. "Unholy Confessions" - 4:43
  3. "Chapter Four" - 5:42
  4. "Remenissions" - 6:06
  5. "Desecrate Through Reverance" - 5:38
  6. "Eternal Rest" - 5:12
  7. "Second Heartbeat" - 7:00
  8. "Radiant Eclipse" - 6:09
  9. "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)" - 8:58
  10. "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)" - 4:44
  11. "Clairvoyant Disease" - 4:59
  12. "And All Things Will End" - 7:40

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold
Production

References

  1. ^ "Artists to Watch: AVENGED SEVENFOLD." Billboard. "Orange County, Calif.'s Avenged Sevenfold stands at a crossroads. In one direction is the present and future: the current punk/metal hybrid known as "screamo." In the other, the past: influences of such punk bands as NOFX and Bad Religion; the '80s-metal dynamic of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica; and a touch of goth."
  2. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold members carve a new niche with old sound" The Bradenton Herald accessed via LexisNexis. September 18, 2003. "Their long bangs and black eye makeup draw comparisons to the Misfits. Their cryptic lyrics are similar to Iron Maiden. The guttural vocals and machine-gun percussion sound like early Metallica. And the guitar riffs are reminiscent of Crimson Glory."
  3. ^ Gaudiosi, John. Tunes drop into video games The Hollywood Reporter. March 9, 2005.
  4. ^ "Headbanger's Ball spawns second compilation" BPI Entertainment News Wire. "Here is the MTV2 Headbanger's Ball, Volume 2" track list... Disc one... 'Unholy Confessions,' Avenged Sevenfold." August 2, 2004.
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