In the September 2008 issue of “Hit Parader” the publication had their “Top 100″ and Avenged Sevenfold placed in a handful of categories. Also included was a quote from Zacky Vengeance on his being included in one of them.

Top 100 Hard Rock Backs of the 21st Century: #28 Avenged Sevenfold
Top 100 CD’s of the 21st Century: #7 Avenged Sevenfold “City Of Evil”
Top 100 CD’s of the 21st Century: #71 Avenged Sevenfold “Waking The Fallen”
Top 100 Stars of the 21st Century: Zacky Vengeance, Avenged Sevenfold.

Top 100 Stars of the 21st Centruy –

“One thing you can say for-sure about us; we’ve never lacked confidence, but it’s kind of hard to look at yourself in that way. We’ve heard when people have compared us to some very interesting bands from the past, but we’ve usually rejected that. We’re Avenged Sevenfold… that’s good enough for us. But we understand when people do make those kinds of comparisons. After all, we’ve never been the kind of band that’s avoided shaking things up. We combine a lot of different influences and styles into what we do. You can’t just dismiss us as a metal band or a Goth band. There’s just as much Bad Religion in what we do as Pantera or Iron Maiden. That’s what pisses some people off. They want to be able to label us and categorize us, and they can’t do that. The fans love us because of that. There’s also a darkness there- kind of a Goth thing. We’ve always had that in our music, but maybe it’s become a little more prevalent now. It has nothing to do with how we feel as people or how successful we may become. That’s a feeling that’s deep inside all of us and it’s probably never going to go away.”

Big thanks to Lindsay Kortvely for sending this in!