Best Songs On Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King

Best songs on the sixth studio album by Avenged Sevenfold, called Hail To The King, released in 2013.
The Top Ten
1 Coming Home

1. Coming home
2. Acid rain
3. Planets
4. Crimson day
5. Heretic
6. Hail to the king
7. Doing time
8. Requiem
9. This means war (too long for what it is and if you're going to cover Metallica, cover a good Metallica song like master of puppets)
10. Shepherd of fire (simplified version of enter sandman riff and very overrated song)

Love the album but I feel like Rey could have done a better job especially with the last two tracks on my list.
Album gets an 8/10 from this die hard a7x fan

Great song! Sounds a lot like Iron Maiden while keeping the style of A7X that we all like. Epic guitar solo and a great chorus! The drumming at the end is great too!

After A7X posted a link to stream the album for free, I went for it. All the songs were great, and then I hear this masterpiece. Greatest song on the album

Masterpiece.. Rev's vocals would have made it even better.. Nevertheless I totally love this song..epic solo!

2 Hail to the King

Nooreldeen, why does it matter? These are confirmed tracks, confirmed title, so why does it matter that I've made it before it's released? Since people haven't heard it yet they can just wait until the album is released, what's the big deal? The list doesn't have to be voted on just yet does it. I just made the list while I was thinking about it.

Once I arrived at my first concert, A7X was playing this song and you could hear the crowd singing along, you could hear it from a few thousand feet away from the arena. I was at the first show on Metallica's World Wired Tour. It was my first, it was flippin' awesome.

This is just a thought, but its not really fair that you made this list prior to the album's release. Don't be an achievement hog dude. Just saying. The same goes for your Trivium's Vengeance Falls list.

What kind of idiots are you EvilAngel? I'm sorry for insulting... But why you made the list before the album releasing?

3 Shepherd of Fire

I very much got vibes of Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath from the dark intro with the rain and bell sounds, and that's pretty awesome.

The best song on this album. Hail to the King comes close, but this is better.

This song is based off the song Enter Sandman by Metallica.

Love this song

4 St. James

The only true avenged song on the album. Its has the classic a7x melodies along with the drumming that made avenged so unique (not even close to the Rev's drumming unfortunately). I just hope there new albums consists of more songs like this one instead of songs like "This Means War" and "Coming Home".

The whole album is amazing, probably the first where I liked every Song on it to pieces but this song really stands out to me, something I think jimmy would be proud of. Every word is a tribute to what an amazing man the rev was and by far the best song on the album. And jimmy is definitely my st james

This song is #1, its emotional, its personal, and the video on The Rev's life nearly made me cry. Its amazing what humans can do for friends and family, when people care about you. THIS song deserves to be #1! NO QUESTIONS ASKED!

How is this song not higher on the list?! This is a beautiful song, and it's paying homage to the Rev

5 This Means War

Not only can military soldiers enjoy this song when they're driving around in a tank or in a jeep, but people who struggle with depression and anxiety (like me) can enjoy it when they're fighting the monsters inside their heads!

This song reminds me of Sad But True from the black album by Metallica. One of my favorite tracks from Hail to the King. I don't really like the self titled track. Shepherd of Fire's really good too.

The whole album is great but this is the best song on the album. Also Shepard of Fire is really good.

Guys, the full album is out now as of August 20th. Look it up on youtube. We can now legitimately vote.

6 Requiem

This song should have get more recognition! This is one of the only songs that has a chant to the evil/dark/damned/etc. Also, it is a really good song to listen to when playing Call of Duty Zombies, especially IX (Nine) from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies. The vocals and lyrics are amazing too.

This and Dimmu Borgir's Progenies of the Great Apocalypse are the two main songs that make me feel like I'm walking through an apocalyptic wasteland slaying zombies and blasting metal! Requiem for the win!

This is one of my favorite songs by avenged sevenfold songs. Its different in an amazing way

Not the albums best song, but has an awesome solo!

7 Acid Rain

I hate this album! It's basically a copycat of Metallica black album. The song hail to the king sounds like enter sandman, and this means war sounds like sad but true. This album has been done before! Just listen to it closely. RIPOFF.

Why is this on the bottom? Such a great song! Give me chills and mellow feeling... In an incredible way.

Way better than stupid shepherd of fire. And why is planets number 11?

Why is this last, should be in the top 3 for crying out loud.

8 Heretic

I don't know why but this song reminds me of Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth. How the huitar takes a break and the vocals keep going. And before the chorus in Megadeth it goes a'roll for a while and Heretic does the same sort of. Anazing song, could be just me...

Two of the best metal guitar riffs of all time (the intro/chorus and the prechorus) and its only number 7?

Everything is perfect in this song.

9 Crimson Day

It blew my mind when I saw this song on the bottom of the list! This song is so emotional, it's a lullaby to M. Shadow's so for god's sake! I fell in love with it as soon as I heard it.

Agreeing! This song has a special raw tone that sticks perfectly with Matt's vocals and is really touching!

One of their best songs on any album in my opinion.

Number 1 in my heart

10 Planets

This is one of A7X's most creative songs they've ever made... This song and Acid Rain blew me away. Syn's solo is one of the best he's ever done. This song is perfect, I don't know why it's the least popular on the album!

Oh come on! This is the most angry, yet most story involved song on the album! Such heights of furiosity are never hit quite as well on this album, this needs to be higher.

Such a powerful, story telling song. If you close your eyes and listen you can just imagine the chaos!

This doesn't deserve last at all! In fact it's in my top 3 off this album.

The Contenders
11 Doing Time

Amazing song!...reminds me of city of evil days with a Guns N' Roses taste!

Good lord I am literally dying inside. this is my absolute favorite a7x song and I own 4 full albums from them. why is this last? what an upset

The worst song A7X have made.

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