Are you surprised that I own an Avenged Sevenfold album?  Have I lost my remaining metal credentials yet?  Will I when I tell you that Waking the Fallen, the band’s second album is pretty damn fun?  At this stage in the ban’d life there’s still plenty of meaty riffs and breakdowns, more than serviceable growls, and massive whopping hooks as far as the eye can see.  I don’t care how you view their “cred” in the community; this is a fun, fun album.  Continue reading “Avenged Sevenfold: Waking the Fallen (2003)”