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] 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] false 2025-11-08 09:35:11 2002 2002-03-19 2002-03-19 52 Alternative Metal Metalcore 112115 2116338 80e6be11-86f5-4d0b-9d55-0f1c62b7afb8 24e1b53c-3085-4581-8472-0b0088d2508c 9d642393-0005-3e89-b3d4-35d89c2f6ad6 /media/data/media4/Music/Avenged Sevenfold/Sounding the Seventh Trumpet/folder.jpg Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold 1 1 01:24 1 2 05:36 1 3 04:49 1 4 03:45 1 5 04:44 1 6 04:09 1 7 04:19 1 8 04:18 1 9 01:11 1 10 03:26 1 11 04:15 1 12 03:06 1 13 07:08