* 1981 – The Rev, American musician ( Avenged Sevenfold ) ( d. 2009 )

* 1981 – Synyster Gates, American singer and musician ( Avenged Sevenfold )

* 1984 – Johnny Christ, American bassist ( Avenged Sevenfold )

** Zacky Vengeance, American guitarist ( Avenged Sevenfold )

" Although the band virtually had no support by television or by radio broadcasting in its first four years, Korn would go on to influence Pleymo, Adema, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Evanescence, P. O. D., Cold, Staind, System of a Down, Seether, One Minute Silence, Kittie, Endo, Taproot, Disturbed, Crazy Town, Otep, Hoobastank, Suicide Silence, Emmure, Impending Doom, Five Pointe O, Lacuna Coil, Chris Volz, Videodrone, Theory of a Deadman, Thousand Foot Krutch, Avenged Sevenfold, Breaking Benjamin, Bleed the Sky, Papa Roach, Godsmack, Shinedown, Coal Chamber, Three Days Grace, Flymore, Bring Me the Horizon, Trapt, Molotov and other bands.

Rock music examples include Deuce, Davey Havok, Slash, Sting, Darby Crash, Marilyn Manson, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Zakk Wylde, Nikki Sixx, Spider One, Count Grishnackh, Necrobutcher, Blasphemer, Nivek Ogre, Rob Zombie, Dimebag Darrell, Trey Azagthoth and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein as well as every member of Avenged Sevenfold ( M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ, and the late The Rev ).

Deftones have been cited as an influence by various bands, including the British bands Muse, Fightstar and other modern rock bands such as Linkin Park, Seether, Avenged Sevenfold, 10 Years, System of a Down, and numerous others.

* Zacky Vengeance ( current resident ), rhythm guitarist for the band Avenged Sevenfold

Mike Portnoy, founder and ex-drummer of Dream Theater, and Avenged Sevenfold where he briefly filled in after the death of The Rev, criticized moshing in an interview published on his website:

They will be playing alongside System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice Cooper.

Slash was released on March 31, 2010, and featured a number of guests such as Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge, and Fergie.

: For information about the bass guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold, see Johnny Christ.

* The Avenged Sevenfold Song " Chapter Four " tells the story of Cain and Abel.

The band name " Avenged Sevenfold " also derives from this scripture.

* Brompton Cocktail, a song by Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold also did a cover of the Pantera song " Walk ", and played live Mouth For War.

During their 2011 performance at Download Festival ( UK ), Avenged Sevenfold dedicated a live performance of " Betrayed " to both Dimebag and their own fallen band mate The Rev also playing Nightmare

Huntington bands like Vicious Circle, Avenged Sevenfold, T. S. O. L., The Screws, and The Crowd had a reputation for being aggressive and sometimes violent, while Uniform Choice, and Doggy Style somewhat later bands, became known as the prominent straight edge bands from the West Coast.

* Avenged Sevenfold, a hard rock / metal band

* " Sidewinder ", a song by Avenged Sevenfold

* " Tension ", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from Diamonds in the Rough

Yellow Matter Custard is a Beatles tribute supergroup consisting of Mike Portnoy ( ex-Dream Theater, Transatlantic, OSI, Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Avenged Sevenfold, Adrenaline Mob ), Neal Morse ( Transatlantic, Spock's Beard ), Paul Gilbert ( Racer X, Mr. Big ) and Matt Bissonette ( Mustard Seeds, Jughead, David Lee Roth, The Squirts, Joe Satriani, Electric Light Orchestra ).

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Slash released his debut solo album Slash in March 2010, featured a number of guests such as Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Myles Kennedy, Chris Cornell and Fergie, among others.

Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows used a talk box in their song " Lost " off their 2007 self titled album, Avenged Sevenfold.

Other bands, such as Queen, The Clash, Cream, Oasis, Depeche Mode, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Wings, The Cars, Styx and Status Quo had, in addition to the designated " lead singer ", one or more members who provided significant lead vocals in the course of the group's career.

The band performed at the 2005 Download Festival, the 2006 Reading and Leeds Festivals, were one of the first acts confirmed for 2006's Damnation Festival and were the opening act for Avenged Sevenfold at the Camden Underworld.

Shadows was one of the founding members of Avenged Sevenfold, along with The Rev and Zacky Vengeance in 1999.

" He also produced The Confession's 2007 album, Requiem, which, according to an interview, was one of the first steps which led to Avenged Sevenfold self-producing their 2007 self-titled album.

Seward initially took a few weeks off from high school during his senior year to fill in for Avenged Sevenfold's previous bassist, Dameon Ash, during one of their tours because he went on tour with Avenged Sevenfold as a roadie.

Before leaving to join Avenged Sevenfold as one of the band's founding members, Sullivan was the drummer for the third wave ska band Suburban Legends.

Four artists who won the award ( Eurythmics, Nirvana, Avenged Sevenfold and Gym Class Heroes ) were technically ineligible since the winning song did not come off of their respective debut records ( which were released in 1981, 1989, 2001 and 2004, respectively ).

* " Death ", the original title for the song " Fiction " by Avenged Sevenfold from their 2010 album Nightmare

performed at Twickenham in August 2008, while New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi played two gigs at the stadium in June 2008 as part of their Lost Highway Tour, and Iron Maiden played there as part of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour on the 5th July 2008, along with a full supporting bill which included Avenged Sevenfold, Within Temptation and Lauren Harris.

Under orders from the Committee of Public Safety in February 1794, the Republican forces launched their final " pacification " effort ( named Vendée-Vengé or " Vendée Avenged "): twelve columns, the colonnes infernales (" infernal columns ") under Louis Marie Turreau, marched through the Vendée.

Some of their most well-known artists include or included Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Yellowcard, Anarbor, All Time Low, There For Tomorrow, Silverstein, We Are The In Crowd, The Wonder Years, The Human Abstract and Enter Shikari.

On July 18, 2006 they released their self-titled major label debut, which featured slick production, anthemic choruses à la Def Leppard, dark industrial electronic programming and all-melodic vocals reminiscent of the then-current hard rock trend successfully embraced by fellow OC band Avenged Sevenfold.

Burn Halo played their first ever live show, opening for Avenged Sevenfold on December 9, 2008 at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, MD.

Avenged Sevenfold performed here for their first stop of their Nightmare After X-Mas tour on January 20, 2011.

Megadeth and Metallica, Shadows says, are the reason why Avenged Sevenfold try to infuse a classic metal sound into their music.

* The alternative metal band Avenged Sevenfold took their name from a description of Cain's curse in Genesis 4: 24 in the King James Version of the Bible.

Shortly after his death, Avenged Sevenfold dedicated their fifth studio album Nightmare to him, as well as several songs, including So Far Away ( which had been written by fellow band mate Synyster Gates.