This is my all time favorite album right now. It's probably the best A7X album too. I'll go through the tracks:

1. To End the Rapture: An intro, nothing special. 4/5

2. Turn the Other Way: Great start to a great album. Starts off great. 5/5

3. Darkness Surrounding: One of my favorite tracks. A really nice heavy track that shows A7X's true potential. 5/5

4. The Art of Subconscious Illusion: Another one of my favorite tracks. Weird lyrics but the guitars and drums make up for it. 5/5

5. We Come Out at Night: The screaming sounds great with the beat on this track. Great beat. Great track. 5/5

6. Lips of Deceit: GREAT song! Starts off like it's going to be a slow track but then speeds up and sounds amazing. 5/5

7. Warmness on the Soul: A good slow song but just doesn't suit my taste. 4/5

8. An Epic of Time Wasted: AMAZING! My all time favorite song! Blows me away after 1 minute through. I highly recommend listening to this track! 10/5

9. Breaking Their Hold: Nice song but only 1:11 long. Still great for what it is though. 4/5

10. Forgotten Faces. A very catchy song that I like. One of my favorites. 5/5

11. Thick and Thin: Another catchy song. The chorus is great. 5/5

12. Streets: A very punk-ish song but still pretty good. 5/5

13. Shattered by Broken Dreams: A great way to end the album. A bit slower but speeds up a bit in the middle and sounds great, even though it goes on for about 7 minutes. 5/5

Overall: Buy this cd! It's an amazing cd and a great start for A7X. Hope this helps you in buying it!

If this is your first time buying an Avenged Sevenfold CD, u've been missing out. I've been their fan for many years. This is Avenged Sevenfolds first album and is BY FAR the metalist album they have. With Matt Shadows (vocals) as the screamer and the melodical voice, Synyster Gates (Lead Guitar-Back-up Vocals) with his amazing burnout riffs and EL FANTASTICO solos, Zacky Vengeance (Rhythm Guitar, Back UP Vocals) with his mix in riffs wit Syn, The Reverend (Drummer) with his INSANE drumming, and Johnny Christ (Bassist) with his amazing bass power, THIS BAND HAS THE PERFECT PEOPLE. But I have to say, This album doesn't have half as many solos as City Of Evil. Soon after this album had released, Matt Shadows had ripped a blood vessel in his throat, this is because he used his screaming power in only Sounding The Seventh Trumpet. You will see that the rate that he screams in this album he doesn't do in any other. But what is a singer witout his crew? Thats where Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ, and The Rev come in to deliver what they call is Sevenfoldism. So if u would like see less metal of Avenged Sevenfold, check out City Of Evil and Waking The Fallen. Those are both fantastic albums also, Sounding The Seventh Trumpet is juss more intense. I don't see one track on this album that you should skip over.
Song Reviews as Follows:

1. To End The Rapture 10/10. Now this is how you start an album. This is a masterpiece. This is where Synyster Gates had his debut. The whole song is an intro, but, my god, its a great one.

2. Turn The Other Way 10/10. This is another masterpiece. The debut of their screamo songs start right HERE. Shadows fierce growling sure takes care of your anger. Best part of this song is the outro. Great Guitar riff with great singing.

3. Darkness Surrounding 11/10. I'm saying this is the best track on the album. Shadows reaches a whole new level of screaming and melodical singing. He definitly knows how to mix those 2 together. Even The Bassist gets a miniature solo. Great Song great ending.

4. The Art Of Subconscious Illusion 8/10. This isn't exactly their best shot at this. The is not one of the songs that they needed to do. M. Shadows voice is good though. I juss don't like the fixture of this song.

5. We Come Out at Night 9/10. This song is good. Chorus is melodical and great. But the verses with the screaming are great also. Great guitar work involved. The screaming here sounds dif. then their previous songs.

6. Lips Of Deceit 10/10. DUDE. THIS HAS THE BEST INTRO IN THE ALBUM. great intro then great verses. This song is great. One of my all time favorties.

7. Warmness On The Soul 11/10. What does every great band need? A ballad. And dang does Avenged make this a great one. This song is a masterpiece. Great piano work and impressive solo by Zacky Vengeace. 2nd best song in album.

8. An Epic Of Time Wasted 10/10. This songs good also. cool intro and cool verses. The Ending is pretty nice to. M. Shadows delivering his melodical voice after all the screaming.

9. Breaking Their Hold 7/10. LOL wat is this. Not their best they do. The worst track on the album.

10. Forgotten Faces 10/10. This song is impressive. Love the verses. and the chorus is great also. Its kind of like An Epic Of Time Wasted Part 2.

11. Thick And Thin 10/10. THis song is grand also. I love it when Shadows mixes his screamo with melodical magicness. Another one of my favs.

12. Streets 9/10. Whew. Besides the ballad this is their next song where there is no screamo. This one is kind of punky but its one of a kind also. I love how shadows juss keeps going in the verse witout stopping. The pre-verse after the chorus is great also.

13. Shattered By Broken Dreams 10/10. Wow two ballads in one disc right? WRONG. This starts out as a ballad but then tranforms into screamo and madness. great way to end the album.

So overall this is a mad cd. Avenged Sevenfold sure knows how to make a debut. This is a great cd. If u want some other Sevenfoldism madness check out Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil.

Has a Life needs to shup the F*** up. This album is just as good as waking the fallen. I can't say one bad thing about this album. The Solo's, the drummes, the bass, the volcals, the lyrics, is all good. the is metal at it's best. this band is going to make it far! these the best songs on the album...

to end the rature (sweet intro)
turn the other way
darkness surrounding (awsome ending)
We come out at night
Lips of Deceit (best song)
An epic of wastested
thick and thin
shattered by briked dreams

this is the cd a7x wrote when they were around 18. This cd is quite diffrent from waking the fallen because it has more of a punkier sound. it is still a great cd. you better get it. a7x=love

i am a new fan . i loved waking the fallen so i decided to get this. well its start withan awesome intro .its like a guitar solo
not a piano!!! like the other guy said.its a lot heavier then WTF
but its good . has a lot less guitar solos . but if u want the most passionate , emotional , heartfelt song a7x has ever made you should get this album .warmness on the soul is the greatest
song they have ever made . its a piano ballad