Sounding the Seventh Trumpet

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Studio album by
Avenged Sevenfold
ReleasedJuly 24, 2001[1]
March 19, 2002 (re-release)[2]
RecordedNovember 2000,[3] February 2001[4]
StudioWestbeach Recorders (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length51:59
LabelGood Life
Producer
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
(2001) 		Waking the Fallen
(2003)
Singles from Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
  1. "Warmness on the Soul"
    Released: April 10, 2001[7]

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 24, 2001, through Good Life Recordings.[8][9] The album was reissued on March 19, 2002, through Hopeless Records,[10] featuring a slightly different cover art. Although the album only sold 300 copies in its first week of release,[11] it has sold 370,000 copies worldwide, with 310,000 sold in the United States, as of November 2010.[12][13]

The title 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet' takes its name from the Book of Revelation,[2] specifically referencing chapter 11 and the sounding of the last (seventh) trumpet, heralding the end of the world.[14] Valary DiBenedetto (M. Shadows' future wife) performs vocals on the track "The Art of Subconscious Illusion."[10][15] The album was released on vinyl for the first time in 2008 in the US.[16][better source needed]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Loudwire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet Avenged Sevenfold". Movie Trading Company. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Official A7X Homepage". March 1, 2001. Archived from the original on March 6, 2001. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold Home Page". AvengedSevenfold.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2001. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  5. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold Sounding the Seventh Trumpet". Sputnik Music. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "15 GREAT BANDS THAT SOUND TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUMS". Revolver Mag. March 21, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold News". AvengedSevenfold.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2001. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  8. ^ "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet - Avenged Sevenfold". Allmusic.
  9. ^ ""Sounding The Seventh Trumpet" by Avenged Sevenfold". spiegels.tv. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding The Seventh Trumpet CD Album". Cduniverse.com. March 19, 2002. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  11. ^ Epstein, Dan (January 31, 2020). "'SOUNDING THE SEVENTH TRUMPET': AVENGED SEVENFOLD LOOK BACK ON EARLY DAYS, FIRST ALBUM". Revolver Mag. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  12. ^ "A7X History". Avenged-sevenfold-america.webs.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Revelation 11:15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever."". Bible.cc. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  15. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold - Fun Facts and Information". Funtrivia.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  16. ^ "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet LP". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.