So, August 23, I happily bounced up to get my copy of the newest A7X album, Hail To The King… Come on now, you all know you did too. Let’s not pretend I am the only fan girl in the world… I walked out of my favorite record shop, Independent Records, jumped into my truck… ripped the cd open and popped it in. Ok so, I couldn’t wait to take it for a spin. I was THAT excited… 🙂
So it starts playing… The first song is titled “Shepherd of Fire”… reminds me kind of some of the old Metallica stuff… church bells, bad ass guitar rifts… drums a pounding… my body starts moving… I am digging it… M Shadows starts singing… I am thinking, “I can really get into this….”. I continue listening…
Track 2, is the name sake of the album and the first single released… “Hail To The King”. It rocks you from the start.
I sat in the parking lot, mesmerized by this new album…. The final track, “Acid Rain” began to play… I was blown away… simply gorgeous.
Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King Assesment
This album is their best yet. A total eargasm. YOU MUST HAVE THIS FOR YOUR COLLECTION! It’s hard, it’s heavy, it makes you want to jump into a mosh pit.
The Cast – Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King

- M. Shadows – Vocals –
- Synyster Gates – Lead Guitar
- Zacky Vengeance – Rhythm Guitar
- Johnny Christ – Bass
- Arin Ilejay – Drums
Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King Official Video
Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King Reception
- Debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on September 1, 2013.
- Debuted at number two on the Finnish Charts.
- Sold 159,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart
- Went # 1 in Ireland, Mexico, Canada, and Brazil, all within two weeks of release in the US.
Buy Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King CD
You can visit your local music shop to pick this eargasmically brilliant cd, OR hit up their Itunes.
In the imortal words of Ted “Theodore” Logan and Bill S. Preston Esq…
EXCELLENT!!1!!
Really does sound great and can like you say hear that early Metalica that we all love.
Most bodacious Gummi
I think it’s their best album to date. LOVE that they have gone back to straight out metal.
That was AWESOME! My ears are loving that. I loved old Metallica and I have a feeling I am going to love the rest of the songs on this album if Hail to The King was any indication! 5 stars A7X!
The album is pretty incredible. They sound very adult, dignified and STRAIGHT OUT METAL!! 🙂
Hail to the KIng is a Very Amazing Badass Tune, Look Forward to hearing the other Songs on their New Album