Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

[Spruce Goose]

Is anyone else looking forward to this one?
It comes out on Friday I believe.
I have heard 2 songs (Nightmare and Welcome to the Family) and they both sound catchy as fuck.

I was a fan of the City of Evil album but did not like the self titled follow up... This new album is supposed to be pretty special though from what I have heard. Will be interesting to hear Portnoy drumming for this style of music too.

 

[Spruce Goose]

The video for the first single, nightmare:

 

[Southy]

Can hear straight away it is Portnoy, just the sound of the drums, seems ok, dunno that I am excited about it though

 

[FerretallicA]

Nowhere near as bad as the A7X stuff I've heard in the past, but still not anything I'd bother seeing live.

 

[Spruce Goose]

This is a great album.
Heavier than anything they have done before.
There is a lot of Metallica and Megadeth type riffs and sections.
Buried Alive has a very 'One' feel.
Most of the songs are very emotional due to the nature of the past year for the band...

I think most of you guys would dig it if you give it a shot... who knows.

Buried Alive, Natural Born Killers, Save Me, God Hates Us.

They are my highlights so far.

 

[Spiff]

The only song of their's that I've heard is Nightmare and I quite like it. The douches on Blabbermouth seem to hate the band on general principal but I know nothing about them except that Portnoy is playing with them. Why all the hatred?

 

[Spruce Goose]

Maybe their image?
They look like (used to look like even more) your typical punk/emo LA band..
But they can seriously play. Synister Gates is a great guitar player.
The singer used to do this horrible lame growling on the first 2 albums and mix that with a nasaly clean voice, but he doesnt do that anymore.
He is all clean singing these days and has fixed the nasal tone.

Their music is very hooky, but this new album mixes that with some great, great metal riffs.

Check out Buried Alive:

If you like this, and Nightmare, there is a fair chance you will like the album

 

[Blitzkrieg]

American emo/metalcore scenester band that can actually play. Nothing pisses purists off more than a trendy band that can play.

 

[Spruce Goose]

Yeah, I think this release is definitely more 'metal' than American Emo/Metalcore though...

I reckon Buried Alive (posted above) has a very Metallica/One vibe about it.

 

[TROOPER MICK]

mmm never been AX7 fan but i LIKE the sound of this i will be grabbin a copy come friday

 

[Southy]

I think I will be picking it up in the near future as well

 

[TinMan666]

i remember checking them out a few years ago and thought they were TERRIBLE, but that song Sprucey posted was ok... my internet sucks so i gave up half way through but it wasn't bad.

very hard for me to like people who give themselves names like "synister gates" though.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

very hard for me to like people who give themselves names like "synister gates" though.

Indeed.

 

[Goreripper]

Fuck, that doesn't even sound like the same band! Very impressed

 

[Spruce Goose]

Man.... This album has the best ending that I have heard for a while.
Save Me.... Fantastic song.

 

[Spiff]

I love being able to read deleted posts.

 

[Spruce Goose]

haha

Didn't want it taken the wrong way

 

[Spruce Goose]

This album is number 1 on the American Billboard charts.
Pretty crazy for a metal album to knock off Eminem in this day