Waking the Fallen

Waking the Fallen
Studio album by
Avenged Sevenfold
ReleasedAugust 26, 2003
RecordedApril – June 10, 2003[1]
Studio
  • Third Stone (Hollywood)
  • Mates Inc (Hollywood)
Genre
Length68:45
LabelHopeless
ProducerMudrock
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
(2001) 		Waking the Fallen
(2003) 		City of Evil
(2005)
Singles from Waking the Fallen
  1. "Eternal Rest/Chapter Four (promotional)"
    Released: June 19, 2003
  2. "Unholy Confessions"
    Released: August 2, 2004
Waking the Fallen: Resurrected

Waking the Fallen is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on August 26, 2003, through Hopeless Records. It is the band's first full-length album with new lead guitarist Synyster Gates and bassist Johnny Christ.

The album was certified gold on July 15, 2009, even though it only sold 3,000 copies on its first week of release. As of August 2014, the album has sold over 693,000 copies in the United States.[2] As of March 17, 2021, the album has been certified Platinum in the United States and Gold in both Canada and the United Kingdom.[3][4][5] The song "Eternal Rest" appears on Kerrang!'s "666 Songs You Must Own"[6] and was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Saw IV (2007).[7]

  1. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold website". June 24, 2003. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ariana Grande Nabs Second No. 1 Album with 'My Everything,' Brad Paisley Debuts". Billboard. September 3, 2014.
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  6. ^ "666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist". Rock List Music. Kerrang. November 2004. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  7. ^ AllMusic review