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AVENGED SEVENFOLD’S ‘WAKING THE FALLEN’ CD IMPACTS
BILLBOARD CHARTS DEBUTING AT #15 ON “HEATSEEKERS”
AND #12 ON “INDEPENDENT ALBUMS”
WITH FIRST WEEK SALES OF OVER 5,000 COPIES
AVENGED SEVENFOLD are off to a strong start with their new album WAKING THE FALLEN, just released on Hopeless Records. The disc–which follows the group’s acclaimed Sounding The Seventh Trumpet–debuted at #12 on Billboard’s Independent Album chart and #15 on the magazine’s Heatseakers chart, selling over 5,000 copies in its first week.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD–M. SHADOWS (vocals), ZACKY VENGEANCE (guitar), SYNYSTER GATES (guitar), THE REVEREND (drums) and JOHNNY CHRIST (bass)–recently wrapped up dates on the Vans Warped Tour and a club trek with Rise Against and Shai Hulud. They’ll set out on the Take Action Tour 2003 September 17 in Old Bridge, NJ and will continue through October 9 in San Francisco.
The band is receiving accolades from the press. Here are a few examples:
“While Avenged Sevenfold willfully display elements of punk rock, they place special emphasis on the more metallic side of their sound, embracing such influences as Pantera and Iron Maiden as well as European death metal.”
–Jeff Perlah, Revolver, November 2003
“Influenced equally by Guns N’ Roses, Pantera and Bad Religion, Avenged Sevenfold are attempting to bridge the vast musical and cultural chasm between modern hardcore and classic metal. The band’s new album, Waking The Fallen, is powerful enough to get even the most cynical mall punk headbanging.”
–Josh Sindell, Kerrang!, August 16, 2003
For more information, check out www.avengedsevenfold.com and www.hopelessrecords.com.
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