With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, ‘City of Evil’ continues to be one of Avenged Sevenfold’s most popular albums. The album includes fan favourite ‘Bat Country’. No 63 on Guitar World Magazine’s 100 Greatest Guitar Albums Of All Time. Kerrang! includes ‘City of Evil’ on both 666 Albums You Need to Hear Before You Die and 50 Albums You Need To Hear Before You Die. ‘City of Evil’ was also No 35 on Kerrang!’s 50 Greatest Metal Albums Ever. Rolling Stone includes the album on their The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time list.