United States is saturated with hip-hop and pop are rampant, and Avenged Sevenfold released their album City of Evil, precisely on June 8, 2005. Hits single song Bat Country is a metal / rock that dominated the first MTV TRL. They popularized the guitar solo back with a duet guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance really heat up the moshpit area. The album was certified gold and won the title of Best New Artist in a Video at the MTV VMA 2006 for the song Bat Country.