Hail to the King

~ Release by Avenged Sevenfold (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Shepherd of Fire
bass:
Ed Meares
bass trombone:
Andrew Martin (jazz trombonist) and Steven Holtman (trombonist)
cello:
Suzie Katayama
effects [Sound FX]:
Brent Arrowood and Mike Elizondo
French horn:
John Reynolds and Joe Meyer (French horn player)
trombone:
Alan Kaplan
trumpet:
Rick Baptist and John Fumo
tuba:
Douglas Tornquist (tubist)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
horn arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Shepherd of Fire
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
4.55:24
2Hail to the King
recording of:
Hail to the King
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
4.255:06
3Doing Time
recording of:
Doing Time
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
43:26
4This Means War
recording of:
This Means War
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
3.56:09
5Requiem
bass:
Ed Meares
bass trombone:
Andrew Martin (jazz trombonist) and Steven Holtman (trombonist)
cello:
John E. Acosta (cellist) and Suzie Katayama
cello [Principal Cello]:
Dane Little
French horn:
John Reynolds and Joe Meyer (French horn player)
trombone:
Alan Kaplan
trumpet:
Rick Baptist and John Fumo
tuba:
Douglas Tornquist (tubist)
violin:
Natalie Leggett, Sara Parkins (US violinist), Michelle Richards, Songa Lee, Tereza Stanislav (violinist), Josefina Vergara (Chilean-American violinist) and John Wittenberg
vocals:
Jessi Collins, Sharlotte Gibson, Ran Jackson and Storm Lee Gardner
horn arranger and strings arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Charlie Bisharat (US violinist)
recording of:
Requiem
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
34:22
6Crimson Day
cello:
John E. Acosta (cellist) and Suzie Katayama
cello [Principal Cello]:
Dane Little
keyboard:
Mike Elizondo
violin:
Natalie Leggett, Sara Parkins (US violinist), Michelle Richards, Songa Lee, Tereza Stanislav (violinist), Josefina Vergara (Chilean-American violinist) and John Wittenberg
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Charlie Bisharat (US violinist)
recording of:
Crimson Day
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
34:57
7Heretic
keyboard:
Mike Elizondo
recording of:
Heretic
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
34:55
8Coming Home
keyboard:
Mike Elizondo
solo guitar:
Papa Gates
recording of:
Coming Home
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
36:25
9Planets
bass:
Ed Meares
bass trombone:
Andrew Martin (jazz trombonist) and Steven Holtman (trombonist)
cello:
Suzie Katayama
French horn:
John Reynolds and Joe Meyer (French horn player)
trombone:
Alan Kaplan
trumpet:
Rick Baptist and John Fumo
tuba:
Douglas Tornquist (tubist)
vocals:
Synyster Gates
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
horn arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Planets
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
2.55:56
10Acid Rain
cello:
John E. Acosta (cellist) and Suzie Katayama
cello [Principal Cello]:
Dane Little
effects [Sound FX]:
Mike Elizondo
piano:
Jeff Babko
violin:
Natalie Leggett, Sara Parkins (US violinist), Michelle Richards, Songa Lee, Tereza Stanislav (violinist), Josefina Vergara (Chilean-American violinist) and John Wittenberg
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Charlie Bisharat (US violinist)
recording of:
Acid Rain
writer:
Brian Haner, Jr., Jonathan Seward (guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold), Matthew Charles Sanders and Zackary Baker
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lewis Christ Publishing, S. Gates Music, Skeletons and Bowties Publishing and Slayer St. Publishing
36:41

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