Hail to the King (Avenged Sevenfold album)

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Hail to the King
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Studio album by
Avenged Sevenfold
ReleasedAugust 23, 2013 (2013-08-23) [1]
Recorded2013
Studio
  • Can-Am (Los Angeles)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Heavy metal [2] [3]
Length53:27
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Mike Elizondo
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Nightmare
(2010)		Hail to the King
(2013)		 The Stage
(2016)
Singles from Hail to the King
  1. "Hail to the King"
    Released: July 15, 2013
  2. "Shepherd of Fire"
    Released: November 7, 2013
YearNominee / workAwardResult
2013Hail to the KingRock Album of the YearNominated
2013Hail to the KingBest Rock SongWon

Revolver Golden Gods Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2014Hail to the KingAlbum of the YearNominated
2014Hail to the KingSong of the YearNominated
2014M. ShadowsBest VocalistNominated
2014Synyster Gates & Zacky VengeanceBest GuitaristsWon
2014Arin IlejayBest DrummerWon
2014Johnny ChristBest BassistNominated

Commercial performance

Hail to the King debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on September 1, 2013. [40] It also debuted at number two on the Official Finnish Albums Chart [41] and at number five in Germany. [42]

The album sold 159,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. [43]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, Synyster Gates, and Johnny Christ, except where noted.

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Shepherd of Fire"5:25
2."Hail to the King"5:06
3."Doing Time"3:27
4."This Means War"6:09
5."Requiem"4:23
6."Crimson Day"4:58
7."Heretic"4:56
8."Coming Home"6:26
9."Planets"5:57
10."Acid Rain"6:40
Total length:53:27
Deluxe version bonus tracks [44]
No.TitleLyricsLength
11."Hail to the King" (music video) 5:13
12."St. James"Synyster Gates5:01
Total length:63:41

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold

Session musicians [45]

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [7] Platinum80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Gold100,000‡
United States (RIAA) [6] Platinum1,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabel(s)
Australia[ citation needed ]August 23, 2013 Warner Bros. Records
Finland[ citation needed ]
Germany[ citation needed ]
Malaysia[ citation needed ]
New Zealand[ citation needed ]
Netherlands[ citation needed ]
United Kingdom[ citation needed ]August 26, 2013
Canada[ citation needed ]August 27, 2013
Italy[ citation needed ]
South Korea[ citation needed ]
United States[ citation needed ]

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