The Avenged Sevenfold Sounding The Seventh Trumpet (Purple) vinyl is a limited double LP pressing of the California metal band’s debut studio album, originally released in 2001 on Hopeless Records, and this is the kind of early catalogue piece that disappears quietly and then gets talked about loudly for years afterward.
Where Avenged Sevenfold Started
Avenged Sevenfold formed in 1999 out of Huntington Beach, California, and built their reputation on a guitar-forward approach that sat at the intersection of metalcore aggression and genuine melodic craft. The pairing of Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance gave the band a dual-guitar dynamic that was technical without being cold, and that quality is already present in raw form on this debut. For collectors working through the band’s discography in sequence, this record represents the very beginning of that trajectory, recorded with practically nothing and shaped into something that held up.
About the Album on the Avenged Sevenfold Sounding The Seventh Trumpet (Purple) Vinyl
The album was recorded in November 2000 at Westbeach Recorders in California on a budget of just $2,000. The sessions had a specificity to them worth knowing: drummer The Rev tracked all his parts in a single take, and the rest of the band built their contributions around what he had laid down. Zacky Vengeance handled lead guitar on these recordings, which is a notable detail for longtime fans familiar with how the band’s roles developed over time. The title comes directly from the Book of Revelation, Chapter 11, referencing the sounding of the seventh and final trumpet as a signal of the world’s end. The album’s framing is exactly that blunt, and the music follows accordingly.
The Pressing Details
This is a limited double vinyl LP pressing on Hopeless Records, catalog number HR 660, pressed on purple wax. Double LP configurations give debut albums like this room to breathe that a single disc doesn’t always allow, and the purple pressing adds a visual element that makes it stand apart from standard black copies on the shelf. Hopeless has a long history with this record, and an official pressing from the label carries the weight of that original relationship with the release. For collectors focused on Avenged Sevenfold’s earlier, harder-edged work before the band’s sound broadened considerably, this pressing is the one to own. It is a limited run, and early catalogue vinyl from bands at this level of following does not tend to stay available.
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