Do you know the band Avenged Sevenfold? What do you think about them?
Well, you don't need to ask me, because it's one of the best band in the world.
Synyster is great with the guitar!
Avenged Sevenfold are good in studio but live they are sloppy, I've seen the video's and sometimes they just completely mess up their own solo's and lack precision.
I coundnt agree more with Owen ^
The Sieze the Day solo by them though is a real turn on for me being that it speaks to me and all.
( And yes I just said turn on )
- John
never heard any other song but Seize The Day, which i think its a nice song.
I only like the stuff from their "City of Evil" Album. Everything berfore sucked major ass
i think they are bashed ALOT by "REAL METAL FANS" and whatev. however, i think they're really talented. i agree with the live bit. the vocals turned me off a bit on their city of evil, but the guitar work was still intense. their second album, unholy confessions (i think that's what it's called, haha. i just have a burned cd of it) is classic! great vocals, and awesome solos. check out Chapter Four!! the song is kinda good, but the solo is INTENSE.
i like them there, on my top 20
i havent seen them live so i wouldnt kno about that but i like most of their songs
city of evil is pretty good andrew, check out some stuff from there if u havent heard of them
Yeah, they're pretty good. But all I've heard is their City of Evil album.
They're probably one of my favorite bands, and are in fact the reason I discovered GMC in the first place . I've been trying to learn the solo in the song Second Heartbeat for ages, which led me here in search of new techniques.
I wasn't particularly a fan of their Sounding the Seventh Trumpet album, and while City of Evil is good, I feel its a little overproduced. Waking the Fallen is and has always been my favorite from them. Guess we'll see if that changes when their new CD comes out soon
When did these guys started?
I honstly dont care for them much. They do hav great guitarists tho but I think they way they carry themselves is too much a created image. I still remember that time the lead singer spit in a kid's face for an autograph or something, all over the news and what not. Personally, I feel like there's more bands out there with less atitude and more talent.
wow i never heard that before, is thats true then they just lost a whole lot of my respect
Yea, I felt the same way when I heard about that. Their music I could like, but it's hard to learn to love something when you have to live with the fact thats its been created by a bunch immature, premodonas. However, I think the singer is the only real headcase, so kudos to the rest of the band for making some great metal. Or at least from what ive heard
Lead singers almost always are. Heck, even James Hetfield is kind of arrogant. But, yeah, spitting in a kid's face is pretty bad.
i liked their 2nd album (waking the fallen) quite a bit
not a huge fan of city of evil
Don't know much about them. I like the things I've heard. Especially MIA. I do know they use Schecter's though
I really like their drumming... Seen them live as well (opening for Metallica on their 'Out of the Studio' tour), and I can't really say that I didn't like it. However, back then it was the first time heard them, so there was no studio material for me to compare with. What I did notice though, was the gigantous mosh-pit that they seemed to set into motion .
I think they have really good songs though, 'Beast and the Harlot', 'Blinded in Chains', 'Unholy Confessions' they'r all nice songs.
I have only seen them in magazines. I have never even heard one of there songs! Maybe i should check them out on youtube !
I would rate them about a 7, only because Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengence are good guitarists, I would suggest "Beast and the Harlot, Bat Country, Seize the Day, Unholy Confessions (i dont like the singing in this song), and my favorite- M.I.A.
Also, if you see any lessons on YouTube for their songs (by Syn or Zacky), don't click them, they sound pretty bad...
There albums are quite good. The lead guitarist seems to think he is some guitar god which he really isnt. cool band tho
Everyone check out their newest album (i dont know the name) coming out 10/30/07!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Songs like "Almost Easy" and "Critical Acclaim" are awesome!
Don't care much for them anyway...
i listen to 3 songs on YouTube, I don't see the big fuss? This band doesn't sound very unique or exciting.
Edit: I have just read up this topic. I am shocked how many people here like them. I am not shocked about the lead singer spitting in a kids face, they are obviously so awesome they can do whatever they want. Doing that to a devoted fan, who spends their money on buying your album and ticket to your show and you spit at em, disgusting.
I like some of there stuff, like seize the day. My cousin is a really good guitar player and he can play all there stuff. Tell if I'm wrong but doesnt the guitar solo in seize the day remind you guys of November Rain???
Woah... im see some hate here lol... i love avenged ive gone to 4 of there concerts(2 in the same tour) and there so talented... so ,aybe they look weird but they are still Flippin' AMAZING! NEW CD OCTOBER 30th
Psssh, dont care how they look, there nothing comapred to say....GWAR or The Berzerker
They have absolutely no talent. their solos sound toneless and compressed, and the singer is truly an idiot.
It takes a while to get used to death metal/grind lyrics. Especially when your listening to this kind of death metal/grind. I sometimes still use lyrics but it becomes understandable in a few listens.
No One Knows:
There'll be a time
Where I can take what they've taught and make it work
THIS would be a better place if you could free you mind of thought
THOUGH to be in this place life, has abandoned you
WORLD that we now live in has changed so rapidly
THERE'S no need for equality equality
All the dreams, ideals you fought for, waiting now for someone else
It's not real, that you're feeling parts of life's exterior
I can see you body rot, gaze upon your cornea
No one wins we end together, values, visions dead forever
HATE to be nothing why do you abandon me
WORDS without actions lies they mean nothing
CAN'T you all see the light that waves in front of you
THIS could be a mirror of the only ever way that WE'VE KNOWN
I can take what they've taught and make it work
THIS would be a better place if you could free you mind of thought
THOUGH to be in this place life, has abandoned you
WORLD that we now live in has changed so rapidly
THERE'S no need for equality equality
kudos to vince.... well it must be from a website but still... im listening to it again with the lyrics and i kinda understand....
yep, its from a website. I dont know the lyrics by heart but once you read it more than once words will just pop into your head.
After a few years you become conditioned and you can understand them pretty well.
so i should listen to a recording of a person growling the dollar menu at mcdonalds and know whats good and whats not??
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xhlUVyDBusg
Oh you said it, I just cant help it
I can say that they sound very strange to me. They combine very punk/metal/hardcore music with a very pop/soft voice. I still don't know if I like it. In the studio the guitar player and the drummer seams to be good, I haven't seen live videos.
gabriel.-
Saw Avenged Sevenfold live at Graspop. They didn't impress me that much but it was cool to hear them covering 'walk' of Pantera. I can listen to this band for 1 or 2 songs but then I had it. The voice of their singer becomes so irritating after some time...
I can agree that some of you like them but their not my cup of tea
In my opinion this "band" is as bad as nu metal or rap. may i recommend some real metal like metallica or megadeth?
A7x are some of the most amazing, talent people in the music business today!
they are my favourite band ever simply because of how their music makes me feel,
Sevenfold always manage to get everyone in the room feeling good, despite anythin that may be happening in your life at the time, which is what music should do,
if you want an example, listen to " A Little Piece of Heaven " and then watch the making of it on you tube, and i guarentee that you will see what i mean, its just exactly what music should be!
And yes there is a wee problem with the solo's and playing them live, but that only because of how they end up getting written, to play it properly you need like 4 guitarist and a conductor! ( watch " Avenged Sevenfold Critical Webclip 1 " on you tube and you will understand )
Now no 1 band is going to be perfect for EVERYONE ( well, except queen of course ) but different music means different things to different people, Andfor me this band is everythin that a band should be, amazing people, they put on a good show, and you always feel good when you listen to them, no matter how bad a day you have had, and anybody that disagrees with that shouldnt be playing music, becuase you have obviously forgot what music is all about...
They are a controversial band. Some people like them, and some don't. I personally like the guitarist's sound, and the band is one of my favorites. That doesn't mean that I like all their songs though. The band has changed very much.
Originally, they only made punk/metal music that was only screaming and some power chords etc. Then later, transitioning a little bit; they started making a bit more melodic music when Waking the Fallen came out, with some catchy solos and more singing integrated into the screaming.
Finally changing completely, City of Evil was completely singing, more of a thrash metal album.
That's why some people don't like Avenged Sevenfold. Most people have only heard the main 'hits'; Bat Country and Beast and the Harlot [which, if you ask me, happen to be a couple of the worst, and are only popular due to the overenthusiastic 12 year old girls that watch MTV all day and obsess over My Chemical Romance]. The point is, there will probably be at least a song, if not an album that will satisfy anybodies tastes.
well said...
Thank you
nah, man.
Synyster Gates is good. Won TG Guitarist of the year
Yeah, I can see why some people don't like him. Personally, I can't STAND Pantera...biggest load of whatever I've ever heard....but my opinion. Dimebag sounds terribly with that Krank amp...In Flames, in comparison, absolutely school him....IMHO
Avenged are quite good
Avenged makes good music but synyster gates annoys me to no end.He isnt that good and cant stand the poser image they put out.I hate it when a band is as concerned with image as the music.Other than that i do enjoy listening to them lol
Yeah the image is a little lame But I also think that as stupid as he looks...no-one looks like him. He has got his own thing going.
Watching this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpN08dYV1fU&feature=related
I see him as a modern, heavier slash. He's cool, I think.
But honestly, his Total Guitar lessons aren't so good.
I saw Avenged Sevenfold live two years ago and i have to say i like them. I love the voice from the singer and their guitar work. When i am listen to this band i am feelin happy and want to take my guitar and play.
But i think we don't have to analyse every band, sometimes you like a band and you don't know why:)
Some of their solos are pretty bleh, but i like some like the seize the day one with a perfectly positioned pinch at the end.
The Vocals have improved a good bit in their newest effort, but the guitars took a hit. CoE still has their best guitarwork IMO.
I saw Syn play live just before Thanksgiving, and he's gotten better and has a pretty good mastery of his own material now.
Yeah, I think Syn is a great guitarist in his own right. And yeah, the vocals did get better. That's cause the vocalist, M Shadows, blow up his vocals chords and was bleeding on stage or something like that.
Had to take months of singing lessons to continue.
I think all their albums are good, not great, but definetly good.
Waking The Fallen is best imo
I saw A7X live 2 nights in a row 11/14 and 11/15 at hammerstein in NYC then the Electric Factory in Philly and let me tell you they rocked the place both times.Every instrument was flawless and the vocals were great.There image is kinda gay especially Synyster Gates but they are an awsome band that makes good music.
I don't think I could have handled 2 nights of highschool girls and their d-bag boyfriends both wearing those "Synyster Gates Special" hats. I got so tired of lifting them out of the pit, it was unbelievable.
I do like A7x but I dont like bands that change their image. If your metalcore-stay metalcore, if your punk- stay punk. Be true to what type of music you like and enjoy playing for and dont be bending over for fans, thats when the [poo] starts to suck.
Edited for language - Andrew
I think they were always pretty flamboyant and didn't look much different than they do now, except Syn got a stupid hat and started wearing guy-liner. The way I look at them is updated glam-metal, but I only signed on with City of Evil.
hahahaha.....guy-liner...not heard that one
I think A7X is a pretty good band. they aren't my favorite but I'd give them a 7.5 out of 10.
Synester Gates, is not a good guitarist by any means, and I don't think if he was in guitar center I would turn around to watch him. There are so many other guys that could do better than him. He just got a lucky break.
I still give him credit though, he doesn't totally destroy the solos with his playing.
Mabye hes just not my cup of tea, because it seems like alot of people like him.
Tj
Waking The Fallen was truely a good album. Everything else I don't like.
also there are a lot better 'metal' bands than Metallica.
Ah, I see. I wouldn't exactly agree that there are more "real metal bands" than Metallica, but there are far more technically skilled bands. Metal is metal to me.
BTW, I am talking about their first four albums
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