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=== ''Waking The Fallen'' dan ''City of Evil'' (2003–2006) ===
Setelah masuknya Johnny Christ sebagai bassist tetap, band ini merilis album [[Waking the Fallen]], yang dirilis pada tanggal 26 Agustus 2003 dengan Hopeless Records. Album kedua ini menampilkan produksi suara yang lebih halus dan matang dibandingkan album sebelumnya. Band ini menerima profil di Billboard dan ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', dan sekali lagi bermain di tur Vans Warped dan Take Action.<ref>"Artists to Watch: Avenged Sevenfold." ''Billboard''. "Orange County, Calif.'s Avenged Sevenfold stands at a crossroads. Kielty, Tom "Music Review The Vans Off the Wall Tour Suicide Machines, the Unseen and Avenged Sevenfold" ''[[The Boston Globe]]''. Accessed via [http://www.lexisnexis.com LexisNexis]. "Earlier, Avenged Sevenfold showed a dramatic flair, opening its set with a sample of the theme from "The Exorcist" before combining impressive harmonies with a muscular melody that recalled early A.F.I."</ref><ref>[http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Articles/index.cfm&Article_ID=66 Vans Warped Tour 2003 News] ''Unrated Magazine''. Publicity Release.</ref><ref>[http://www.nineronline.com/2.5292/take-action-tour-2003-1.553552 Take Action Tour 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506055211/http://www.nineronline.com/2.5292/take-action-tour-2003-1.553552|date=6 Mei 2009}} ''NinerOnline''. September 19, 2003.</ref> Tak lama setelah rilis Waking the Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold meninggalkan Hopeless Records dan secara resmi menandatangani kontrak dengan [[Warner Bros. Records]] pada tanggal 1 November 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-01-01|title=Avenged Sevenfold site|url=http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/|access-date=2022-03-08|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040101200753/http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/|archive-date=1 Januari 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pada tahun 2004, Avenged Sevenfold melakukan tur lagi di Vans Warped Tour dan merekam video untuk lagu mereka "[[Unholy Confessions]]" yang diputar di [[MTV2]]'s ''[[Headbangers Ball]]''.<ref>"Headbanger's Ball spawns second compilation" ''BPI Entertainment News Wire''. "Here is the MTV2 Headbanger's Ball, Volume 2" track list... Disc one... 'Unholy Confessions,' Avenged Sevenfold." August 2, 2004.</ref>
[[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. 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.
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