Song · Avenged Sevenfold
“Hail to the King” by Avenged Sevenfold
From the album Hail to the King (2013)
“Hail to the King” by Avenged Sevenfold appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013 on the album Hail to the King. Its best result is #4 on the 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 2013.
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Avenged Sevenfold dropped "Hail to the King" on July 15, 2013, as the lead single and title track of their sixth studio album, and two days later they played it live for the first time at Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance and Johnny Christ share the writing credit on a heavy metal stomper built for the biggest rooms going.
A limited-edition CD single followed on July 31 with a live "Nightmare" from The Palace of Auburn Hills, and the video premiered on Metal Hammer's website on August 16. It went on to become the band's best-selling single internationally, 3× Platinum in the US and 4× Platinum in Canada, and it has kept turning up since: in Rock Band 4, WWE 2K17 and Fortnite Festival, as an official theme of WrestleMania 32, and in the Netflix film Metal Lords.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 23 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
| 2013 | 8 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2013 | 30 |
| 2013 | 70 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2013 | 94 |
| 2013 | 21 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2025 | 52 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
Also listed as: Hail To The King.
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