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Avenged Sevenfold Tops Billboard Charts with New Album, "Nightmare"

posted Aug 4, 2010 at 4:09 PM by deathbringer.  (34 Comments)

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Avenged Sevenfold debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and also on Billboard's Hard Music, Digital, Internet and Alternative Album Charts with their new album, "Nightmare." The band's fifth studio album, "Nightmare," acored the band's highest first-week chart position ever, selling over 162,500 units in its first.

Produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace, "Nightmare" was in the works when the band's beloved drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, passed away.

On August 17th, Avenged Sevenfold will set out to co-headline the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival with Disturbed. Also on the bill are Stone Sour, Halestorm, and Hell Yeah. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre plays drums on "Nightmare" and will also tour with the band for UPROAR.

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34 Comments on "Avenged Sevenfold Tops Billboard Charts"

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1. VENGEANCEcries4REVer writes:

fvck yeah mother fvckers.... lol ha #1

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 6:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. hellrat writes:

^^^YAY! its Lil' Venger

seriously, 162000 in a week??this fvcking disease is more wide spread than i thought....

when sheep bear the mark, another seal is broken! the final end draws near....

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 7:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. TheIronMan writes:

lay off hellrat. i've seen you around here and i respect you, but everybody is entitled to like their own music. oz likes limp bizkit, bodombeach likes B4MV and a couple people like GaGa on here. i'm sure you have an "embarassing" band too. they are a good band who make great music that appeals to over 162,000 people.

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 8:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. metalhead234 writes:

hahahahaha NUMERO UNO!!! f*** yeah sevenfold kickass album..whered all the a7x haters go? thts right f*** ya'll look whos on top b****es

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 9:20 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. KORNDOGG writes:

Congrats to them!! Im goin to see them at Uproar tour in a few weeks!! Cant wait! And I have alot of bands I like yall would think Im nuts for liking, but I love all types of music!!

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 9:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. hellrat writes:

nah ironman, don't worry about it....lil' venger is alright

my 'embarrassing' bands???hell no, i ain't embarrassed about nothin' i listen to because i don't give a flying fvck what ANYone else may think about it....i listen to f***ing mariah carey---why? because as a singer, it is my responsibility to study the best, of ANY genre...

these guys suck, primarily due to their sh!tty hhhhhmmm, eh 'vocalist'

as well my young friend, i GUARANTEE that a heck of a lot more than 162k folk like this crap....therein lies the concern :)

seriously brother, lighten up....its not too serious!!

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 9:53 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Rakka writes:

Well..congrats to them I suppose. All I'm saying for now =]

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 10:52 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Ryan9287 writes:

album sales doesnt = quality. if that was the case justin beiber makes the best music. just saying.

# Aug 4, 2010 @ 11:31 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. onepauly writes:

Hellrat i partially agree with you. A7x vocalist sucks hard But the lead guitarist (is it sinister gates?) is totally awesome even if he looks like a total douche.

A7X isnt full of sh**. Its the best "commercial metal" band at the moment. I saw them at the heavy mtl and i was impressed.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 4:49 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. n0thinghead writes:

#8 FTW!!! ROFL!!! exactly what i was just gonna say lmao

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 8:39 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. KORNDOGG writes:

I agree that album sales doesnt = quality! But it is respectable and deserves recognition to know someone sold that much. I would love to punch justin bieber in is fa**ot mouth, but I respect what hes done, somehow hes got millions of fans.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 8:47 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. n0thinghead writes:

lil disney teenie girls =\ they're just like cacaroaches; u step on 1 then 2 come crawling out.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 8:58 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. KORNDOGG writes:

LOL^^ Nice!

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 9:47 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. M3talH3ad writes:

Better than f***en kesha or beiber

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 10:55 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. warlockzero writes:

This is the first sign of the apocalypse. Start locking your doors.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 12:01 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. TheIronMan writes:

Hellrat: I know, normally I let it go. Just that it seems that it's ALL THE TIME when A7X get bashed. And I agree with you on M Shadows (the singer). His harder singing (with the distortion in his voice) is alright, but when he goes soft it is really really bad.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 12:12 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. kpura33 writes:

I'm a fan of the band, but even I can admit the vocals are average at best, but Syn Gates is a really talented guitarist though, kinda underrated

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 1:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. EsotericSurgery writes:

How can you tell NH is of Cuban lineage? Just look at how he spells c***roaches. Scarface anyone? lmao

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 1:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. xsrg13 writes:

HAHAHA #8

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 2:31 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. Blindgreed1 writes:

IM: It will ALWAYS be a hack fest on A7X on this website buddy. It's just a fact of life you need to get used to. I realize you like them and I respect you, but that doesn't extinguish the flames of hatred deep within my heart. Furthermore, A7X couldn't garner the appriciation of the hard core metalhead if they killed M. Shaddows and ate his corpse. It's just never gonna happen man. As far as i'm concerned this merely cements them into the same catagory as Jay-Z or Rihanna (sp?). Crap that is popular amongst the sheep. Lastly, " but when he goes soft it is really really bad" sounds SO wrong comming from a dude. lol.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 3:03 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. FullMetalSlug writes:

this is one of the things i hate about the a7x fanbase just cuz the album reached #1 on the billboard doesn't take away the fact that their music is sh** to the real metal heads IMO music isn't determined by album sells or chart positions when it really comes down to it, its the QUALITY of the music like post 8 said if quality sold albums then justin bieber is one of the "greatest artist ever" just like the little fanboys say a7x is the "greatest band ever"

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 4:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. ExRaided writes:

I think it's just kickass that a Rock/Metal beat everyone else. A band that has some talent..not like a nickelback...

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 6:03 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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23. Rakka writes:

^^ That's true..is about time the genre got #1 for something..even if the band is all that great

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 6:16 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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24. Demise writes:

why did they hire a producer that works with rappers?

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 8:59 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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25. ASpaceMan writes:

#17: kinda underrated? he's one of the best known rock guitarists of the decade, an underrated guitarist would be Paul Waggoner or Jeff Loomis, two of my favs that are really good and underrated, Syn Gates doesn't have enough talent in his whole body that equals the talent in their nut hairs

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 9:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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26. TheIronMan writes:

BG: I was trying to avoid that, but I couldn't put it any other way. Eh well, I've said worse. My dad called me gay an hour ago, so I'm alright.

#35: I agree. Jeff Loomis is f***ing incredible and Synyster Gates does not match up. He is talented though.

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 10:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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27. Demise writes:

^ you can see post 35 already?, you must be physic :)

# Aug 5, 2010 @ 10:45 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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28. TheIronMan writes:

^actually, I'm psychic. but i meant 25.

# Aug 6, 2010 @ 11:50 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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29. RTB writes:

Ryan. ....exactly
Bg. ..till the day we die
Es. ..Lmao, or the fact NH in my world, the first Cuban to have a Mohawk?
Take that Castro! I still picture him as a possible Cuban Guido...clubs,booger sugar,huge sunglasses,drink in one hand,fist pumping like a champ with the other...Miami style, with casper Gomez, the Diaz brothers and Frank Lopez at the Babylon club. ...

# Aug 6, 2010 @ 1:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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30. EsotericSurgery writes:

fist pumping like a champ...LMAO I can totally picture that dude.

# Aug 7, 2010 @ 4:24 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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31. brandedcfh420 writes:

::sound of turd being flushed down a toilet::

# Aug 7, 2010 @ 8:35 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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32. charest writes:

they suck

# Aug 7, 2010 @ 10:22 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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33. n0thinghead writes:

lmfao!!! ES, ur an a$$ lol completely forgot the normal (proper english) way of spelling it was that way.

# Aug 9, 2010 @ 9:41 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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34. Valentine_no_more writes:

Oh God D@mnit!

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