The Album That Saved Metal 

One song on this album I find that not enough people talk about is Strength Of The World. The chorus and guitar solo of that song are amazing. The song is a true work of art just like this whole album.

he forgot to talk about blinded in chains

1. nu metal already was dying out in 2005, the last major release of the genre (slipknot's vol 3) came out in 2004 2. definitely not all of nu metal is influenced by hip hop 3. the vocals on Waking The Fallen were at least 60% clean singing and Matt already sang gritty (tho not as good as later and before going to the coach) 4. waking the fallen already had a lot of melodic heavy metal influence the album review itself is good though, my favorite song is Trashed and Scattered have you heard Life is But a Dream by the way? Loved that record

If City of Evil is almost as old as you are, then how old are you?

I totally was not into Avenged when I first heard them. Even years later. I'm from the 80's so I'm all about the thrash and actual metal sounds. Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Exodus, Megadeth and yes even really early Pantera. BUT, after literally making myself sit through City of evil I definitely gained a huge respect for them. Since then I've become a pretty big fan.

I absolutely loved this definitely keep making more

This album had my favorite standalone A7X songs but I think I enjoy Waking the Fallen as an album more, I mean cmon both parts of "I won't see you Tonight" go insane, especially the transition between them. Definitely don't sleep on it.

Really interesting video, though Avenged were part of a trio with Trivium and Bullet for my Valentine that were seen as the next generation of metal. They were seen as the replacements for Maiden, Metallica and GnR. Ascendancy, City of Evil and The Poison combined changed the landscape for metal.

This was just an excuse to shit on Nu Metal

nu metal goes hard

My favorite album of all time. Thanks for makin this video.

Very entertaining documentary with a few contraversial takes. Its hard to find people that value the song 'sidewinder' as much as I do. Most people just think its cringe which i guess I can understand. Still, ill never forget how perplexed and amazed I was the first time I heard the verse riff to that song.

A7X is great but this video could have been fine without trashing nu metal. Especially Korn. Generalizing them under just rap rock is kinda disingenuous, yeah there's hip-hop influence but really the only big rap rock band out of that era was limp Bizkit. If anything with Korn they are more so Groove Metal + Grunge especially if we are just talking about their first 2 albums.

Man this is an amazing put together video good shit

idk how someone can hate nu metal so much💀💀

Blinded in chains is what i love and adore about the album. Same with burn it down

That intro alone makes this video a 10/10. My favorite album is either City of evil or the stage (probably City tbh) and i love to see some love towards my good old A7X

Nice to see this with the hype for this new album coming up

I love Avenged but also Nu metal is still one of my favorite sub genres

Great throwback, i loved this album!

*reads video title* *sees the background image* I bet this video will be well received by all! (IMO thought City of Evil is a pretty great album, regartdless of your opinion of A7X)

I like how the first few songs (Beast and the harlot - Trashed and shattered) kinda have the vibe of a songs you'd hear in a wild party late at night (kinda weird to explain, but if you know you know), then we have Sieze the day that ends that half and after it starts the second half that's full of long epic songs

Sidewinder. Since the first time I heard that Spanish style melody with that samba beat. I was hooked.

dude you need more subs and views this video is excellent

Metal wasn't dying at this time there was a new wave of myspace metal That had its own grassroots diy movement, and bands before that like lamb of God and killswitch engage were thriving, this a7x album was a staple for radio rock and metal but it didn't save metal because it didn't need saving

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This is dope af dude 😮

First time I've heard Avenged Sevenfold was in 2005 during the VMA when they won for best rock band for that year. I didn't search about in the internet but the name stayed on my mind. In 2007 I suddenly remember the name then I looked it up and I saw the Almost Easy music video. They had just released selftitle's album. After that I never stopped to hear A7X and it became my favorite band. City of Evil is the best album they released. Love this Crazy mood between Guns N Roses and Melodic Metal, songs that have so many parts.

Metal head elitists still exist? Sheesh. That’s unfortunate

the thumbnail hits hard

What really elevated metal and is one of the best metal albums AND is THE BEST A7X album by far - Nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold, in my eyes, is the best Metal Band of all time and I'm so thankful my buddy showed me their music back when I was just a young teenage boy. I love every single one of their albums and there isn't a single song I hate

since 90s EVERY year has a "album that SAVED metal"

The city of evil album alone will forever be the biggest album avenged sevenfold ever released especially with it's numerous song appearances in video game and movie soundtracks

This video will make many people mad, and I'm totally here for it!!!

I loved city of evil when it first came out in 05’ definitely they’re best album imo. One of the few albums I can put on and not skip a song. That album had such an awesome vibe to it I can’t explain it.

Regardless of what anyone says, Grunge and Nu Metal saved metal and kept it relevant. Bands like Nirvana (their heavier stuff), Alice in Chains, Audioslave, etc., and eventually Korn, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Slipknot etc. carried that torch while hip hop grinded away at the charts. I don't understand the hate or disrespect of Nu Metal (and grunge) that are literally not based on fact, just a lame hate bandwagon that so many hopped on. Had it not been for the rise of grunge, Nu Metal and bands like Helmet, Prong, NiN, Sepultura, Static X, Pantera, we'd still have glam rock with grown men jumping around in women's clothes, high from hair spray fumes, and copy-paste bullshit from the 80s. I can tell when people know nothing about Metal when they say "oh, nu Metal sucks lol". Like it or not, without the bands I mentioned, Metal would've died or at the very least became so watered down (which it is becoming now unfortunately, dispite a few great newer bands still out there doing the damn thing...), it'd be as hated and shit on as dubstep.

😆 A Rolling stone interview from 2017 with M shadows on his top 10 metal albums of ALL time revealed he was a korn fan. I love it. It Proves they influenced him in some way. Also later in his career they played multiple shows together. If he respects them enough for a honorable mention and worked along side them. Then he understands and gets something you obviously fail to grasp. Direct Quote KORN 1994 “ At the time, I was getting into heavier music. I’d learned about Pantera from the Rev. But I was driving in my parents’ car, and I heard “Blind” on the radio for the first time and it just reminded me of Phil [Anselmo], because it was like he was singing, but he was still growling. But it just seemed darker and creepier. It just gave me a feeling that I had never had before listening to music. I found out it was Korn afterwards, and I talked to everyone I knew about Korn and no one knew who Korn was. So I went to Bionic Records the next day in Huntington Beach to pick up that first Korn record. That was a big moment for me because when I put on that record, I had never heard anything like it. I guess people called it nu-metal or whatever, but it just sounded different to me. It sounded funky. It sounded tortured. It just had all these elements I had never ever heard before. So that record was a huge moment for me. Jonathan Davis had a vulnerability that Phil didn’t have. Phil was more just “alpha,” very straightforward most of the time. And then you had this Jonathan character who was still doing the scream-singing thing, or he was hitting notes, but he wasn’t just screaming over it, but it just felt very vulnerable “

great video i liked and subd

Mia is easily my favorite off coe, one of their best overall as well.

Without a doubt their best album and in my top 10 albums of all time.

A narrow minded thinking that Metal didnt exist outside of the US Metal was thriving in Europe regardless of these mainstream commercial pop bands

Korn is a great band man

Waking the Fallen is my favorite album but City of Evil is definitely up there.

Excuses to make videos about Avenged Sevenfold aren't necessary, but I appreciate the work which had gone into making this one!!! Please keep it up!!! 💀🦇🤘🏼💙

good video!

OK, now this is epic

fuckin lost it when you threw up the keemstar tweet lmao good shit, your editing is gonna take you far man keep at it

3:03 While Sounding the Seventh Trumpet was definitely very different compared to City of Evil, Waking the Fallen is very much not a night and day difference. There's a lot of elements of Waking the Fallen that you can very much hear in City of Evil.

Nu Metal haters are crazy

Oh my god, I was waiting to hear what you had to say about The Wicked End..the BEST song on the album imo! Dangggg .. still an awesome breakdown of the album, and I agree 1,000%! City of Evil is their best album hands down. It's just masterpiece after masterpiece. P.S...I loved the nod to Lamb of God in there🤘🏼 They're my favorite band. They've ALWAYS stayed true to their pure American metal sound, but also still evolving and improving. They are incredible.

My man called Chris Cornell “this guy” lmao

Every fucking track on this record is so good. Like 9/10 good. When I was a kid Strength of the World and M.I.A. were unfathomably epic and I had no idea music could be like that. Then like you I went through a period of thinking Sidewinder was that 10/10 pinnacle, but I actually think Betrayed edges it slightly, and The Wicked End is just as good. And Blinded in Chains just has the coolest fucking riff ever.

Bro stop hating on Nu Metal it’s good

Absolutely by far their best

Actually, their nº1 band they idolized was Guns n´Roses. Also Iron Maiden. Apart from that, it is a good video. City of Evil is a work of art. Allthough nowadays Synister Gates says he hates "Beast and the Harlot" . But Nightmare for me is the best Avenged album

Damn im old, i enjoyed this as a teenager

My favourite band of all time

PASSION IN MY EYESSSSSSSSSSS I LIVED IT EVERYDAYYYYYYYYYYYY

Yo it’s a RU-vidr who came from Louisiana, that’s my home state which is really cool to me that I found a RU-vidr from Louisiana

I go between City of Evil, Nightmare, and The Stage as my favorites. In your face aggression, raw emotion, technicality and maturity. Each one is very deep. I can't say City of Evil saved metal, but it played it's part. I haven't heard an album that sounds like it. I go on black metal and death metal kicks, and I enjoy swedish melodeath especially with that gothenburg sound but nothing hits like sevenfold does for me. I can jam all of their albums front to back happily... besides maybe HTTK. 7/8 is pretty fucking solid though.

Me and my bud used to sing bat country in gym class all the time when I was in middle school. City of evil was a masterpiece

CoE is THE album that made me love metal.

Got my sub

City of Evil and Waking the Fallen are peak A7X

nothing wrong with some nu metal

what about blinded in chains, the wicked end and strenght of the world?

Its crazy that this album has some of their absolute masterpieces and yet they are never played. M.I.A, Strength of the world, blinded in chains and sidewinder to name a few are incredible but i guess just not radio worthy like bat country, beast and the harlot and sieze the day so never really got the recognition that i argue they deserved over these 3 songs

4:11 Incubus changed their sound and it was the best move for them.

i think i will always be mad at myself for dropping a7x in 5th grade to get into mcr and not getting back into them until after my dad passed cuz i know for a fact he would’ve loved them

Say what you will about the nu metal bands, but at a certain point that was the biggest thing in rock. It took the country by storm and was the music of a generation captivating millions of kids just as much as grunge did in the early 90’s. Many of them are still big now. Most of the heavy bands that came after didn’t reach the same album sales or achieve as much popularity among the public, including avenged sevenfold.

Actually when you think about it...2005 was a FIRE YEAR! The best BFMV album git released, The best Dream theater album got released, the best Opeth album hot released! And we also got ofcorse CoE! Oh and Ascendancy by Trivium! Insanely strong year! Arguably the best year in metal history lol!

Bat Country is the 1st song I've listened to. And i know these guys from magazine. And i feel so lucky.

Dude, how the fuck do you only have 300 subs? Fire video

My Fav A7x Album 🤘

Waking the fallen is my favourite

whys a dude born in 02 trying to talk about the music scene in 05, and city of evil was NOT well received from early fans

City of Evil will forever be under the Self Titled (White album) and The Stage, in my personal opinion hehe. I love City of Evil too, don't get me wrong

can't believe you disrespected chris cornell like that

I don't think that nu metal was all bad. Korn, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Deftones, Static-X and some other are legitimatly good bands. But I get why you're upset. An example, Machine Head went nu metal and it was a huge downgrade from The More Things Change, and some other artists forced themselves to do nu metal and lowering their quality. That is a thing that also upsets me. Whatever, City Of Evil is an amazing album without a single fucking skip.

It saved metal in the sense that it was one of the records that ushered in 1,5 decades of complete pop cultural irrelevance for heavy music

Great album syn solos

This video still doing more numbers than the rest of my channel combined 10 months later. Y'all PLEASE go watch any of my other content 🙏

Blinded in Chains? Best song on the album? Great video regardless

Why does everyone forget about Strength of the world? Such an underrated masterpiece

RU-vid started that year

The amount of Avenged Sevenfold haters is insane

Ah yes, a core kid hating on Nu Metal. How original.

Try the stage album, and give it a seconded chance after the first listen.

a7x was my first „real metal“ band, but still, my fav sub genre will stay nu-metal. Its ok not no like it, the mix of rap and metal is not for everyones ears, but i can‘t imagine a better sounf than hybrid theory as example

In 90s pantera saved metal from grunge and nu metal

Nu metal is fire, say what u want but shits sick

I disagree with the thumbnail but A7X is awesome, also all these songs on 1:47 minus the black eyed peas are awesome

No skips cover to cover

Does MIA make anyone else yawn at the end when he says "don't forget that I was so young, fought so scared in the name of God and country"? I swear he sounds like he yawns those lyrics and it never fails to make me yawn after

City of Evil has the best M. Shadows vocal work and performance

Alright buddy

Waking the Fallen was incredible! Clearly a huge step from their last record, and a gigantic leap towards their “biggest” record. KoRn was and is a great band that is STILL selling out amphitheaters, and you’re video sir… is basura

This is going to sound made up but its true. I was working at an overnight add publishing company when this album came out and everyone always wanted to borrow stuff to watch/listen to. My friend Kat borrowed City of Evil and when she returned it she said, "This could like, save rock music."

Video was definitely ruined by the needless and ignorant Nu-metal bashing. LB is obnoxious, agreed but korn is awesome, and there’s bands like sevendust that i think should’ve been mentioned.