Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is the first studio album by the American band Avenged Sevenfold, released on 24 July 2001 on Good Life Recordings. Its title comes from the Book of Revelation, specifically the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet in chapter 11, which announces the end of the world. The record sits in the heavy and alternative metal camp, with a strong metalcore streak running through it.
It is the starting point for a catalogue that runs on through Waking the Fallen, City of Evil and beyond, so it is well worth hearing for the band's earliest sound. Valary DiBenedetto, later M. Shadows' wife, sings on "The Art of Subconscious Illusion". Hopeless Records reissued the album in March 2002 with slightly different cover art, and a first vinyl pressing followed in the US in 2008. It began modestly, but has since sold 370,000 copies worldwide.
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet: tracklist, credits and charts
13 tracks · 52:17Tracklist
- 1To End the RaptureThe Rev and M. Shadows1:24
- 2Turn the Other WayThe Rev and M. Shadows5:37
- 3Darkness SurroundingThe Rev and M. Shadows4:49
- 4The Art of Subconscious IllusionM. Shadows3:46
- 5We Come Out at NightThe Rev and M. Shadows4:45
- 6Lips of DeceitThe Rev and M. Shadows4:09
- 7Warmness on the SoulM. Shadows4:20
- 8An Epic of Time WastedThe Rev and M. Shadows4:19
- 9Breaking Their HoldM. Shadows1:12
- 10Forgotten FacesThe Rev and M. Shadows3:27
- 11Thick and ThinThe Rev and M. Shadows4:15
- 12StreetsM. Shadows and Successful Failure3:06
- 13Shattered by Broken DreamsM. Shadows7:08
- Produced by
- Donnell Cameron, Avenged Sevenfold
- Recorded at
- Westbeach Recorders (Hollywood, California)
- Recorded
- November 2000, February 2001
- Labels
- Good Life Recordings, Good Life
- Length
- 52:17
Line-up
- Valary DiBenedetto · vocals · guest
Singles
- “Warmness on the Soul” · 10 April 2001
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2006 | 176 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata; also seen: 2001-01-31 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 July 2001 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 July 2001 | |
| Wikidata | 24 July 2001 | |
| Wikidata | 31 January 2001 | |
| UK / Europe release | 24 July 2001 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2001 | XE | Good Life Recordings | original | |
| 19 March 2002 | XW | Hopeless Records, Inc. | 790692066063 | other |
| 19 March 2002 | US | Hopeless Records | 790692066025 | other |
| 19 March 2002 | XW | Hopeless Records, Inc. | other | |
| 2008 | US | Hopeless Records | 790692066018 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · native: native 1800x1800
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1800×1800 | native: native 1800x1800 |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |