Avenged Sevenfold

[BastrdDrmr]

I've seen them live 3 times. They are very good live. The mix has been very good with all the guitar melodies coming through clearly. They even played Strength of the World the past time I saw them, which in my opinion is their best song.

 

[Matt]

I like the heavyish sound without the growl or screaming. The drummer is also good, but I think he abuses the pedal.

 

[Tubbs]

I cannot stand them at all. I have a cousin (she is 17) and she listens to them all the time, along with bands that fall under the "emo" genre. Please, keep their music away from me! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! If Their singer wasn't such a whiner, she wouldn't be listening to them and I would like them better (but I still wouldn't much)

 

[bball_1523]

I tried to listen to city of evil, but it was so pop-punkish that I couldn't stand it. I give them a thumbs up on talent (their guitarists are good), and thumbs down on overall musical composition. Sorry, but it's just not my type of music.

 

[rockyracoon]

Bad. Just bad.

 

[The Yngster]

For a mainstream band, I think they are above average. As a band in general, I don't think they're that good.

Pretty much sums up my opinion of them

 

[Horus]

Did I already say that Bat Country is the corniest music video ever? *checks first post* Yep, I did.

 

[The Yngster]

Something I noticed about the band is that the lead guitarist has this constant "im surrounded by idiots" look on his face. I saw em a few years ago and the singer bumped into him during a solo and he gave the guy a pretty nasty look. I was amused

 

[Trusse]

Don't like them

 

[goth_fiend]

not a fan of em

 

[naboo]

They're great. Awesome song writers and their musicianship gets better with every album. I don't know why someone on the first page said they were pop-punkish; they're not even close. It's too bad they're getting more mainstream though. Oh well, good for them I guess.

 

[bball_1523]

They're great. Awesome song writers and their musicianship gets better with every album. I don't know why someone on the first page said they were pop-punkish; they're not even close. It's too bad they're getting more mainstream though. Oh well, good for them I guess.

to me they sound poppy. If you compare there vocals and choruses with pop-punk bands it has its similarities imo. It's the same with Atreyu, they are talented, but they sound poppy. It has that happy happy catchiness to it.

The only thing I appreciate about them is their talent. They can play their instruments and for being in the mainstream is a gift to them. They actually used skill to get popular, but then again that type of music is becoming a popular trend. But hey it's only good in the ear of the beholder, and if it sounds good to you, then great!

Well I have different tastes in musical composition, and a lot of power metal is very boring to me because their writing is too happy happy for me. lol

 

[naboo]

Heh, yeah power metal can get pretty happy (for better or for wrose). But anyway it's just that I think of Green Day, Blink 182 and the like when I hear the word pop.

 

[Horus]

I was listening to them today, and I must say that some of the songs on the new album are heavy as a mofo. I forget exactly which songs, because I was listening to them on a shuffle, while I was playing Sonic Mega Collection, and I'm too lazy to find them right now.

Heh, yeah power metal can get pretty happy (for better or for wrose). But anyway tt's just that I think of Green Day, Blink 182 and the like when I hear the word pop.

Thats why the term EMO was invented.

 

[naboo]

Ehh, I never really considered them Emo, just Pop-punk, but whatever genres aren't a big deal.

 

[Thraxz]

To me... everything from Slipknot to Simple Plan is EMO.

 

[Zygote]

Being mainstream isn't a down, asshole.

yes it is.... It gets really knowing when little poser girlys are going around acting all badass when they have a death metal band shirt on. God i felt like hitting some stupid bitch the other day.

Okay their i am sporting a cannibel corpse shirt in math. I me and buddy were talking about them. Anyway some stupid fucking green day poser girl kept looking over, 2 days later she comes in witht eh same shirt!!! aahhhhh, makes me wanna kill someone.

Something I noticed about the band is that the lead guitarist has this constant "im surrounded by idiots" look on his face. I saw em a few years ago and the singer bumped into him during a solo and he gave the guy a pretty nasty look. I was amused

wow thats funny, i have always thought the best member in teh band was the lead guitarist, hey maybe if we get lucky avenged with break up, and the guitarist will form a good band!

 

[Horus]

yes it is.... It gets really knowing when little poser girlys are going around acting all badass when they have a death metal band shirt on. God i felt like hitting some stupid bitch the other day.

Okay their i am sporting a cannibel corpse shirt in math. I me and buddy were talking about them. Anyway some stupid fucking green day poser girl kept looking over, 2 days later she comes in witht eh same shirt!!! aahhhhh, makes me wanna kill someone.

If only people in my school tried copying me. In my school, I'm that guy, who everybody else wants me to copy them. But if stuff like that makes you want to hit something, do what Dane Cook does when he hears a car alarm, and punch a baby. But if people wanted to copy me, I'd do everything in my power to make them into total Prog/ Metal Heads.

 

[Anonymous]

Imagine the Utopia of a world filled with Progsnobs, we could finally cancel out the snob part of the name since Progsnobs only act superior to those of lesser musical intelligence. Man that would be cool, that and owning a Lightsaber.

 

[Horus]

If Prog Metal existed so many years ago, that would be Atlantis, that Utopia that embraces artistic superiority and.... well.... overall superiority. Dammit, now I'm homesick. I want a lightsaber.