The Stage
by Avenged Sevenfold
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 October 2016
- Label: Capitol
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:13:39
- Community rating: 3.94/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Alexandria Threat, Tiffany Smith, Synyster Gates, Brooks Wackerman, Jordan Katz, Ian Walker, Nick Daley, Matthew Charles Sanders, David Ralicke, M. Shadows, John Krovoza, Eric Gorfain, Angie Fisher, Leah Katz, Jonathan Seward, Nikki Grier, Brian Haner, Quishima Dixon, Johnny Christ, Jason Freese, River James Sanders, Brian Kilgore, Zachary Baker, Stephanie O'Keefe, Daphne Chen, Tennessee James Baker, Amber Sauer, Zacky Vengeance
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'The Stage' marks Avenged Sevenfold's most ambitious and musically complex offering, a concept album exploring artificial intelligence and humanity's place in the cosmos. The record dives headfirst into progressive metal, with long, intricate song structures and technical musicianship. It's an epic and thought-provoking album that showcases the band's significant artistic growth.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, technical, complex, thematic, ambitious
Tracklist
- The Stage (8:32)
- Paradigm (4:18)
- Sunny Disposition (6:41)
- God Damn (3:41)
- Creating God (5:34)
- Angels (5:40)
- Simulation (5:30)
- Higher (6:28)
- Roman Sky (5:00)
- Fermi Paradox (6:30)
- Exist (15:39)
Credits
- Avenged Sevenfold - primary artist, producer
- Max Reissig - a&r
- Samantha Tripses - a&r, management
- The Butcher & Baker Workshop - art direction, design [cover design]
- Alexandria Threat - backing vocals
- Amber Sauer - backing vocals
- Angie Fisher - backing vocals
- Nikki Grier - backing vocals
- Quishima Dixon - backing vocals
- Tiffany Smith - backing vocals
- Johnny Christ - bass, backing vocals
- Chris Dalston - booking
- Ryan Harlacher - booking
- John Krovoza - cello
- Ian Walker - contrabass
- Brooks Wackerman - drums, written-by
- Paul Suarez - engineer [mixing engineer]
- Stephanie O'Keefe - french horn
- Kyro Wolf - illustration, design [booklet design]
- Synyster Gates - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Paterno - legal
- Larry Jacobson - management
- Josh Kamzan - management [business affairs]
- Rick Mozenter - management [business manager]
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Andy Wallace - mixed by
- Joe Barresi - producer, recorded by
- Hannah Keefe - product manager [marketing]
- Mitra Darab - product manager [marketing]
- Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- David Ralicke - trombone
- Nick Daley - trombone
- Jordan Katz - trumpet
- Leah Katz - viola
- Daphne Chen - violin
- M. Shadows - vocals
- Brian Haner - written-by
- Jonathan Seward - written-by
- Matthew Charles Sanders - written-by
- Zachary Baker - written-by
- Jason Freese - keyboards
- Matt Baker - arranged by [horn arrangement], arranged by [string arrangement], arranged by [string and horn arrangement]
- Angelo Moore - horns [additional]
- Walter Kibby - horns [additional]
- Brian Kilgore - percussion
- Eric Gorfain - strings
- Papa Gates - soloist [2nd solo]
- River James Sanders - backing vocals
- Tennessee James Baker - backing vocals
- Michael Suarez - effects [additional sound effects]
- Valary Sanders - voice [nurse]
- Neil deGrasse Tyson - voice [spoken word]