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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 298 Ratings

  • Summary: The Southern California group's self titled is their fourth album.

Top Track

A Little Piece Of Heaven
Before the story begins, is it such a sin, For me to take what's mine, until the end of time We were more than friends, before the story ends, And I... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    Their anthem-filled fourth album's brazen swagger may prove irresistible. [Nov 2007, p.137]
  2. Such tracks as 'Critical Acclaim,' 'Almost Easy' and 'Lost' keep the crank factor high--but as part of a bolder, broader and more engaging soundscape.
  3. The catchy Stone Temple Pilots vibe of 'Scream' is enough to put the band back on the charts, but that could happen with more than half of this album…And it probably will.
  4. The tunes--or at least whatever M. Shadows feels like bellowing--sound like the kind of lame, nu-metal angst-mongering that dominated the radio in the late Nineties.
  5. Spin
    50
    With tighter, mercifully shorter songs, like the Slayer-meets-slash trasher 'Almost Easy,' they're now defiling America's youth with more substance than style. [Nov 2007, p.114]
  6. Alternative Press
    50
    Avenged Sevenfold is so all over the map musically and lyrically, it's difficult to decipher whether it's pure genius or the most convoluted mess of music you'll hear all year. [Dec 2007, p.178]
  7. Avenged Sevenfold suffers two-fold from a dearth of genuinely good musical ideas- the infectious vocal melodies which underpin ‘Bat Country’ and ‘Sidewinder’ or the dynamic interlocking guitar lines of the latter and ‘Beast of the Harlot’- and a total absence of the critical faculties which should have allowed a small orchestral ensemble go hungry rather than become party to the madness of ‘A Little Piece of Heaven.’

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 92
  2. Negative: 13 out of 92
  1. MarikaM.
    May 12, 2008
    10
    This album shows how avenged sevenfold is a great band that is evolving and becoming better. with this album they have evolved their music This album shows how avenged sevenfold is a great band that is evolving and becoming better. with this album they have evolved their music and become better musicians. Expand
  2. Jun 21, 2023
    10
    it's a **** disgrace that this album has the worst meta score out of every album in the A7X discografy.

    this album rocks!
  3. Yudi
    Apr 11, 2008
    10
    This album is a completely different style for Avenged Sevenfold, but in a good way. Still hard enough to rock to, but also full of This album is a completely different style for Avenged Sevenfold, but in a good way. Still hard enough to rock to, but also full of comprehensible lyrics, this quintet from Huntington Beach really surprises me with the passion that they put behind some of the songs. Along my favorites are Afterlife, which I just love as more of like a soft rock ballad, A Little Piece of Heaven (amazing song as well as music video), and Almost Easy (the guitar solo is one of my favorites). Expand
  4. Netsky
    Nov 11, 2007
    9
    Not as cool as COE, but still a great album, The first half is fantastic, the second half initially disoriented me, but in the end i was Not as cool as COE, but still a great album, The first half is fantastic, the second half initially disoriented me, but in the end i was enthusiastic because of the geniality behind some of the song (like a little piece of heaven). Expand
  5. DavieB.
    Jan 24, 2008
    8
    I think these guys are amazing. This album? Not so much... its ok though. Some good songs. And omg..Joanthan S - What a little whiner! CITY I think these guys are amazing. This album? Not so much... its ok though. Some good songs. And omg..Joanthan S - What a little whiner! CITY OF EVIL is an AWESOME ALBUM. They got more fans from that album.. so what? Expand
  6. AlexN.
    Nov 13, 2007
    7
    This album contains some great tracks like critical acclaim, the second half of the album needs time from you to appreciate. Don't This album contains some great tracks like critical acclaim, the second half of the album needs time from you to appreciate. Don't compare it to COE this album was just PERFECT Expand
  7. VinnieV
    Oct 31, 2007
    0
    Avenged Sevenfold may be one of the worst bands that I have heard in the past decade. Don't buy this or anything else from them.

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