# Avenged Sevenfold discography

American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold has released eight studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, two compilation albums, 24 singles, two video albums and 29 music videos. Formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1999, the band originally featured vocalist M. Shadows (Matthew Sanders), guitarist Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker), bassist Matt Wendt and drummer The Rev (James Sullivan). Synyster Gates (Brian Haner Jr.) joined as lead guitarist in 2001, just after the group released their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet on Good Life Recordings, which was later reissued on Hopeless Records.
After replacing Wendt with Justin Sane and later Dameon Ash, Avenged Sevenfold settled on Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward) on bass in 2003 to record Waking the Fallen. The album was released in August of that year, but did not chart at that time. The 2005 follow-up City of Evil reached number 30 on the Billboard 200 US albums chart, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2009. The single "Bat Country" reached the top ten of the US Billboard Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock charts, while "Beast and the Harlot" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.
In 2007 the band released its self-titled fourth album, which was the first to reach the top five of the Billboard 200 when it peaked at number 4. The All Excess video, released earlier in the year, topped the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart. Avenged Sevenfold was the band's final full release to feature The Rev, who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol on December 28, 2009, while they were producing their next album Nightmare. Mike Portnoy performed drums on 2010s Nightmare, which topped the Billboard 200, the first charttopper in the band's career. Lead single "Nightmare" topped the Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart, while third single "So Far Away" became the band's first to top the Mainstream Rock chart. 2011's "Not Ready to Die" topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.
Arin Ilejay joined as The Rev's second replacement in 2013, performing on the band's sixth studio album Hail to the King. The album followed Nightmare by topping the Billboard 200, as well as being the group's first release to reach number 1 on the Canadian and UK Albums Charts. "Hail to the King" and "Shepherd of Fire" both topped the Mainstream Rock chart. In 2014, a re-released Waking the Fallen: Resurrected reached number 10 in the US, 11 years after the original album was released. The album would be certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2021.
Brooks Wackerman replaced Ilejay in 2015, and the following year the band released The Stage without any prior announcement. The album reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Canadian Albums Chart. In 2017, the band began to add to The Stage as part of an "evolving track listing" that would eventually become the album's deluxe version, including cover versions of "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, "As Tears Go By" by The Rolling Stones and "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd. Avenged Sevenfold released Live at the Grammy Museum on December 8, 2017, documenting the group's first acoustic performance at the Grammy Museum in October.
After four years of writing and recording, the band released their eighth studio album, Life Is But a Dream... on June 2, 2023, and it peaked at number 13 in the US the same month.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | CAN | FIN | GER | JPN | NOR | NZ | SWE | UK | Sales | Certifications |
| Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | Released: July 24, 2001 Label: Good Life Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — | — | 176 | — | — | — | — | | |
| Waking the Fallen | Released: August 26, 2003 Label: Hopeless Formats: CD, LP | 10 | 34 | — | — | 48 | 176 | — | — | — | 35 | | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Gold |
| City of Evil | Released: June 6, 2005 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP | 30 | — | 70 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 63 | US: 1,500,000 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Gold |
| Avenged Sevenfold | Released: October 30, 2007 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, CD+DVD | 4 | 37 | 6 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 24 | US: 1,100,000 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold |
| Nightmare | Released: July 27, 2010 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, DL | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 5 | US: 1,000,000 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Platinum |
| Hail to the King | Released: August 27, 2013 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, DL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | US: 1,000,000 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold |
| The Stage | Released: October 28, 2016 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, LP, DL | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 37 | 13 | US: 170,000 | |
| Life Is But a Dream... | Released: June 2, 2023 Label: Warner Formats: CD, LP, DL | 13 | 46 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 46 | — | 29 | — | 21 | | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||||||||||||
Notes
* ↑ Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen charted as a double album set in Japan.
* ↑ Waking the Fallen charted in USA upon the release of Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014.
* ↑ Waking the Fallen charted in Australia upon the release of Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014.
* ↑ Waking the Fallen charted in UK upon the release of Waking the Fallen: Resurrected in 2014.

### Live albums

List of live albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Live at the Grammy Museum | Released: December 8, 2017 Label: Capitol Format: DL |

### Compilations

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Alt. | US Hard | US Rock | CAN | IRL | JPN | NZ | UK | UK Rock | Certifications |
| Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough | Released: September 16, 2008 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD+DVD | 24 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 44 | 29 | 42 | 3 | RIAA: Platinum |
| The Best of 2005–2013 | Released: December 2, 2016 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: 2CD, DL | — | — | — | — | — | — | 257 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |||||||||||||

## Extended plays

| Title | Album details |
| Warmness on the Soul | Released: April 10, 2001 Label: Good Life Recordings Format: CD |
| Black Reign | Released: September 21, 2018 Label: Warner Bros. Format: 10", DL |

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Active Rock. | US Alt. | US Hard Rock Digital | US Main. | US Rock | CAN | CAN Rock | UK | UK Rock | Certifications | Album |
| "Unholy Confessions" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold | Waking the Fallen |
| "Burn It Down" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | 92 | 7 | | City of Evil |
| "Bat Country" | 2005 | 60 | 1 | 6 | — | 2 | × | — | — | 84 | 3 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver | City of Evil |
| "Beast and the Harlot" | 2006 | — | 16 | 40 | — | 19 | × | — | — | 44 | 1 | | City of Evil |
| "Walk" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | | Diamonds in the Rough |
| "Critical Acclaim" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | | Avenged Sevenfold |
| "Almost Easy" | 2007 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | × | — | — | 67 | 1 | RIAA: Platinum | Avenged Sevenfold |
| "Afterlife" | 2008 | — | 8 | 20 | 16 | 11 | × | — | — | 197 | 3 | BPI: Silver | Avenged Sevenfold |
| "Crossroads" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | | Diamonds in the Rough |
| "Dear God" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | × | — | — | — | 3 | | Avenged Sevenfold |
| "Nightmare" | 2010 | 51 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 49 | 65 | 2 | RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold | Nightmare |
| "Welcome to the Family" | 2010 | — | 1 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 8 | — | 48 | — | 8 | | Nightmare |
| "So Far Away" | 2011 | — | 1 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 5 | — | 41 | — | — | | Nightmare |
| "Not Ready to Die" | 2011 | 70 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 73 | — | 126 | 1 | | Call of Duty: Black Ops |
| "Carry On" | 2012 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | 119 | 2 | | Call of Duty: Black Ops II |
| "Hail to the King" | 2013 | 83 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 63 | 8 | 76 | 4 | RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: 4× Platinum IFPI DEN: Gold RMNZ: Platinum | Hail to the King |
| "Shepherd of Fire" | 2013 | — | 16 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 28 | — | 31 | — | 12 | RIAA: Platinum | Hail to the King |
| "The Stage" | 2016 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | 7 | | The Stage |
| "God Damn" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 37 | — | — | — | — | | The Stage |
| "Wish You Were Here" | 2017 | — | — | — | 15 | 16 | 37 | — | — | — | — | | The Stage (Deluxe Edition) |
| "Mad Hatter" | 2018 | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 28 | — | — | — | — | | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
| "Set Me Free" | 2020 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | | Diamonds in the Rough (Rerelease) |
| "Nobody" | 2023 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | | Life Is But a Dream... |
| "Mattel" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | | Life Is But a Dream... |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. ||||||||||||||
Notes
* ↑ "Walk" was originally released on the High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock compilation.
* ↑ "Critical Acclaim" was released as a downloadable single only.
* ↑ "Almost Easy" peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.
* ↑ "Welcome to the Family" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.
* ↑ "Not Ready to Die" did not enter the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, but peaked at number 2 on the US Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.
* ↑ "Not Ready to Die" did not enter the US Billboard Hot Rock songs chart, but peaked at number 3 on the US Rock Digital Song Sales chart.
* ↑ "Carry On" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.
* ↑ "Carry On" did not enter the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, but peaked at number 11 on the US Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.
* ↑ "The Stage" peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100.
* ↑ "The Stage" did not enter the US Billboard Active Rock chart, but peaked at number 20 on the US Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
* ↑ "The Stage" did not enter the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, but peaked at number 7 on the US Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.
* ↑ "God Damn" did not enter the US Billboard Active Rock chart, but peaked at number 37 on the US Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
* ↑ "Wish You Were Here" did not enter the US Billboard Active Rock chart, but peaked at number 31 on the US Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
* ↑ "Mad Hatter" did not enter the US Billboard Active Rock chart, but peaked at number 31 on the US Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
* ↑ "Nobody" did not enter the US Billboard Active Rock chart, but peaked at number 5 on the US Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
* ↑ "Mattel" did not enter the US Billboard Active Rock chart, but peaked at number 49 on the US Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.

### Promotional singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Alt. | US Main. | US Rock | US Hard Digi. | Album |
| "Darkness Surrounding" | 2001 | — | — | × | × | Sounding the Seventh Trumpet |
| "An Epic of Time Wasted" | 2001 | — | — | × | × | Sounding the Seventh Trumpet |
| "Eternal Rest" / "Chapter Four" | 2003 | — | — | × | × | Waking the Fallen |
| "Seize the Day" | 2006 | — | 17 | × | × | City of Evil |
| "Scream" | 2008 | 26 | 9 | × | × | Avenged Sevenfold |
| "Buried Alive" | 2011 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 20 | Nightmare |
| "We Love You"/"We Love You Moar" (solo or with Pussy Riot) | 2023 | — | — | — | 12 | Life Is But a Dream... |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. |||||||
Notes
* ↑ "We Love You" did not enter the US Billboard Alternative Airplay Chart, but peaked at number 21 on the US Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.

## Other charted and certified songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released, certifications and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | US Hard Rock | US Hard Digi. | US Main. | US Rock | US Rock Digi. | US Sales | UK | UK Rock | Certifications | Album |
| "Lost It All" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 | 6 | | Nightmare (Deluxe Edition) |
| "St. James" | 2013 | — | 2 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 36 | | Hail to the King (Deluxe Edition) |
| "This Means War" | 2014 | — | — | 4 | 36 | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold | Hail to the King |
| "I Won't See You Tonight" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | | Waking the Fallen: Resurrected |
| "Paradigm" | 2016 | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | | The Stage |
| "Game Over" | 2023 | 6 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | | Life Is But a Dream... |
| "Cosmic" | 2023 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Life Is But a Dream... |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||||||||||

## Other appearances

List of other appearances, showing year released and album name :
| Song | Year | Album | Comments |
| "Lips of Deceit" | 2000 | Feel the Pain | Taken from the 1999 and 2000 demos. |
| "Lips of Deceit" "We Come Out At Night" | 2000 | This Means War: Hardcores Finest | Taken from the 1999 and 2000 demos. |
| "Thick and Thin" | 2000 | Scrape III | Taken from the 1999 and 2000 demos. |
| "We Come Out At Night" | 2000 | Goodlife 4 | Taken from the 1999 and 2000 demos. |
| "Second Heartbeat" "Darkness Surrounding" | 2002 | Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4 | "Second Heartbeat" is a previously unreleased demo/alternate version, later released on the iTunes deluxe version of Waking the Fallen. |
| "Chapter Four" "Eternal Rest (Live)" | 2004 | Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 5 | "Eternal Rest" was recorded at the Ventura Theater and later released on the iTunes deluxe version of Waking the Fallen. |
| "Beast and the Harlot" (live) | 2005 | Masters of Horror | Recorded live at Warped Tour 2005. Previously released on the Bat Country single. |
| "Walk" (Pantera cover) | 2006 | High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock | Later released on Diamonds in the Rough, in 2008. |
| "Flash of the Blade" (Iron Maiden cover) | 2008 | Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden | Later released on Diamonds in the Rough, in 2008. |
| "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) | 2009 | Covered, A Revolution in Sound | Later released on Diamonds in the Rough, in 2020. |
| "Jade Helm" | 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Later released on Black Reign. |

## Videos
### Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Chart peaks | Chart peaks | Chart peaks |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | UK |
| All Excess | Released: July 17, 2007 Label: Warner Bros. Format: DVD | 1 | 19 | 2 |

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director(s) name :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Warmness on the Soul" | 2001 | Broken Robot, Militont |
| "Unholy Confessions" (version 1) | 2004 | Greg Kaplan |
| "Unholy Confessions" (version 2) | 2004 | Greg Kaplan |
| "Burn It Down" | 2005 | Nick Wickham |
| "Bat Country" | 2005 | Marc Klasfeld |
| "Beast and the Harlot" | 2006 | Tony Petrossian |
| "Seize the Day" | 2006 | Wayne Isham |
| "Almost Easy" | 2007 | P. R. Brown |
| "A Little Piece of Heaven" | 2007 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Afterlife" | 2008 | Wayne Isham |
| "Dear God" | 2008 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Nightmare" | 2010 | Wayne Isham |
| "So Far Away" | 2011 | Wayne Isham |
| "Carry On" | 2012 | Dave Anthony |
| "Hail to the King" | 2013 | Syndrome |
| "Shepherd of Fire" | 2013 | Wayne Isham |
| "This Means War" | 2014 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Chapter Four" | 2014 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "The Stage" | 2016 | Chris Hopewell |
| "God Damn" | 2017 | Anders Rostad |
| "Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Retrovertigo" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Dose" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Runaway" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "God Only Knows" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "As Tears Go By" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Wish You Were Here" | 2017 | Rafa Alcantara |
| "Nobody" | 2023 | Chris Hopewell |
| "We Love You" | 2023 | Ryan McKinnon |
| "Mattel" | 2023 | Zoe Katz |
| "Cosmic" | 2024 | Chris Hopewell |