Mudrock's dry production focuses almost all of Waking the Fallen on Avenged Sevenfold's greatest strength.
That, of course, would be performance, and the band delivers with unflagging aggression and precision.
Never mind the lyrical ennui or throat-scrape yowling; there's more to this music than generic cliché.
When he wants to, M.
Shadows can passionately project in a way that turns even the grim "Desecrate Through Reverance" into an almost bouncy little melody.
(Incidentally, Reverance? Remenissions? Reverand? Maybe doomsday is around the corner, but isn't there still time to run song titles and soubriquets through a spell check?) 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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waking the FallenScott Gilman, Avenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 01:42 | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| 2 | Unholy ConfessionsAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Chapter FourAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 05:42 | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| 4 | RemenissionsAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| 5 | Eternal RestAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 05:12 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Second HeartbeatAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 07:00 | 16 MB | 50 MB |
| 7 | Radiant EclipseAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| 8 | Clairvoyant DiseaseAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 9 | And All Things Will EndAvenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 07:40 | 17 MB | 50 MB |
| 10 | Desecrate Through Reverence | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 11 | I Won't See You Tonight part 1 | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 08:58 | 20 MB | 64 MB |
| 12 | I Won't See You Tonight part 2 | Avenged Sevenfold | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 68 mins | 157 MB | |||||
| 68 mins | 482 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Archambault | Assistant Engineer, Producer |
| 2 | Avenged Sevenfold | Art Conception, Composer, Primary Artist |
| 3 | Tom Baker | Mastering |
| 4 | Johnny Christ | Art Conception, Bass |
| 5 | Mike Fasano | Drum Technician |
| 6 | Stephen Ferrara | Guitar Technician |
| 7 | Ai Fujisaki | Assistant Engineer |
| 8 | The Gatekeepers | Engineer |
| 9 | Synyster Gates | Art Conception, Guitar, Piano |
| 10 | Scott Gilman | Composer, Orchestral Arrangements, Orchestration |
| 11 | Bruce Jacoby | Drum Technician |
| 12 | Lisa Johnson | Photography |
| 13 | Matt The Madman | Layout Design |
| 14 | Micah Montague | Art Conception |
| 15 | Taylor Montague | Cover Painting, Paintings |
| 16 | Mudrock | Mixing, Producer |
| 17 | Andrew Murdock | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 18 | Al Pahanish | Drum Technician |
| 19 | The Reverend | Drums |
| 20 | Sergie | Mechanical Design |
| 21 | Zacky Vengeance | Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |