Hail To The King
by Avenged Sevenfold
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Avenged Sevenfold bestography
Hail To The King is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Avenged Sevenfold on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Avenged Sevenfold is Nightmare which is ranked number 2913 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 532.
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Hail To The King track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hail To The King rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 82 Music Albums of 2013 | 11/82 | 4 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 14 Music Albums of 2013 | 1/14 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 26 Music Albums of 2013 | 18/26 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 40 Music Albums of 2013 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 15 Music Albums of 2013 | 8/15 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  RasmV | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2023 | RasmV | Top 51 Music Albums of 2013 | 7/51 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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Hail To The King ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/26/2026 14:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,145 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 17:58 | Museman | 376 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 02:24 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.9/100, a mean average of 62.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.0.
Hail To The King forum mentions
sixoverpar 02/05/2026 04:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Hail To The King comments
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I feel this album is unfairly overlooked because there are many borrowed ideas from previous metal bands. So what? Not every record has to be groundbreaking. This is an enjoyable homage to 80s/90s metal, with some great guitar licks and solos.
Bi11LL26Y 10/23/2017 14:19 | #199966 | TOP COMMENT
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Decent album, check this out for some simple hard rock. "Crimson Day" is probably my favorite track. It is a perfect way to show how well M. Shadows can actually sing. That's honestly the most memorable track, maybe besides "Shepherd Of Fire" and "Coming Home." This has been done to death, but "This Means War," while being a decent song, is honestly a blatant copy of "Sad But True" by Metallica. That's honestly my only bad criticism of the album. It's not their best, but not their worst either. Pretty average album. (Edited)
Packs a punch, but not their best in terms of creativity (like their new album The Stage). Still a very good album!
My favorite track is in fact the bonus track St. James :)
qwert9579 12/26/2013 13:37 | #98813 | TOP COMMENT
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Honestly dont like it that much but Acid Rain is one of the best songs of 2013
One of Avenged Sevenfold's most commercially successful album with the title track being their most played on Spotify by quite a margin, to my surprise. Despite that, this is one I pretty much never desire to listen to. Not because it's bad though, the songs are actually quite good and I'm reminded of that every time I hear them live, but I just never want to listen to it. The drumming is very Lars Ulrich, and the songs overall feel much more simplistic. I guess if I want A7X, I choose the other albums. (Edited)
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