{"product_id":"avenged-sevenfold-hail-to-the-king-2lp","title":"Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King spreads across two LPs here, with a digital download card included, giving the band's most unapologetically classic-metal album plenty of room to roar. First released in 2013, it is their sixth studio album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the emotional weight of Nightmare, made in the wake of drummer Jimmy \"The Rev\" Sullivan's death, the Huntington Beach band wanted to strip things back. Working with producer Mike Elizondo and new drummer Arin Ilejay, M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance and Johnny Christ set out to write the kind of riff-first heavy metal that had inspired them as kids. The tempos slowed, the grooves got heavier and every song was built around a hook that could fill an arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shepherd of Fire\" opens with ominous bells and a slow, crushing march that sets the mood perfectly. The title track rides one of the band's most instantly recognisable riffs, with Gates' soloing at its most theatrical, while \"This Means War\" leans into a thunderous, mid-tempo stomp. \"Requiem\" brings choirs and gothic grandeur into the mix, proof that they never fully abandoned their love of the epic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a love letter to heavy metal's golden age, played with enough swagger to sound entirely their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57478823739697,"sku":"093624943105","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Avenged_Sevenfold-Hail_To_The_King_2LP.jpg?v=1794395398","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/avenged-sevenfold-hail-to-the-king-2lp","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}