Album Review: "City of Evil" by Avenged Sevenfold (2005)

This is the album that fans of old-school heaviness have been waiting for.

Avenged Sevenfold take the best of Maiden, Megadeth, Priest, Rush and Metallica and combine it with clear vocals to give us an album chock full of solos, riffs and toe-tapping stick work that will restore your faith in the genre and cause you to involuntarily make the devil sign with your index and pinky fingers.

If you're a fan of the genre, this is melodic, hard aggression that will hit the spot.

Metal fans, skip Tool and go right for Avenged Sevenfold.

Overall rating: 8.75/10