Album · 2001
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is a 2001 alternative metal album by Avenged Sevenfold. It runs 13 tracks across 52 minutes on Hopeless Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.8/5 from 24 ratings.
Alternative Metal · Heavy Metal · Metalcore
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- 3.8 /5
- 24 ratings
- 55 /100
- 3 critics
- 13
- Tracks
- 52 min
- Runtime
- 118 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
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24 ratings · avg 3.8
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Sounding the Seventh Trumpet album cover

The Sounding the Seventh Trumpet cover was designed by Avenged Sevenfold and Matt Baker, photographed by Cameron Miryekta and Michael Burrows, and illustrated by Adam Barton and Micah Montague.
- Design
- Avenged Sevenfold, Matt Baker
- Photography
- Cameron Miryekta, Michael Burrows
- Illustration
- Adam Barton, Micah Montague
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Tracklist
13 tracks · 52 min
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Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is the first studio album by the American rock band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 24, 2001 by Good Life Recordings, and re-released by Hopeless Records on March 19, 2002, featuring slightly different cover art. The album sold 370,000 copies worldwide with 310,000 sold in America. The title 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet' takes its name from the Book of Revelation, specifically referencing chapter 11 and the sounding of the last (seventh) trumpet, showing the end of the world. Valary DiBenedetto (M. Shadows' wife) performs vocals on the track "The Art of Subconscious Illusion."[16] The album was released as 2x12 vinyl, LP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Purple on 2008 in US.[17]
In brief
- Is Sounding the Seventh Trumpet good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 3.8/5 from 24 ratings.
- When was Sounding the Seventh Trumpet released?
- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet was released in 2001 on Hopeless Records.
- How many tracks are on Sounding the Seventh Trumpet?
- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 52 minutes.
- What genre is Sounding the Seventh Trumpet?
- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is catalogued under Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Metalcore.
- What BPM is Sounding the Seventh Trumpet?
- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet runs at a median tempo of 118 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Sounding the Seventh Trumpet?
- Listeners of Sounding the Seventh Trumpet also rate Toxicity by System of a Down, Meteora by Linkin Park, Venom by Bullet for My Valentine.
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet at a glance
- Label
- Good Life Recordings
- Produced by
- Avenged Sevenfold
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Credits
- Vocals by
- Valary DiBenedetto
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