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Avenged Sevenfold Music Player
Avg 4.33 / 5
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Last update: 03 Dec 2008 07:09 PM
Account: AltPremium
Location: AFRICA: Algeria
Signed up: 12/25/04 16:16:13
Members: M. Shadows - Vocals : Zacky Vengeance - Guitar : Synyster Gates - Guitar : Johny Christ - Bass : The Reverend Tholomew Plague - Drums
Genre: Acapella
Influences: The Misfits, Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses
AltSounds URL:http://www.altsounds.com/avengedsevenfold
Website: http://www.avengedsevenfold.com
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Biography
Its not always recognized in todays I want it all now world, but patience is a virtue. And Huntington Beach, California rockers Avenged Sevenfold are being rewarded for remembering that golden rule. After releasing two highly successful albums on an indie label (Sounding The Seventh Trumpet and Waking The Fallen), the quintet is set to unleash its major label debut, City Of Evil, on Warner Bros. Records. City Of Evil, co-produced by Avenged Sevenfold, reunites the group with producer Mudrock (Waking The Fall).
Were at the point now where weve come into our own, vocalist M. Shadows says of the ambitious City Of Evil, an 11-song collection that gives a middle finger to the idea of categorization, bridging the sonic guitar assault of Iron Maiden with the frenetic pace of Bad Religion and the musicianship of Dream Theater. In Southern California youre really brought up in the whole punk world. At the same time, we were growing up listening to Pantera, Megadeath, Metallica and Slayer records, Shadows recalls. So then you think, I want to play in that kind of band, but I want to play in this kind of band. Then you pass that point and all of a sudden youre just writing music and it comes out naturally. But thats what happens cause of all the different influences we have. And were definitely not afraid to put anything in our songs if we think it calls for it.
Yes, Avenged Sevenfold can rock, as the band recently did at a sold-out show at Hollywoods Music Box Theater, where they turned the intensity of the new tunes up from 11 to about a 20, but these are musicians as well. However, as the group evidenced during the orchestral interlude in The Wicked End, a perfect metal moment live complemented by a boys choir and 14-piece string section, Avenged Sevenfold, in the tradition of Zeppelin, Queen, and Guns N Roses November Rain, meld their intensity with a musical daring their hard rock forefathers would be proud of.
Those looking primarily for a cathartic release live, as so many of the kids moshing their brains out at the Music Box were, need only turn to the ferocious energy of Bat Country, a song written for Hunter S. Thompson about the bands own adventures in Vegas, and the Maiden-esque guitar and Shadows perfect caterwaul of the line city of evil (where the albums title stems from) in the opening Beast & The Harlot.
And while Avenged, whose influences range from Maiden, Pantera, and Guns N Roses (Shadows calls Use Your Illusions 1 and 2 his favorite albums of all time) to Billy Joel, Queen, and Elvis Costello, may not be your typical hard rock band musically, they can hang with the best of them. Epic nights of late night fun have followed this band around the country, and its something all of the members freely acknowledge. They like to party, and they like to drink: and plenty. Additionally, and fitting with their chosen lifestyle, the members of Avenged could write the A7X equivalent of the Zagut guide to strip clubs in America.
Strippers and bands have this bond, Vengeance says. They totally do. The band walks in and its like special treatment, Shadows adds. So, what makes a good strip club? I like strip clubs that are out of control, he says, citing Vegas, New York and New Orleans (Its fucking Bourbon Street. It better be crazy, he says) as home to some of the better establishments theyve frequented.
Reflecting the complex personalities though that can lead a hard rock band to throw in a beautiful Flamenco guitar solo near the end of the new albums savage Sidewinder, Avenged Sevenfold is far from just a party band, and it shows on City Of Evil. The album is bursting with displays of their virtuoso musicianship, from the intricate tempo changes of Burn It Down to the tender acoustic intro into a Spaghetti Western mixed with classical melody that provides the calm before the storm in the savage Strength Of The World.
The group has learned a great deal having spent the last three summers as part of the Warped tour. Shadows got some valuable advice from Fat Mike of NOFX, besides how to play Texas Hold Em. Hes like, You know what, if you do this stuff long enough, you gotta fucking have fun. If you cant have fun on tour then youll never last, Shadows recalls. I think thats a really important thing.
Additionally, the quintet, which started on a Warped side stage, graduated to the second stage, and then made the move last year to main stage, a spot theyll be returning to this year, learned a lot by the gradual progression. Weve seen bands that we started out with that got a little bit of a head start or an early break and theyre done. Weve learned so much more doing it from the ground up. Weve got so many more stories than other bands will have; so many more good times, bad times. It has made us stronger as a band too, Vengeance says.
Hard work is what also accounts for the bands fiercely loyal following, according to Shadows. Its rewarding cause you know you have this really solid core fan base that has been through a lot and they believe in the band now as more than a band, its like a lifestyle, he says. If anything happens we dont ever fall, its like theyre holding us up. Were not on the radio, but everywhere we go we always have this rabid group of fans. We wouldve never had that if we had some lucky break and just jumped to the point were at now. I hope it gradually keeps going up. The slower you go the more I think it builds underneath you and were grateful for that. They cant just get pulled out from underneath us. Theres nothing you can grab to pull; its fans that love that band. So, its very gratifying to be at this place now.
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