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History:
The band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev and Matt Wendt. M Shadows came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from The Bible, although they are not a religious band. Upon its formation, each member of the band also took on a pseudonym which were already nicknames of theirs from high school.
Avenged Sevenfold's debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, was recorded when the band members were just eighteen years old and in high school.It was originally released on their first label, Good Life Recordings in 2001

Discography:

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001)
Waking the Fallen (2003)
City of Evil (2005)
Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Nightmare (2010)        
                                                   Song that
                            avenged sevenfold
                                    did for the movie zombie land

 

 

Death of the leader "The Rev":

In January, 2009, M. Shadows confirmed that the band had started producing his fifth album of study.
In an interview, M. Shadows revealed that after the band was completing his tour in Sonisphere's Festival, on August 2, they were entering the study to compose and to record a new album of study, a follow-up of his homonymous disc.
On December 24, 2009 one announced that Avenged Sevenfold had come in the second place in Finalize Your Guitar Top Have of bands of the decade, losing the first position before Metallica.
On December 28, 2009, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan was found dead man in his house