Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold formed in Huntington Beach in 1999 and became one of the most successful American metal bands of the 21st century by refusing to stay in one lane. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen placed the band in metalcore, with screamed vocals, fast riffs, and dramatic song structures. City of Evil transformed them into a twin-guitar heavy-metal force, while Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare, and Hail to the King pushed arena hooks, hard rock, and classic-metal influence to the front. The Stage and Life Is But a Dream... later expanded the band's progressive and experimental side, proving that their ambitions reached beyond radio metal. Avenged Sevenfold fit metal scope directly through their riffs, solos, breakdown origins, and major role in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Their catalog is held together by M. Shadows' theatrical vocals, Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance's guitar chemistry, and a taste for excess that can be melodic, technical, macabre, or absurd. At their best, A7X make modern metal feel grand, restless, and defiantly personal.
Avenged Sevenfold Shows
No shows found for this date range.
Frequently asked questions
Avenged Sevenfold is a hard rock band from Huntington Beach, CA, US. They play hard rock, heavy metal, metalcore. Browse more hard rock bands on our index to discover similar heavy metal bands.
Browse our index of heavy metal bands filtered by genre. Avenged Sevenfold plays hard rock — use the hard rock filter to find similar bands. We index death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and hundreds more heavy metal bands.
Avenged Sevenfold is from Huntington Beach, CA, US. They are part of the Huntington Beach, CA, US hard rock scene. Discover more hard rock bands from this region by filtering by location.
Check our metal concerts page for hard rock shows and heavy metal concerts near you — updated daily.
Avenged Sevenfold is a notable hard rock band from Huntington Beach, CA, US. Browse our full hard rock index to discover the best hard rock bands.
Stream Avenged Sevenfold on Spotify and Bandcamp via the links on this page. Discover more hard rock bands and heavy metal bands through our genre-filtered index.
hard rock is a subgenre of heavy metal. Avenged Sevenfold is a hard rock band from Huntington Beach, CA, US. Browse all hard rock bands in our index, or explore other heavy metal subgenres like death metal, black metal, and thrash metal.