Avenged Sevenfold: Perbedaan antara revisi

[[City of Evil]], album ketiga band ini dan debut [[major label]], dirilis pada 6 Juni 2005, dan memulai debutnya di No. 30 di tangga lagu [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], terjual lebih dari 30.000 kopi di minggu pertama peluncurannya.<ref>Whitmire, Margo [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/62583/coldplay-earns-first-billboard-200-no-1 Coldplay Earns First Billboard 200 No.&nbsp;1] ''Billboard''. June 15, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Warner-Bros-Records-665437.html Avenged Sevenfold's "City of Evil" Unleashed June 7] ''Market Wire''. June 22, 2005.</ref> Album ini menggunakan suara metal yang lebih klasik dibandingkan album Avenged Sevenfold sebelumnya, yang dikelompokkan ke dalam genre [[metalcore]].<ref name=ocregister>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9428621_ITM Warped Tour outlasted by putting teenagers' interests first] ''The Orange County Register''. July 6, 2005. "We were lumped into metalcore, but with this record we really wanted to get out of it... We didn't even know why we were screaming. One day, we were just like, '(Bleep) this, there's no way we're gonna scream on the next record.'"</ref><ref>"Avenged Sevenfold: City of Evil." ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' accessed via [http://www.lexisnexis.com LexisNexis]. September 11, 2005. "But City of Evil is some of the most exciting and epic rock'n'roll around at the moment. In fact, this album is a snorting and snarling mongrel that is as much for fans of classic rock as it is for those into metal."</ref> Album ini juga terkenal karena tidak adanya [[Screaming (musik)|screamed]] dan vokal menjerit dan menggeram; M. Shadows bekerja dengan pelatih vokal Ron Anderson—yang kliennya termasuk [[Axl Rose]] dan [[Chris Cornell]]—selama berbulan-bulan sebelum album dirilis untuk menghasilkan suara yang "berpasir namun tetap memiliki nada".<ref name=ocregister/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/10992/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504035210/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/10992|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 Mei 2009|title=Avenged Sevenfold Feature Interview At|website=Blistering.com|date=22 November 2007|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> Album ini mendapat ulasan positif dari beberapa majalah dan situs web dan dianggap telah mendorong band ini meraih popularitas internasional.

 

Setelah bermain di Ozzfest pada tahun 2006, Avenged Sevenfold mengalahkan penyanyi R & B Rihanna dan Chris Brown, Panic! at the Disco, Angels and Airwaves dan James Blunt untuk judul Best New Artist di [[MTV Video Music Awards]], sebagian berkat lagu "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"- yang menginspirasi "Bat Country."<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/12/29/avenged-sevenfold-drummer-jimmy-the-rev-sullivan-dead-at-28/ Rollingstone.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315032855/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/12/29/avenged-sevenfold-drummer-jimmy-the-rev-sullivan-dead-at-28/ |date=2010-03-15 }} ''Rolling Stone''.</ref> Mereka kembali ke Vans Warped Tour, kali ini mereka headlining dan kemudian melanjutkan tour mereka sendiri "Cities of Evil Tour."<ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Warner-Bros-Records-669408.html Avenged Sevenfold's Cities Of Evil Tour 2005 to Begin October] ''Market Wire'' through ''Warner Bros. Records''. Sep 13, 2005.</ref> Selain itu, lead single mereka "Bat Country" mencapai # 2 di Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, # 6 pada Billboard's Modern Rock Charts dan video yang menyertainya berhasil mencapai # 1 di MTV Total Request Live.<ref name=mtvappetite>Moss, Corey [http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/avenged_sevenfold/news_feature_060103/ Avenged Sevenfold: Appetite for Destruction] ''MTV''.</ref> Didorong oleh keberhasilan ini, album ini terjual laris dan menjadi catatan emas pertama Avenged Sevenfold.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=48463 |title=Roadrunnerrecords.com |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=September 18, 2010 |archive-date=2012-03-04 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65u1qOINb?url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Ia kemudian meraih platinum pada bulan Agustus 2009.