Avenged Sevenfold discography | |
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Studio albums | 8 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 24 |
Video albums | 2 |
Music videos | 29 |
American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold has released eight studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, two compilation albums, 24 singles, two video albums and 29 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 their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet on Good Life Recordings, which was later reissued on Hopeless Records. [1]
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 released in August of that year, but did not chart at that time. [2] [3] The 2005 follow-up City of Evil reached number 30 on the Billboard 200 US albums chart, [3] and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2009. [4] The single "Bat Country" reached the top ten of the US Billboard Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock charts, [5] [6] while "Beast and the Harlot" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. [7]
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. [3] 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. [8] [9] 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. [10] Mike Portnoy performed drums on 2010s Nightmare , [11] which topped the Billboard 200, the first charttopper in the band's career. [3] Lead single "Nightmare" topped the Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart, [12] while third single "So Far Away" became the band's first to top the Mainstream Rock chart. [6] 2011's "Not Ready to Die" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. [7]
Arin Ilejay joined as The Rev's second replacement in 2013, performing on the band's sixth studio album Hail to the King . [13] The album followed Nightmare by topping the Billboard 200, [3] as well as being the group's first release to reach number 1 on the Canadian and UK Albums Charts. [14] [15] "Hail to the King" and "Shepherd of Fire" both topped the Mainstream Rock chart. [6] In 2014, a re-released Waking the Fallen: Resurrected reached number 10 in the US, 11 years after the original album was released. [2] [3] The album would be certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2021. [4]
Brooks Wackerman replaced Ilejay in 2015, and the following year the band released The Stage without any prior announcement. [16] The album reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Canadian Albums Chart. [3] [14] In 2017, the band began to add to The Stage as part of an "evolving track listing" that would eventually become the album's deluxe version, 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. [17] 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. [18]
After four years of writing and recording, [19] the band released their eighth studio album, Life Is But a Dream... on June 2, 2023, [20] and it peaked at number 13 in the US the same month. [3]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [3] | AUS [21] | CAN [14] | FIN [22] | GER [23] | JPN [24] | NOR [25] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | UK [15] | |||||
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | — | — | — | — | — | 176 [A] | — | — | — | — | ||||
Waking the Fallen | 10 [B] | 34 [C] | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | 35 [D] | |||||
City of Evil |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 63 |
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Avenged Sevenfold |
| 4 | 37 | 6 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 24 |
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Nightmare |
| 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
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Hail to the King |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
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The Stage |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 37 | 13 |
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Life Is But a Dream... |
| 13 | 46 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 46 | — | 29 | — | 21 | |||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Notes
Title | Album details |
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Live at the Grammy Museum |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [3] | US Alt. [32] | US Hard [33] | US Rock [34] | CAN [14] | IRL [35] | JPN [24] | NZ [26] | UK [15] | UK Rock [36] | |||
Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough |
| 24 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 44 | 29 | 42 | 3 |
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The Best of 2005–2013 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 257 | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Title | Album details |
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Warmness on the Soul |
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Black Reign |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US [37] | US Active Rock. [38] | US Alt. [5] | US Hard Rock Digital | US Main. [6] | US Rock [39] | CAN [40] | CAN Rock [41] | UK [42] | UK Rock [7] | ||||
"Unholy Confessions" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — |
| Waking the Fallen |
"Burn It Down" [43] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | 92 | 7 | City of Evil | |
"Bat Country" | 60 | 1 | 6 | — | 2 | × | — | — | 84 | 3 | |||
"Beast and the Harlot" | 2006 | — | 16 | 40 | — | 19 | × | — | — | 44 | 1 | ||
"Walk" [A] | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | Diamonds in the Rough | |
"Critical Acclaim" [B] [45] | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | Avenged Sevenfold | ||
"Almost Easy" | — [C] | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | × | — | — | 67 | 1 |
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"Afterlife" | 2008 | — | 8 | 20 | 16 | 11 | × | — | — | 197 | 3 |
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"Crossroads" [47] | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | Diamonds in the Rough | ||
"Dear God" [48] | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | 3 | Avenged Sevenfold | ||
"Nightmare" | 2010 | 51 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 49 | 65 | 2 | Nightmare | |
"Welcome to the Family" | — [D] | 1 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 8 | — | 48 | — | 8 | |||
"So Far Away" | 2011 | — | 1 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 5 | — | 41 | — | — | ||
"Not Ready to Die" | 70 | — | — [E] | 1 | — | — [F] | 73 | — | 126 | 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | ||
"Carry On" | 2012 | — [G] | 1 | — [H] | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | 119 | 2 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | |
"Hail to the King" | 2013 | 83 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 63 | 8 | 76 | 4 | Hail to the King | |
"Shepherd of Fire" | — | 16 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 28 | — | 31 | — | 12 |
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"The Stage" | 2016 | — [I] | — [J] | — [K] | 1 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | 7 | The Stage | |
"God Damn" | 2017 | — | — [L] | — | — | 9 | 37 | — | — | — | — | ||
"Wish You Were Here" | — | — [M] | — | 15 | 16 | 37 | — | — | — | — | The Stage (Deluxe Edition) | ||
"Mad Hatter" | 2018 | — | — [N] | — | 6 | 9 | 28 | — | — | — | — | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | |
"Set Me Free" | 2020 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | Diamonds in the Rough (Rerelease) | |
"Nobody" | 2023 | — | — [O] | — | 4 | 2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | Life Is But a Dream... | |
"Mattel" | — | — [P] | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" 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
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US Alt. [5] | US Main. [6] | US Rock [39] | US Hard Digi. [57] | ||||||||||
"Darkness Surrounding" [58] | 2001 | — | — | × | × | Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | |||||||
"An Epic of Time Wasted" [59] | — | — | × | × | |||||||||
"Eternal Rest" / "Chapter Four" [60] | 2003 | — | — | × | × | Waking the Fallen | |||||||
"Seize the Day" | 2006 | — | 17 | × | × | City of Evil | |||||||
"Scream" | 2008 | 26 | 9 | × | × | Avenged Sevenfold | |||||||
"Buried Alive" | 2011 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 20 | Nightmare | |||||||
"We Love You"/"We Love You Moar" (solo or with Pussy Riot) [61] | 2023 | — [A] | — | — | 12 | Life Is But a Dream... | |||||||
"—" 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. |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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US Hard Rock [63] | US Hard Digi. [57] | US Main. [6] | US Rock [39] | US Rock Digi. [64] | US Sales [65] | UK [66] | UK Rock [67] | ||||
"Lost It All" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 | 6 | Nightmare (Deluxe Edition) | |
"St. James" | 2013 | — | 2 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 36 | Hail to the King (Deluxe Edition) | |
"This Means War" | 2014 | — | — | 4 | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| Hail to the King |
"I Won't See You Tonight" | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | Waking the Fallen: Resurrected | ||
"Paradigm" | 2016 | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | The Stage | |
"Game Over" | 2023 | 6 | — | — | 34 | — [A] | — | — | — | Life Is But a Dream... | |
"Cosmic" | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Song | Year | Album | Comments |
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"Lips of Deceit" | 2000 | Feel the Pain [69] | Taken from the 1999 and 2000 demos. |
"Lips of Deceit" "We Come Out At Night" | This Means War: Hardcores Finest [69] | ||
"Thick and Thin" | Scrape III [69] | ||
"We Come Out At Night" | Goodlife 4 [69] | ||
"Second Heartbeat" "Darkness Surrounding" | 2002 | Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4 | "Second Heartbeat" is a previously unreleased demo/alternate version, later released on the iTunes deluxe version of Waking the Fallen . [70] |
"Chapter Four" "Eternal Rest (Live)" | 2004 | Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 5 | "Eternal Rest" was recorded at the Ventura Theater and later released on the iTunes deluxe version of Waking the Fallen. [71] |
"Beast and the Harlot" (live) | 2005 | Masters of Horror [72] | Recorded live at Warped Tour 2005. Previously released on the Bat Country single. |
"Walk" (Pantera cover) | 2006 | High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock [73] | Later released on Diamonds in the Rough , in 2008. |
"Flash of the Blade" (Iron Maiden cover) | 2008 | Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden [74] | |
"Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) | 2009 | Covered, A Revolution in Sound [75] | Later released on Diamonds in the Rough, in 2020. |
"Jade Helm" | 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III [76] | Later released on Black Reign . |
Title | Album details | Chart peaks | ||
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US [8] | AUS [77] | UK [9] | ||
All Excess |
| 1 | 19 | 2 |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Warmness on the Soul" | 2001 | Broken Robot, Militont | [78] |
"Unholy Confessions" (version 1) | 2004 | Greg Kaplan | [79] |
"Unholy Confessions" (version 2) | |||
"Burn It Down" | 2005 | Nick Wickham | [80] |
"Bat Country" | Marc Klasfeld | [81] | |
"Beast and the Harlot" | 2006 | Tony Petrossian | [82] |
"Seize the Day" | Wayne Isham | [83] | |
"Almost Easy" | 2007 | P. R. Brown | [79] |
"A Little Piece of Heaven" | Rafa Alcantara | ||
"Afterlife" | 2008 | Wayne Isham | [84] |
"Dear God" | Rafa Alcantara | [79] | |
"Nightmare" | 2010 | Wayne Isham | [84] |
"So Far Away" | 2011 | ||
"Carry On" | 2012 | Dave Anthony | [85] |
"Hail to the King" | 2013 | Syndrome | [86] |
"Shepherd of Fire" | Wayne Isham | [84] | |
"This Means War" | 2014 | Rafa Alcantara | [87] |
"Chapter Four" | [88] | ||
"The Stage" | 2016 | Chris Hopewell | [89] |
"God Damn" | 2017 | Anders Rostad | [90] |
"Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)" | Rafa Alcantara | [91] | |
"Retrovertigo" | [92] | ||
"Dose" | [93] | ||
"Runaway" | [94] | ||
"God Only Knows" | [95] | ||
"As Tears Go By" | [96] | ||
"Wish You Were Here" | [97] | ||
"Nobody" | 2023 | Chris Hopewell | [98] |
"We Love You" | Ryan McKinnon | [99] | |
"Mattel" | Zoe Katz | [100] | |
"Cosmic" | 2024 | Chris Hopewell | [101] |
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