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Avenged Sevenfold Quotes




Avenged Sevenfold Song Quotes

"Tell me a lie in a beautiful way
I believe in answers just not today"
-Avenged Sevenfold
from The Stage (2016)
"No one came to cuff you, they just handed you the chains"
-Avenged Sevenfold
from God Damn (2016)
"But all I feel are my two feet in chains
I know the system, but I can't figure out the game"
-Avenged Sevenfold
from Set Me Free (2020)


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Avenged Sevenfold are an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. Upon its formation, each member of the band also took on a pseudonym which were already nicknames of theirs from high school

They are known for their diverse rock sound and dramatic imagery in album covers and t-shirts. Avenged Sevenfold emerged with a metalcore sound on their debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet but their style had evolved by their third album and first major label release, City of Evil, into a hard rock/heavy metal sound.

The band continued to explore new sounds with their self-titled release and enjoyed continued mainstream success before their drummer, James "The Rev" Sullivan, died in 2009. Despite his death, the band continued on with help of now-former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. -Wikipedia
Also Known As: A7X
Members:
M. Shadows (1999-Present) (Matthew Charles Sanders) - Lead Vocals

Synyster Gates (2001-Present) (Brian Elwin Haner, Jr.) - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals

Zacky Vengeance (1999-Present) (Zachary Johnathan Baker) - Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals

Johnny Christ (2002-Present) (Johnathan Lewis Seward) - Bass (not to be confused with John Christ of Danzig)

Arin Ilejay - drums (2011-present)
Name Origin:
They came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from The Bible, which can be found in Genesis 4:24.
In this story Cain is punished to live in exile, alone and miserable. Anyone who relieved Cain of his misery by killing him would be "avenged in sevenfold," or punished in a way that is seven times worse than Cain's punishment.
From: Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Genre(s): Heavy metal, hard rock, metalcore (early)
Active From: 1999-present
Associated Acts: Pinkly Smooth, Confide, Suburban Legends, Brian Haner, Sr., Good Charlotte
Awards:
MTV Video Music Award for Artist to Watch, Kerrang! Award for Best Album

MTV Music Video Award for Best New Artist in a Video, "Bat Country"
Quotes:
"We play music for the sake of music, not so that we can be labeled a metal band. That's like telling us we aren't punk enough. Who cares? -M. Shadows

Sometimes we tell everyone to f*ck off and sometimes we are cool with it. I guess we handle it the way that any normal person would. Somedays we are all for it and some days you want to kill everyone!
M. Shadows

We've been criticized since day one. We love it. The more people talk, the more people get interested in the band. Selling out is a term kids use in high school. Anyone that calls us a sell out has never heard the record or they are basing it off of the fact that we dont scream anymore.
M. Shadows

I got Appetite for Destruction from my dad when I was younger and after that it was all history. I fell in love with rock music and started taking piano and teaching myself guitar.
M. Shadows

It's where you see all the hard work really come out in the writing; touring's hard work but not as hard as this, we have to get up early and just hang out and spend all day and night just writing up ideas- it's like a jigsaw with five million pieces that we have to put together
Zacky

Yeah, I think so, we're always evolving, we're a lot more mature and a lot more mellowed out and you're going to hear a bit more of that, I think you guys will enjoy it a lot.
Synyster