In an interview with Skratch Magazine ahead of the release of their 2003 album "Waking the Fallen," Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows explained that the band got its name from the Book of Genesis and the aftermath of Cain's jealousy-fueled murder of his brother Abel. "It's basically the first murder on Earth between Cain and [Abel]," Shadows said. "[The name is a] 'what goes around, comes around' sort of thing."
To be specific, the band drew inspiration for its name from Genesis 4:24, and the King James Version of the Bible actually uses the words "avenged sevenfold." This refers to the punishment God said he would mete out to anyone who killed the remorseful Cain, who received a mark from the Lord to dissuade people from killing him in revenge. Many years later, as noted in the above passage, Cain's great-great-great-grandson Lamech would state after admitting to his wives that he, too, had killed someone, "If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold."
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