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''City of Evil'' is the third studio album by Avenged Sevenfold released on June 6, 2005〔(Avenged Sevenfold site ) ''Official release''. Retrieved March 2012〕 by Warner Bros. Records. Co-produced by Andrew Murdock, ''City of Evil'' contains a more traditional heavy metal and hard rock sound than Avenged Sevenfold's previous two albums, which showcased a predominantly metalcore sound. The album is also notable for the absence of screaming vocals. M. Shadows worked for months before the album's release with vocal coach Ron Anderson, whose clients have included Axl Rose and Chris Cornell, to achieve a sound that had "grit while still having the tone". In order to increase stamina and strength on the pedals, The Rev would sit for hours practicing until he could get up to 210 beats per minute. The album was ranked No. 63 on ''Guitar World'' magazine's "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time". City of Evil also appears in Kerrang's "666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and "50 Albums You Need To Hear Before You Die"〔http://www.kerrang.com/27937/50-rock-punk-metal-hardcore-albums-need-hear-die/〕 The album contains some of Avenged Sevenfold's most popular and famous songs, including "Bat Country", which is arguably their most successful to date, being one of their two singles certified Gold by the RIAA. ''City of Evil'' was very successful after its release, debuting at #30 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and certified as a platinum record by the Recording Industry Association of America in August 2009. It went on to sell over 1,500,000 copies in the United States, and 2,500,000 total worldwide, making it the best-selling album out of Avenged Sevenfold's discography as of 2015. Also, it is the band's longest studio effort, at 72:52 minutes. "Bat Country", "Beast and the Harlot" and "Seize the Day", were also released as music videos, directed by Marc Klasfeld, Tony Petrossian, and Wayne Isham, respectively. The Rev performs backing vocals on the tracks "Bat Country", "Strength of the World", and "M.I.A." The album title is derived from a lyric in the song, "Beast and the Harlot". == History == Previously, Avenged Sevenfold had written and released two albums, ''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet'' in 2001 and ''Waking the Fallen'' in 2003, under the Hopeless Records label. Although neither album was a smash hit, the latter has been certified gold by the RIAA. ''Waking the Fallen'' attracted several major record labels to the band, and eventually they signed with Warner Bros. Records after consideration of several others.〔Avenged Sevenfold, "All Excess" (2007), 38:06〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Evil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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