Sounding the Seventh Trumpet

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is the first studio album by the American rock band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 24, 2001 by Good Life Recordings, and re-released by Hopeless Records on March 19, 2002, featuring slightly different cover art. The album sold 370,000 copies worldwide with 310,000 sold in America. The title 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet' takes its name from the Book of Revelation, specifically referencing chapter 11 and the sounding of the last (seventh) trumpet, showing the end of the world. Valary DiBenedetto (M. Shadows' wife) performs vocals on the track "The Art of Subconscious Illusion."[16] The album was released as 2x12 vinyl, LP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Purple on 2008 in US.[17]