Released: Jul 24, 2001
Genre: Rock
Styles: Heavy Metal
Number Of Tracks: 13
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is a magnificent album that is suitable for any fan of metal music, as Avenged Sevenfold has a firm grasp on all that is extreme.
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
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unregistered, on july 04, 2005 2 of 3 people found this review helpful
Sound: This is Avenged Sevenfold's first album and is hardcore to the max. You'll be ready to bang your head after hearing the opening track, To End The Rapture, with a bad ass solo but is the only one on the album. This is an album that has the sound of bands like Atreyu and As I Lay Dying and not to mention M. Shadows screams his head out on this album. Breaking Their Hold is the fastest and most in your face song on the album and is only a minute and a half long. Of course the guitar work doesn't compare to City Of Evil but synester and Zacky get the job done. The Rev also does some nice drumwork and plays way too fast which sounds awesome. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: Most of the lyrics on this album are about death and other dark things but most of the time you can't understand a word M. Shadows screams out. One song lyrically stands out which is Shattered by Broken Dreams which talks about getting your girl to stop drinking and get her life back together. There's also a ballad on this album Warmness On The Soul and is as emo as it can get the song is mostly Shadows singing and played by piano until a small solo comes in towards the end. The song after it, An Epic Wasted Of Time, is about having a bad break up and relizing in the end she was a waste of f--ing time! They also pull the old school punk sound off on Streets which I hear is a cover song. // 6
Impression: This album is an awesome one that'll have you headbanging for hours. The best tracks on it are To End The Rapture, Turn The Other Way, Darkness Surrounding, Lips Of Deceit, An Epic Waste Of Time, Breaking Their Hold, and Shattered By Broken Dreams with acoustics in the begining and turning into another hadcore song. If you can try to look for the demo version of this album, which is when they were with Goodlife records before being picked up by Hopeless. M. Shaddow's voice sounds like a dog barking but the demo version of Lips Of Deceit still rocks. If I had it stolen I'd buy it again. // 10
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
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HXC_Slamming, on march 04, 2005 2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Sound: Ok, this is Avenged Sevenfold's first full length album. STST is absolutely insane! Almost every song on here is pure gold, even the intro track which sadly, has the only solo on the CD STST has a great blend of screaming (done quite well by M. Shadows), an awesome mix of everything from punk to death metal (preformed by Synester Gates, Zachy Vengeance, and bassist Johnny Christ), and mind blowing kick beats by The Rev. On another note, these fools play great in concert, I saw them at warped '04 and almost pooped my pants when I saw them play eternal rest (which is on WTF). // 10
Lyrics and Singing: Great metaphors (I think thats what it is not to good with english), though some parts are wierd. I quote from 'We Come Out At Night' - "A siliouete stands still, a cactus on a warm summer night," and then 'The Art Of Subconsience Illusion' - "Punching through jell-o, stabbing not killing, dissapointment, discomfort." Other than those two incidents, this album is riddled with enough meaningfull screams to scare off Jehova Witnesses from 2 miles away. // 8
Impression: Well, this was an amazing album, much props to A7X for thier work here. The best songs on here would have to be, "Lips Of Deciept," "To End The Rapture," the cover of "Streets," and "Darkness Surrounding." There aren't any bad things about this album. I don't think. And if it were lost I'd be pissed off because I don't have 12$. // 10
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
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Grayfox176, on july 03, 2007 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Sound: The first studio release, a very impressive album, especially considering that the band members were about 17-18 during the time it was first released. It lacks the very impressive harmonics in guitars from the other two CD's, but that's to be expected, seeing as how the band had only one guitarist, until it's re-release, in which the only song re-recorded was the first, to have an insane solo put in. // 8
Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics here were definitely more emo than the other albums, but that is to be expected with a band like this during the first release. Personally, the screams do sometimes annoy me a little, as they sound almost like Shadows it stuffing the microphone into his mouth and just screaming noises that sound like lyrics from time to time, a pet peeve I have always had. // 7
Impression: The screams can be a bit annoying at times, but the overall dark, metal, sound and the raw emotion are more than enough to make up for this. I'd recommend listening to it. By far, the best songs here have to be "Warmness on the Soul," "An Epic Of Time Wasted," and "Turn The Other Way." It also shows that Zacky Vengeance, the only guitarist at this time, is still more than just a rhythm guitarist, and can still hold his own in the world of metal and the many sub-genres that make it up. // 9
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
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JL Sevenfold, on february 23, 2007 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Sound: Overall this CD is extremely good, Avenged Sevenfold is a talented band. One of the really good parts is the thunderstorm they have throughout the album, which ties the CD together nicely. As far as songs are concerned, SST starts off with a cool intro song (To End The Rapture), and then goes into Turn the Other Way, which just plain rocks. After a few more songs, the CD takes a turn with Warmness on the Soul, a really soft but still cool ballad thrown in the middle. Late on the CD Thick and Thin is a standout, and a cover of Successful Failure's Streets song follows. As far as the band members are concerned. Matt Shadows, vocals, Matt does a really good job of fitting screaming and melodic singing into the music, and his voice is a perfect sound for the band. Zacky Vengeance/Synyster Gates, guitars, Synyster only appears on To End the Rapture, but tears it up with a sick solo. Zacky does the rest of the guitar work, and songs like Turn the other Way, Art of Subconsious Illusion, and Thick and Thin are made amazing by the guitar riffs. Justin Sane, bass, Justin plays the bass on the CD after Dameon Ash left (or whatever happened) the band, and sails through parts like the Streets intro riff and does a good job backing up Zacky. The Reverend, Tholomew Plague was also on this CD, but I'm not sure which songs exactly, so I'll throw them together. The drum solo in the middle of Darkness Surrounding puts other solos to shame, and the other songs also have solid A+ drumming by whoever was playing. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: Matt Shadows does a perfect job on the CD, using screaming and singing to his advantage in the right spots. The lyrics match up with the dark mood of the music, too, lines like "Turn The Other Way" sound really cool on this CD. Matt also does a good job singing on "Warmness on the Soul", even though his voice gets a tad whiny, but that's overlookable. // 10
Impression: This is definetly one of the best metal albums I have ever heard, and I'm sure it will continue to sell more copies with the band's success with City of Evil. The CD is irreplacable, and there isn't a flaw on it. Not everyone who likes City Of Evil will like it, however, but if you like metal even a little bit, this is a must own CD to get ASAP. // 10
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
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XoP, on september 11, 2006 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Sound: Avenged Sevenfold's sound on this album is quite impressive. Although it sounds nothing like Waking the Fallen or City of Evil, the sound is still awesome. There are only two solo's on this album, "To End The Rapture" which Synyster Gates does, and "Warmness On The Soul" which Zacky Vengeance does. Both are awesome solo's, especially Synyster's, which he taps the last half of it. The Reverend goes pretty crazy on this album, my favorite track with some awesome drum patterns in my opinion would have to be "Darkness Surrounding." During the song, the guitars kind of fade away and the bass is playing the rhythm and the rev is just going crazy, it's amazing! The guitar's sound awesome on this album, they have a nice crunch in their sound, and they have some awesome riffs in their songs. Also, like said above, you couldn't hear the bass that much unless the drums were playing only or there was a bass solo lick. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: I'm not the type of person who pays attention to the lyrics much or tries to understand what they are saying, but when it comes to Avenged Sevenfold, I must understand what they are saying. They have some very meaningful stuff, although the lyrics aren't as good as WtF or CoE, they are still powerful. His screams are bone chilling and his singing is powerful and melodic. I personally think he is one of the best singers of our time. // 10
Impression: overall this album is amazing! Some of my favorite tracks would have to be "To End The Rapture", "Darkness Surrounding", "Lips Of Deceit", "Warmness On The Soul", "Thick And Thin", and "Shattered By Broken Dreams." Buy this album! you will not be disappointed! It is truly a one-of-a-kind album! // 10
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
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H3@VY_M3T@l_F@N, on may 01, 2006 0 of 2 people found this review helpful
Sound: The sound on the guitars was great. The drums were very difficult sounding but the bass was hard to hear. The styles that they used are playing on the bottom strings for about 1/3 of the song, then a solo, then on the bottom strings again for the last of the song in most cases. // 7
Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics were ok but they were tough to understand. He screams and its hard to tell what he's screaming but the little booklet that comes with the CD has the lyrics in it. The lyrics (the way he goes up and down) goes along very well with their music. His skills at singing are very good but he needed to work on his screaming (he can't anymore because he had to have neck surgery). // 6
Impression: This album is about average compared to other albums like this (screaming). The most impressive songs are To End The Rapture because of the intro solo, The Art of Subconscious Illusion because of the riff towards the beginning, and Wrmness on the Soul because everyone needs at least one soft song on an album and that's thiers. // 9
It's An Epic Of Time Wasted, not An Epic Waste Of Time.
lol. Lips of Deceit, not Lips of Deceipt. lol. Synyster, not Synester. Zacky, not Zacky.
otherwise, nice reviews.
No "Metalhead333", they are not a metal band. They're ****ing bad. I remember when I could proudly say I love A7X. Now I just laugh that I didn't do what alot of people did in the Unholy Confessions video, tattoo thems with A7X symbols. HAH!
Seriously guys who do u think makes more money Angels And Airwaves or Lamb Of God? Lamb of god is 1,000 times better in my opinion but people like p*ssy bands and thats why A7X changed, anyway is not that bad they play better in City of evil than waking the fallen but the vocals sucks in City of Evil!
I like all of A7x's cds, but hands down, this one is THE best. I don't think that they are sell-outs, but City of Evil sounds too... "polished". The first two cds have much more of a "crunchy" sound to the guitar, and the drums were better. Matt has a great screaming voice.
Most DEFINATELY not!!! The first album is the worst!!! I'm not going to insult "UNHOLY LOVE" for his opinion, but Waking The Fallen was the best, followed by City Of Evil. This album is pretty much ALL screaming and I'd rather hear a singer making music than a screamer making noise. He can scream good now, though.
You do know that Synyster Gates only plays on one track on this CD right? (To End The Rapture)Johnny Christ wasn't in the band when this CD was released either. Dameon Ash was thier bassist.
idk ive had a hard time getting into this album bc of the guitar work some are very good but they cleanup quite a bit in waking the fallen and even cleaner in city of evil i think this next album is gonna be there best
Waking The Fallen is the best A7X album by far, but when you take into consideration the guys were all under 20 when they wrote this album, it's still ****ing amazing
I love alll songs by A7X and those people that say they're bull crap cuz of city of evil.. well they obviously were mastibating when they wrote their comments so they couldnt realizing what they were writing cuz although they changed style of music it still kicks-ass!!
They Suck Like A Mother. They Dont Know Anything About The End Rapture. They Dont Know How to Play Music.
song was called "to end the rapture"
not "the end rapture"
two completely different things
and stop hating on bands just because they aren't perfect according to your biblical standards.
they shouldnt write a song that they dont know anything about it is not my standard i just do what God Says. I think YOu Just Got Owned No QUestions Ask
you dont know what good music is apparently. avenged sevenfold sucks. what is anyone going to do about all of you posers suck horribly. yall dont know what music is. do something about it. oh wait you cant because you know they suck. pwnd. try your best to burn me.
It's An Epic Of Time Wasted, not An Epic Waste Of Time.
lol. Lips of Deceit, not Lips of Deceipt. lol. Synyster, not Synester. Zacky, not Zacky .
otherwise, nice reviews.
Dude, Chapton3 calm dowwwwn. First of all, Relient K and Switchfoot were cool before they went mainstream. Relient K still has a few good songs on their new album, but mostly it's a little too fluffy for my liking. (Like "Must Have Done Something Right." Yech. But "Devestation and Reform" was pretty good.)
And OneRepublic... Well that's just personal preference I guess, but don't bring them up on an Ultimate GUITAR site.
And you can't just say other people's music sucks. That's your opinion. You can say that certain bands are more TALENTED than others. (As in Lamb of God is more talented than Fall Out Boy, but Fall Out Boy makes more money because they write more mainstream stuff.) And Avenged Sevenfold can outshred any of the bands you've listed so far. And outdrum. So don't go around claiming you know more about good music than anyone else. And don't argue with me on this. you won't win.
you dont know what good music is apparently. avenged sevenfold sucks. what is anyone going to do about all of you posers suck horribly. yall dont know what music is. do something about it. oh wait you cant because you know they suck. pwnd. try your best to burn me.
seriously... if you dont like it, why the f*** are you bothering to comment??
and enough of the homophobia... qwert12345 is right anyway, they sound like crap (to anyone over the age of 6 that is...) avenged sevenfold own them. easily. and OneRepublic? please!!! even if you are that sad, keep it to yourself...
some good bands actually are august burns red, underoath, haste the day, all that remains and alot better bands than this one.
Wow, is anybody NOT hating this guy right now?
And not everyone has to agree with you just because you like christian bands. You sir are a poser. I'm a hardcore christian too, but music doesn't bother me, so shut up.
sorry guys, love a7x, but didnt enjoy this album at all, except for to end the rapture and streets. i didnt really like M. Shadows' screaming, or voice in this album at all, in waking the fallen it got better, screaming was still a bit off, but better. oh and to the first reviewer, jonny christ wasnt in STST, he came in 2002 -.-
you dont know what good music is apparently. avenged sevenfold sucks. what is anyone going to do about all of you posers suck horribly. yall dont know what music is. do something about it. oh wait you cant because you know they suck. pwnd. try your best to burn me.
ok ill try my best =)
first off, youve posted enough times to make one think that this is the only site that you look at, get a life dude. second, dont come on here and bag out people's bands, i dont go to a OneRepublic review (if there even is one) and pay them out. keep your opinion to yourself, if you hate them, why look at their album. Thirdly, were not posers, posers think they know a band when they've listened to like 4 songs. like the first reviewer, he had no idea. so go back to your OneRepublic and suck a big one.
Well said Legend shredder.
That was a good way to burn a guy that said avenged suck. Which is a load of **** in my opinion because they are obviously the best band you will find.
I havent developed a solid opinion on the album yet, other than shadows was deffinently still trying to find his scream. I know he had surgery and all but, wish he could find it again.
I think that the 'intro song' "To End The Rapture"is one of their best.Although I think that "City Of Evil"is their best(well,after Nightmare I think that I'll make my mind up agin!)this one's a masterpiece:To End The Rapture,Streets,Shattered By Broken Dreams....
hahaha, man them bands wanna make me sl it my wrists, they suk @$$
You are a little emo fagget arent you
ok, first of all i am a christian, 100%. what bugs me most about your comment is that you previously name Christian metal bands ( yes there is such a thing ). but then after naming all these "moral worthy" bands, you go and call people dooches and faggots. you are being a hypocrite and nothing else. i respect your taste in music, but youre going against everything you say you stand for (in your die-hard, exclusiveness to christian music) by being completely vulgar in your comments and hating on a band that pours their emotions into every song they write. you must've missed The Golden Rule when you were in Sunday School bud, "do unto others as you would have done unto you"... btw... PWNED
ok, first of all i am a christian, 100%. what bugs me most about your comment is that you previously name Christian metal bands ( yes there is such a thing ). but then after naming all these "moral worthy" bands, you go and call people dooches and faggots. you are being a hypocrite and nothing else. i respect your taste in music, but youre going against everything you say you stand for (in your die-hard, exclusiveness to christian music) by being completely vulgar in your comments and hating on a band that pours their emotions into every song they write. you must've missed The Golden Rule when you were in Sunday School bud, "do unto others as you would have done unto you"... btw... PWNED
ps, sorry if this is a double post, wasnt showing up)
chapaton3 wrote:
qwert12345 wrote:
hahaha, man them bands wanna make me sl it my wrists, they suk @$$
lol. Lips of Deceit, not Lips of Deceipt. lol. Synyster, not Synester. Zacky, not Zacky.
otherwise, nice reviews.