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Avenged Sevenfold was still in high school when they formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California. The band debuted in July 2001 with Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (Good Life), and followed two years later with the Hopeless release Waking the Fallen before jumping to Warner Bros for June 2005's City of Evil. Recently M. Shadows' vocal styling has changed more to focus on melodic singing than on hardcore screaming, due to the band's desire to change the direction of their music. Shadows had minor throat surgery in 2004, but this did not affect their decision to change musical styles. The band's name is an alleged reference to the book of Genesis in the Bible and the story of Cain and Abel, where Cain is punished to live forever in exile, alone and miserable. Anyone who relieved Cain of his misery by killing him would be "avenged sevenfold," or punished in a way that is seven times worse than Cain's punishment. The title of Avenged Sevenfold's song "Chapter Four" references Genesis IV, the chapter of the Bible in which the story of Cain and Abel takes place. The song's subject also appears to be this story. Although the band's title and members' stage names make obvious reference to religion, Shadows stated in a recent interview that they are "not really religious at all." Though the name comes from the bible and some members went to catholic school, the band is not very religious at all. Save for their mock metal names.
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