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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.

Waking the Fallen
Studio album by Avenged Sevenfold
Released	August 26, 2003
Recorded	April – June 2003[1]
Studio	Third Stone, Hollywood, California
Genre	Metalcore[2]
Length	68:45
Label	Hopeless
Producer	Mudrock Fred Archambault
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001) Waking the Fallen (2003) City of Evil (2005)
Singles from Waking the Fallen
"Eternal Rest/Chapter Four (promotional)" Released: June 19, 2003 "Unholy Confessions" Released: August 2, 2004
Waking the Fallen: Resurrected

The album was released as a double 12-inch gray marble vinyl in 2008 in the US.[3] It 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.[4] As of March 17, 2021, the album has been certified Platinum. The song "Eternal Rest" appears on Kerrang!'s "666 Songs You Must Own"[5] and was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Saw IV (2007).[6]

Musical style

This is the first release by the band to feature lead guitarist Synyster Gates, and the record also features the band's first guitar solos.[7][8] The record is notable among fans due to M. Shadows' slightly higher pitch in his voice and high notes he sings on songs like "I Won't See You Tonight" (both parts). The album also leans more towards heavy metal rather than punk rock, with comparisons to melodic death metal, thrash metal and power metal.[9][10]

Reception and legacy

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Blender	[11]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[12]
Louder Sound	(reissue)[13]
Sputnikmusic	3.0/5.0[14]
Ultimate Guitar

Waking the Fallen was met with highly positive reviews. Robert L. Doerschuk from AllMusic wrote "And whether attacking a riff in unison or in harmonized parts, the double-threat guitars of Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance do their duty like search-and-destroy commandos -- in and out fast, leaving devastation in their wake. Especially noteworthy -- and note-heavy -- is the guitar solo that blazes through the last moments of "Second Heartbeat" and the head-spinning single-stroke virtuosity of the Reverand throughout the album."

It received a positive profile in Billboard, with the magazine comparing Avenged Sevenfold to bands like NOFX, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.[15] In other profiles, the album also received comparisons to the Misfits and further comparisons to Iron Maiden.[16] "Chapter Four" was featured in video games such as NASCAR Thunder 2004, Madden NFL 04, and NHL 04, which helped the band get recognized and sign a contract with Warner Bros. Records. Overall reviews on Ultimate Guitar were very positive and along with 2016's The Stage has the highest overall rating of any Avenged Sevenfold studio albums on Ultimate Guitar.

Metal Hammer magazine placed Waking the Fallen on No. 6 spot of their 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century list in 2016.[17]

Videography

A live performance video was shot at Warped Tour 2003 for "Second Heartbeat". A video was made for the lead single "Unholy Confessions" on March 6, 2004, using live footage set to the studio track. It featured the fans before and during an Avenged Sevenfold show at the Henry Fonda Theater.[18] According to vocalist M. Shadows, it was requested by their new label, Warner Bros. Records, in order to publicize the band before their 2005 album City of Evil.

This video was the second attempt at a video for the track. The previous attempt was a concept video, filmed three months before.[19] The band was not happy with the final product, however, and opted to re-shoot the video, this time as a live performance. The new video went into rotation on MTV2's Headbangers Ball.[20]

Anniversary

In March 2014, vocalist M. Shadows revealed in an interview with Loudwire that the band had plans in the works to put something out for the overdue 10th anniversary of Waking the Fallen:[21]

We’re going to put something together for the 10 year anniversary of ‘Waking the Fallen,’ which is about 11 or 12 years now. We’ve been trying to think of something we could put together and we found some old demos that we did with Teppei [Teranishi] from Thrice before we even did that record.... We also found some old footage with [late drummer] Jimmy [Sullivan] playing some old shows at The Henry Fonda Theater in L.A., and the Ventura Theater. We’ll put together a cool DVD and some demo tracks and re-release ‘Waking the Fallen’ for newer fans of the band that haven’t gotten that or don’t know about the history of the band.

— M. Shadows, Loudwire interview, March 2014

Waking the Fallen: Resurrected was released August 25, 2014.[22]

Track listing

All songs credited to Avenged Sevenfold.[23]

• "Desecrate Through Reverence" is mistakenly written as "Desecrate Through Reverance" in the reissue's booklet.
• A slightly longer version of the live versions of "Eternal Rest" was released on the Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 5 sampler in 2004. The Resurrected version is mistakenly said to be from Pomona.
• The alternate version of "Second Heartbeat", which is the same as the demo version, can also be found on Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 4, released in 2002.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[23]

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Independent Albums[24]	12
US Top Heatseekers Albums[24]	15
Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[25]	34
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[26]	35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27]	48
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28]	237
US Billboard 200[29]	10

Certifications

Certifications for Waking The Fallen

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[30]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[32]	Platinum	1,000,000
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Waking the Fallen

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[es] Waking the Fallen

Waking the Fallen (en español: Despertando a los caídos) es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de heavy metal Avenged Sevenfold, lanzado al mercado el 26 de agosto de 2003 por Hopeless Records. Este álbum también es el primero realizado con Johnny Christ como nuevo bajista. Este fue el último álbum hecho con un sonido metalcore, aunque hay más voces limpias que en su primer disco Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. También es el último disco grabado en California, pues los demás discos serán grabados en Houston, Texas. La canción "Chapter Four" fue incluida en la banda sonora de los juegos NHL 2004, Madden 2004 y NASCAR Thunder 2004. El tema constante del track está relacionado con el asesinato de Abel, que va mano con mano con las numerosas referencias bíblicas no solo en Waking the Fallen sino en todos los discos de Avenged Sevenfold.

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[ru] Waking the Fallen

Waking the Fallen — второй студийный альбом калифорнийской группы Avenged Sevenfold, вышедший в 2003 году. Получил золотой статус RIAA (500 тысяч копий) в июне-июле 2009 года

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