Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream... ALBUM REVIEW

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Tiny into on this one. Skip to 1:41 if you just want the review. Basically long and short of things... If you see Lil' Sweetie in the thumbnail... we're in for a rough ride. :S
The new album from Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream... Wow, where do we even start with this one?
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Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer Brooks Wackerman.
Avenged Sevenfold are known for their diverse rock sound and dramatic imagery in album covers and merchandise.[1] The band emerged with a metalcore sound on their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and continued this sound through their second album Waking the Fallen. However, the band's style had evolved by the group's third album and first major label release, City of Evil, into a more traditional heavy metal style. The band continued to explore new sounds with its self-titled release and enjoyed continued mainstream success before their drummer, James "The Rev" Sullivan, died in 2009. Despite his death, Avenged Sevenfold continued on with the help of drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), and released and toured in support of their fifth album Nightmare in 2010, which debuted on atop the Billboard 200, their first number one debut.[2]
In 2011 drummer Arin Ilejay joined the band on tours and recording. The band's sixth studio album Hail to the King, which was released in 2013, marked the only Avenged Sevenfold album featuring Ilejay. The album would feature a heavy metal and hard rock style, with it being written as a tribute to their influences. Hail to the King charted as number 1 on the Billboard 200, the UK Albums chart, as well as the Finnish, Brazilian, Canadian, and Irish charts. In late 2014, Ilejay left the band, and was replaced by former Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman, but the lineup change was not announced to the public until 2015. The band then surprise-released their seventh studio album titled The Stage in October 2016, which debuted as number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US. The Stage is their first conceptual album and it marked another stylistic change for the band, moving towards a progressive metal sound. The band released their eighth studio album, Life Is but a Dream..., on June 2, 2023.
To date, Avenged Sevenfold have released seven studio albums, one live album/DVD, two compilation albums and eighteen singles and have sold over 8 million albums worldwide,[3] and their records have received numerous certification awards, including five platinum album awards from their home country's institution (RIAA). They have also created four original songs for the Call of Duty: Black Ops series, all of which were compiled together in the 2018 EP Black Reign. The band were ranked No. 47 on Loudwire's list of Top 50 Metal Bands of All Time.[4]

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@AvgABC561 Год назад

It's fun how the reviews are either "This is the worst album ever made" or "this is the best album ever made"

@VikoTheBassist Год назад

Bradley Hall vs. Anthony Fantano lol

@jeffreychandler8418 Год назад

I find it funny. Like ST was wildly praised and I absolutely hated it, then this album is "its best or worst" and im like "eh". It's weird. Nothing of note, but inoffensive and not frustrating (unlike ST).

@jeffreychandler8418 Год назад

@Gerard Anthony hey, I'd rather incomplete than actively frustrating xD

@CompleteProducer84 Год назад

@@jeffreychandler8418 What is ST?

@jeffreychandler8418 Год назад

@@CompleteProducer84 Sleep Token

@vosoryan Год назад

4:05 "These synths in mattel are...." not even a synth at all but a guitar lol

@AdequateEmily Год назад

Generation Swine Flu is an INCREDIBLE term

@patrickdoyle2124 Год назад

I've only listened to the album in its entirety once, but I was pleasantly surprised . I loved all the stylistic changes throughout. I'll agree with you about Shadow's voice on this record, it sounds like he's struggling - but I feel his 'clean' vocals always sounded a bit strained. Musically, I was overwhelmed with the burst of ambition and creativity this band presented. The song Cosmic actually made me feel something. My thoughts may change in 3 months like you said, but as of now this is the best new album I've heard this year so far, and I am very enthusiastic about it.

@InfernalRitesCharts Год назад

I actually really, really love this album. I don't know, it just is really enjoyable to me, and it grows more on me with each listen

@markjames8664 Год назад

On first listen, I liked this album a lot more than I thought I would. I can see exactly why many people hate it. It needs more listens, after which I will either love it or hate it.

@ARTV- Год назад

I got trashed for giving it a 3...out of FIVE good luck 🤣

@CrashThompson Год назад

Eh, I've survived many a stan war. Bring em on. 😎

@ElliYeetYT Год назад

@ARTV it’s still a more positive album review score than Fantano’s NOT GOOD score at least lol.

@eddiii4030 Год назад

@@ElliYeetYTOr Brad Taste's review. Poor guy got raked over the coals

@ElliYeetYT Год назад

@@eddiii4030 Brad gave a 4/10

@eliasmg9144 Год назад

I only gave it a 3-4/7, your viewers must not be that open minded

@tcon0018 Год назад

I was quite surprised by how much I love this album. I can understand the mixed reviews but, for me, it's the most interesting and engaging album in the past couple years.

@RowanSomething Год назад

Me: 'Can we have Mr. Bungle?' Mom: 'We have Mr. Bungle at home.' Mr. Bungle at home: Also, you mentioned M. Shadows voice, and yikes, I wanna compare his vocals to late period Danzig, but I feel like that's too insulting... ...to Glenn Danzig, ofc.

@GlassThirdEye Год назад

I'm not a huge A7X but I love this record. But I'm also a prog fan. I can understand why people don't like it but I think it's great. They do really wear their influences on their sleeve with this album.

@sandonparrish7217 Год назад

I will never understand why they chose to produce his vocals like this. I literally saw A7X less than a month ago and he genuinely sounded fantastic. I have no idea wtf he did here

@TheHappySpaceman Год назад

Same, he sounds good in all the live clips I've seen. I wonder if they recorded him on a ribbon mic or something and had him sing in a quieter register, since ribbon mics tend to be sensitive. On the other hand, there's a chance his voice may have been shot after the last tour and he got vocal lessons after recording this album--since apparently the album took three years to record? IDK.

@travisspaulding9540 Год назад

Exactly what I said - saying he can’t sing anymore is indicative that he hasn’t heard M. Shadows as of late.

@ElliYeetYT Год назад

My guess is that he was singing those vocals before he got proper surgery to his vocal cords and they had no choice but to edit them or Warner would’ve gotten mad.

@travisspaulding9540 Год назад

@@ElliYeetYT he didn’t have surgery…

@nemesis8626 Год назад

@@travisspaulding9540 he's never been brilliant even his vocals in early Avanged is just whiney and sounds like a emo band, avenged are trash bro listen to real metal and not pansy sh**

@CtrlAltJon Год назад

When you try to write Hemispheres but you end up with Caress of Steel…

@delk1299 Год назад

Except none of them are going bald :(

@burningbeard3451 Год назад

Are you being intentionally dense my guy? The effects on the vocals are a stylistic choice the band said so multiple times. If you listened to Matt live a couple weeks ago he sounded great.

@Sepholunic Год назад

You can immediately tell this was a "fuck around" album that they didn't try to put real effort into, instead just pumping out something completely disjointed with bits and pieces of interesting ideas mashed up into Frankenstein's weird ass monster

@JonBovie Год назад

I truly do not understand why so many people hated this album, i tought it was very interesting and surprisingly good.

@travisspaulding9540 Год назад

Same dude.

@BWilliams1421R Год назад

This album sucks.

@JamesCFC1905 Год назад

🤮

@PetterVessel Год назад

I hated it, but I keep coming back. Now I'm not sure. It get better every time I listen to it.

@toxicink72 Год назад

I know, I listen to some of these reviews and I'm like, did we even listen to the same album? A lot of the complaints people have are so cool to me.

@Reelfilms1998 Год назад

As an A7X fan, this is personally one of their top 3 albums for me. This to me felt like a complete cohesive project that set out to not be boxed into one genre and they succeeded with that. I give it a 9/10 not flawless but far from bad or mid

@fil7276 Год назад

No no no just no

@BreitheNua Год назад

@@fil7276 Let people like what they like. Taste is purely subjective.

@Reelfilms1998 Год назад

@@fil7276 go throw a tantrum somewhere else kid

@stephensmith7327 Год назад

You ever listen to Maximum The Hormone? Because you might like experimental metal.

@TheRealHaloLover 2 месяца назад

Yeah I agree. I've been listening to them since Waking the Fallen and this album is so good! 🔥 It's one of those albums that will be looked back on fondly. I already know what Crash's opinion is without even watching the review 😂 he's always been a a7x hater as far back as I remember. He's described them as generic ripoffs, not true emo etc.

@billy2896 10 месяцев назад

I'm addicted to your videos about bad records now. The way you express things is so genuine. :o

@ArtemyMusha Год назад

M Shadows sings about walking on water, but going by the title, I'd have thought he would have considered row, row, rowing his boat.

@mjstories7181 Год назад

I understand what you mean about the start of game over, but he actually CAN do it live lol! There's a video of him doing it live for the first time and he nails it. He's still doing their old live stuff great as well, so as bad as the artistic choices can be at some times, they were that - choices.

@TheFallen292 11 месяцев назад

I’m an A7X fan. I love all their albums… except this one😂😂 I’m already waiting for their next album and I’m just gonna ignore this one

@DanielSantosAnalysis Год назад

I never liked A7X, I never hated them but their music always rubbed me the wrong way and it just got 100x worse when they turned out to be NFT chuds on top of it. I gotta say though, as someone mostly on the sidelines, this new album being a dud though has been fun to see everyone lose their minds over.

@zdoggzero6595 Год назад

Ahhhhhhhhhh, Sweetie-chan! Yeah though… Shadows voice is shredded. As a fan of these guys since middle school this sucks to see. They’re coming on tour near me, I’m not going I’d just be sad. Seeing Trivium next week anyways

@theburritodude1 Год назад

I absolutely LOVE this album! It took me on an amazing trip. I appreciate your review as this album is very polarizing.

@JamsandTea Год назад

Don’t even know how we’re gonna begin to review this one

@CrashThompson Год назад

God, best of luck y'all. You're in for a ride. 🫨🫨🫨

@JamsandTea Год назад

@@CrashThompson 🫡🫡🫡

@jackpaint6968 Год назад

god you are easily my favorite music youtuber that (relatively) uploads often 💚💙

@eddiii4030 Год назад

Thanks for putting my feelings of this album into words. This is the first album this year that has utterly confused me. I respect the ambition and there are moments but there are so many elements that don't work for me. The genre switches are so out there that at times I'd forget I was listening to A7X if it wasn't for Shadows dying whenever he sang. What really gets me is the response. Metacritic's critic rating is insanely high and I've already seen a TON of people including non-fans heralding this as A7X's best album, but at the same time there is just as much pushback. I think you're spot on with this being a base-splitter album. I'm really curious to see how fondly this is remembered once the honeymoon phase is over. Also, I love Little Sweetie and would die for her.

@bobbycoleman-co7mc Год назад

Yeah, I wonder if this will be the bands Pinkerton, or their Be Here Now?

@lfrostyrabbitl1178 Год назад

Agree with you completely. It's really hard to listen to this album without either being totally befuddled, of worrying that M Shadows is a few seconds away from having the paramedics bursting into the studio. Side note: Game Over is possibly the worst A7X song I've ever listened to. I can't stand the vocal production on that one in particular.

@KhaosKontroller Год назад

I've said this many times, but this album sounds like it's AI generated. Haven't heard something this bad since that self titled Suicide Silence album, and even that isn't this bad.

@graemewilliams3212 Год назад

I can understand why people wouldn't like this album, but I really enjoyed it! It certainly needs a fair few listens to get used to it. :)

@_OUTOFBOUNDS_ Год назад

Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome to me

@KhaosKontroller Год назад

Were you on drugs when listening to it by chance

@graemewilliams3212 Год назад

@@KhaosKontroller nope :)

@cynfledermaus 7 месяцев назад

Any album you need to listen to more than once to understand it... It's probably not actually good, you're just listening to it for background noise.

@b.a.m.4135 Год назад

So I'm a huge A7X fan, I'm not into the album, but I'm glad they tried something original and failed rather than succeeding in making soulless slop, but I'm really interested to see how Shadows sounds live. Shadows got a cyst on his vocal chords that took him out of commission for a while. He says he has a new "technique" for singing, and on parts of this album we hear him screaming again which we haven't really heard since their second record even though he was supposedly still capable. I'm kind of curious what he's going to sound like in his new style. There are some parts of the album, like the chorus in G, where you can hear some of that stuff that he's known for but without the gravel, and no doubt it was that constant strained vocal fry that fucked up his throat. I'm curious how much of his vocals are a lost cause vs a bad experiment.

@bigfacetv3633 Год назад

The most entertaining train wreck of an album since St. Anger. I really hope they release a behind the scenes doc on this. I need to know how this all came together.

@TheChadTI 11 месяцев назад

I was just thinking St. Anger and then I saw this. Spot on, were both right.🤙Some good guitar stuff here but usually it doesn't really fit the music around it.

@claymorecaine Год назад

(O)rdinary sounds like what happens when A7X picks up a copy of Daft Punk's Random Across Memories (RAM) and just decides to take some of the ideas in RAM without knowing the context and the structure of the songs. Rn I can't unlisten to that rhythm guitar session without thinking of Daft Punk 💀 As for (D)eath, it sounds like a Tame Impala song produced through a shoe-box lol

@tiago9679 Год назад

this was actually my first a7x record. i checked it out because i was curious about the polarized reception it got, and i actually ended up on the side of the people who enjoyed it. there are really strange and bad choices all throughout but the overall journey it takes you in is interesting as hell

@SaintofM Год назад

So the last good song from them was Hail to the King then? Also will this be a Trainerecord episode in the makeing?

@Sxionix Год назад

this album was a chore to make it through

@dannerokker77 10 месяцев назад

Whats your opinion on the song Cosmic? I think M Shadows sounds very good on that song. Cheers from Daniel in Sweden.

@DevonArcherOsborne Год назад

Confusing is exactly the right word. This is FAR from Avenged's best work. Despite not being bored I can't deny the amount of confusion this album gave me.

@ch3rri Год назад

some of these snippets sound more like SOAD if they huffed paint and that's saying something knowing SOAD

@themikeyhartrick Год назад

I get that this album isnt for everybody but on a deep level this album makes you question things you're afraid to question about yourself. "You walk on water but the water swallows you" isnt a weak lyric at all. Its about looking at people who think they're self righteous. People who think they are just as "perfect" and can "walk on water" just like Jesus himself. But the reality of that person is that if they try to walk on water they'll drown like the rest of us (but the water swallows you).

@jblazeby Год назад

Good stuff Crash Also please could you do more of Where to start with?

@thatkidwiththehoodie Год назад

Man, it’s one thing to come out with an album that kinda makes people hate you. It’s a whole other thing to come out with an album that makes people *worry* about you. It’s like that previous MGK album, I can’t even point and laugh, I just wanna know if the dude’s okay!

@dethronedemperor Год назад

In my opinion, this is their take on Mr Bungle’s chaotic genrebending style. Bungle has always been an influence on A7X and this album is that taken to the extreme. As a huge Mr. Bungle fan, I love LIBAD. It’s like they took the prog elements from The Stage and turned it up to 11. A lot of your criticisms are the reasons why I love it. I think the rawer production and chaotic arrangement suits them really well. Still a great review and love your stuff as always Crash!

@amjreptx1 Год назад

I wasn't a fan of the direction they went with Hail to the King + The Stage, so I wasn't really excited for new material from them because I felt disappointed from those two releases. Nobody came out and I still didn't care about the band. But something drove me to check out this new release, and it motivated me and helped me deal with grief. Me personally this release came out- the perfect time in my life- For the longest time, this album was the only thing that made sense to me in my life. and I wonder if this release had an affect on others that are too dealing with loss?

@gugugaga2903 Год назад

The thing is, if you listen to their recent live shows, his voice is in the best shape it has been in years. It was an artistic choice to sing like this. Sometimes it works, and other times it very much doesn't.

@thehynusoftime7344 Год назад

For real. The vocoder, the autotune, the reverb were all intentional choices, not making up for Shadow's voice at all. Even Syn was running his guitar through autotune to get synth effects. They all just wanted to play around and have fun this time. I don't get how people can hear Cosmic, Death or We Love You and think Matt has lost his vocal range.

@eclecticmuso Год назад

I heard him describe it like this in an interview, it's like on previous albums he was constantly singing on 10 and that resulted in a more nasal and whiny sound, but through working with Seth Riggs, a legendary vocal coach that's worked with Stevie Wonder, Chester Bennington and MJ just to name a few he's learned to be a lot more dynamic in his approach. I personally appreciate this, it sounds like he's singing in a more sustainable way now and using a lot more mixed voice instead of trying to force chest voice into his upper register, and as a classically trained singer myself I will always advocate for healthy singing habits over caving into audience capture. Maybe I'm just biased but I think it's the best he's sounded in years, at least since HTTK.

@eclecticmuso Год назад

Also he deliberately wanted to not sound like himself, which given how distinctive his voice is maybe wasn't the best choice but hey I can appreciate that even if it's a bit misguided at times. As much as I love him, Mike Patton he is not.

@Fat3Distr0 Год назад

hearing his scream in the beginning of we love you live was a short but sweet way of saying “fuck you im back.”

@ConvincingPeople Год назад

That honestly just makes this even more baffling. Like, this was *on purpose.*

@tiigerpoiss2004 Год назад

If something interests you in this album, then it only gets better by every listen. If you´re going to hate it, then it´s just not for you. A lot songs i hated at first i have slowly started to like and after watching some interviews, i understand the concept of the album.

@The1WithoutFear Год назад

10:52 - I think the word you're looking for, my friend, is "lost." It's pointed in 50 different directions, as you said, but it has neither the confidence nor the security of taking more than two steps in a direction before backtracking.

@goodmusicpodcast7368 Год назад

I’ve always been aware of A7X, but never a real fan. I decided to plunge into their discography right before this came out to see if I really liked them. As soon as I heard it, I thought “Oh the fans are gonna hate this”. But honestly, it’s been my favorite one I’ve listened to. It’s got major Random Access Memory vibes, which is one of my favorite albums ever, and plenty of Dream Theater inspiration which I’m always down for. It just feels like a band that’s breaking out of the boundaries they’ve been confined to, a band that is transcending to more than a metal band. I hope they continue from here and make even better weird albums

@thetonytaye 6 месяцев назад

9:36 Why does this sound like Super Smash Bros. Brawl stage music where they couldn’t get the rights to cover an IP?

@debbstraw579 Год назад

I wasnt the biggest fan of the other two albums they made in the last 10 years. I still listen to the old stuff here and there but man its really hard to see where they are going

@washmyhoohah Год назад

As someone who's never had an opinion on A7X before now, I gave this album a listen out of curiosity, and... It was a fascinating listen, I'll give it that much

@riddlz814 Год назад

Thought it was okay first listen….now, I LOVE IT! Can’t stop listening to it

@Dryniel Год назад

It seems the one thing everyone can agree on is that no one agrees on whether this album is good or bad

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers Год назад

I loved 'The Stage' and was excited to see that they finally released a follow-up. They had such a compelling template, and was hoping they'd make another Progressive Metal album. Sadly, 'Life Is But A Dream' is an ambitious mixed bag. There are some brilliant moments and it starts well, but the transitions feel clunky and there's a lack of stylistic cohesion, especially around the last third. I can't deny it has charm though, and it's cool to see a mainstream band go Avant-garde. Subverting genre expectations is fine, but you have to develop towards the unexpected elements so it feels natural. Tracks like '(O)rdinary' and '(D)eath' abandon their core sound entirely in favour of new elements which weren't even hinted at until this point, and the album fizzles out in a mess of undercooked ideas. Reintroducing the Thrash/Groove riffing of the first few tracks would have been a good way to finish on a strong note. Look to BTBAM, Kayo Dot and Le Grand Guginol for bands who can pull off genre-switching concept albums with compositional flair. I applaud the band for taking risks and being willing to try lots of new things. This was clearly the product of a free and enthusiastic creative process, and I have hope for the next album if they can streamline the different elements and bring back some of the Prog Metal elements (blastbeats, musical suites).

@webinfront Год назад

Is it too early for Todd to make a Trainwreckords video about this?

@idontnotdothings2193 Год назад

Me after hearing Nobody: "wtf this sounds like a trainwreck" Me after hearing the whole album: "omg they made it sound like a trainwreck! genius!" The Lulu apologist in me is squealing.

@hossamselim1360 Год назад

''oh you fuckers with the lounge shit'' this made my day,,

@eliasmg9144 Год назад

I get the feeling Crash doesn't like lounge nusic

@ElliYeetYT Год назад

This album can (in this case literally) be summed up in 3 Words: “Drugs Were Involved.”

@tylerbailey9329 Год назад

Or just one: "Drugs"

@LovlyHorror Год назад

How about, drugs are bad, m'kay?

@r34ct4 Год назад

3 words. DMT.

@BrandonCroker Год назад

Life is but a musical wildcard?

@Hari-dq5lt Год назад

Is this our first Worst Album of the Year contender?

@eliasmg9144 Год назад

The new Foo Fighters album tho 👀

@JBVibri Год назад

I’ve been an Avenged fan since the self titled era, and they are a band that I do still really love but am also painfully aware of their faults. And even in spite of this album having those faults on full display, there’s something about it that just clicked for me. Idk exactly what, but the sheer weirdness of it all I find very compelling. Hot take: I like this record more than The Stage, which I felt was well made but somewhat emotionless. I have very little desire to revisit The Stage ever, but LIBAD I’ve been relistening to a lot out of sheer fascination. Its wacky as hell, but for me it strikes a nerve

@JBVibri 9 месяцев назад

Hello I have returned. I would definitely say after a few months the honeymoon phase has worn off. I still like the record, but the novelty of the experimentation has lost its initial wow factor. I guess that’s inevitable after multiple listens but still. Cosmic, Beautiful Morning and G grew on me big time, especially the first one. I don’t agree with the Generation Swine comparison, as I think the band’s vision is fairly unified. If anything they probably got dicked over by Warner. Um but yeah I’m still digging the record’s vibe P.S. The new version of We Love You is fucking hilarious. It’s like they deliberately trolled people who dislike the original version and just amped up the weirdness. It is a beautiful disaster

@kubz1570 Год назад

You know what, I honestly liked it... Certainly not their best work but it was nice (At least for the first week). But what I am absolutely certain about: You are either gonna love it or absolutely hate it. It's a very polarizing album and I absolutely understand the negative reactions to it. It's no doubt confused and chaotic but... since the main concept of this record is death and the chaos associated with it... I sort of feel it's supposed to be that way. However it also only works as a whole... I don't think the tracks sound good on their own. It really is meant to be listened to all at once. And I admit, I am a way more casual listener so I am willing to look past how rough the vocals are. I'm honestly just glad we get to hear him sing again. I mean the dude almost lost his voice and there was a chance he would never perform again. Overall, The Stage was better but to me it wasn't awful at all. Honestly (and I know you guys are gonna hate me for this)... it felt better than the Sleep Token record? That one felt ACTUALLY confused to me.

@eclecticmuso Год назад

Yeah many doctors told him he'd never be able to sing again so yeah I'd say he's doing pretty well all things considered.

@musictrajectory Год назад

I don't particularly care for any A7X album other than City of Evil, which I consider a masterpiece and one of my all-time favorite albums. With that said, when I first heard the singles off this new album I thought to myself "yet another AX7 album I wont care for." But something about the polarizing nature of the reviews got me to listen to the album in full. Gotta say, after a few listens it grew on me. Now after several listens, I consider it one of the best albums of the year.

@paisleepunk 10 месяцев назад

if you want some music that successfully pulls off this sort of eclecticism (and mr. bungle influence), i would suggest a band called milkcan and their only album, "make it sweet!".

@ahri3887 Год назад

Are we hearing the same album cause everything you've said about it that you dislike is what I found exciting about it, especially the structures haha. Very interesting

@Anonymous-gk1fi Год назад

I think Crash got it perfect, I was seeing reviews saying like 7 or 8 out of 10 and wondering like.. I'm I missing something here, listened to it again but felt the same way, I think Nobody and Cosmic were good but yeah not crazy about this one, The Stage was just such a step up and this ones feels like such cliff dive downwards

@jonathansalinas1515 Год назад

To be fair at least it isnt a generic commercial album like hail to the king

@no_stick_drummer2735 Год назад

I liked hail to the King because it wasn't another clone that sounded like city of Evil. I like that they went simple on the drums and didn't try to copy the Rev. I just hate bands or artists stick to a formula. The new album, I've listened to that more than any other a7x album ever. And I haven't listened to them in years because I thought everything after city of evil sounded the same. You know everybody says that the new album sucks and that made me curious to listen to it and I love it

@A.Radwick Год назад

I'm totally here for the weird prog stuff. They crammed so many sounds into this album that it's actually impressive. Front to back, you hear a lot of repeated themes and concepts flowing together in the chaos, and that sort of defines life, right?

@thecosmicblueautie Год назад

Hello, Lil' Sweetie! Long time, no see!

@Chris-nq7ck Год назад

Seeing them tonight...can't wait.

@broach9749 11 месяцев назад

It’s okay to be wrong sometimes

@madisonnotmadi 8 месяцев назад

Hey it's five months later and wow this album just gets worse every time I attempt to listen to it. I've listened to A7X for yeeeaaaars and HOO BOY I have no idea what they were even trying to do here. The whole album sounds like it was recorded by each individual band member in separate rooms, based on separate ideas, and then thrown together into a blender like a turd smoothie. It's not even so much an album as it is a collection of mashed together sounds. Y'all can get rid of all the silly anti-drug PSAs they play in schools & just show kids this album instead. It'll easily scare them away from anything stronger than a Diet Coke.

@InkAndPoet Год назад

If I may recommend an album that I thought was good, I'd like to recommend "IX" by Host, the Darkwave side project of the vocalist and guitarist of Paradise Lost.

@cygnustsp Год назад

Oh shit, i forgot all about you. Awesome you're still making videos.

@edelgardian Год назад

As a lifelong fan, I love this album. The first half is about exactly what I was expecting after The Stage. The second half is the wacky, experimental section that took a bit to grow on me. I understand why everything going on with the record would repel a lot of people, but I’m just in a spot where I put a lot of value in the unconventional. I’m happy they didn’t give me a predictable product. I also saved this video for later so I can give my thoughts at the end of the year. Will it be an album of the year contender for me? Probably not, but I think I’ll still like, if not love, the album nonetheless.

@wheelsofmercury Год назад

This new A7X record really brought me back to discovering Mr. Bungle and that band's album Disco Volante. The abrupt style shifts are REALLY Bungle/Faith No More-ish and I honestly think it makes it really fun and goofy. I do agree with you on M. Shadows, though; that guy's seen better days vocally. Overall, while I don't think it is the BEST record of the year (that still goes to Sleep Token for me), it is a fun, zany, off-kilter record that was quite the trip to listen to. MORE. MONEY. 💸BIG. MONEY.🤑BIG. POWER.🤪#googoogagametal4life

@thebrokenpuppet2714 Год назад

Man all these positive comments are confusing… I know music is subjective but I’m just confused

@GregariousMedia Год назад

I've enjoyed it quite a lot, though I see exactly where you're coming from. It's a bizarre trip that, to me, has grown on me with every listen.

@emiliorodriguez70 Год назад

I love that Avenged SevenFold tried to make a Dark Side of the Moon/ Abby Road album. I believe this Album should have had more songs. I listened to it twice and ultimately only really like 2 songs. That’s that.

@michaelrigney9682 Год назад

Positives: Experimentation is fun The band are fantastic musicians Cons: Everything else

@brickcitybrownchick Год назад

Maybe we should get the lead singer of Avenged Sevenfold with Glen Danzig and let them record an album.

@avrolcaster Год назад

I'm loving this album, super weird, and wild all through it. So sick hahaha

@neneargueta8332 Год назад

Apparently a lot of A7X fans really like this album.

@delk1299 Год назад

A lot of A7X fans hate this album as well! And a lot of A7X haters love this album. It's such a polarizing thing

@eclecticmuso Год назад

What a novel concept, varying opinions on art... It's almost as if people are individuals and value different things and aren't just hiveminds.

@Reelfilms1998 Год назад

Im one of them. I would even go as far as putting it in their top 3 albums

@delk1299 Год назад

@@eclecticmuso Don't be a party pooper... Of course there is varying opinions in art but few albums have had this 10/10 or 0/10 feel as far as reception goes

@eclecticmuso Год назад

@@delk1299 I mean isn't that just polarisation in a nutshell? It's either the worst thing ever or genius, but obviously those two ends of the spectrum aren't going reflect every single person's experience with it, and I think the internet tends to blow a lot of these things out of proportion, so things can seem a lot more of a big deal than they are because everyone has easy access to their internet soapbox.

@mattdeinken6580 Год назад

I listened to 6 or 7 songs,I wouldn't call it progressive it's sounds like a mess

@LounoirRecords Год назад

lil sweetie is my spirit animal.. uh.. bat thingy

@mertcancoskun4658 Год назад

Damn you went hard on them.

@astrozombies751 Год назад

As a big fan of Avenged since I was 11 or 12, when city of evil was released, I liked the first two singles a lot, but I gave the album an honest listen and I just couldn't get into it. But I am going to see them live in September!

@SuperDmath Год назад

I would say it’s a 5/10 and I’ve never had another 5/10 give me so much to say. That said I don’t see myself revisiting this in the near future.

@zacharyallen1878 Год назад

I totally get why some wouldn't like this album, but I personally think it's amazing. Best album I've heard in years! I also think this is the best Shadows voice has sounded.

@21Cayque12 Год назад

Well this album surprised me as I truly loved it and I'm far from being a A7X stan. Been on heavy rotation here since it came out

@matteofilm Год назад

I believe shadows had some issues with his voice the past few years. Not sure if this is true but i heard that doctors told him that he might not even be able to sing anymore. The fact that he even managed to sing is incredible. Not his best preformance by a long shot but concidering the circumstances i can look past that. Though i do still think that they should have brought the vocals more to the foreground and embrace them instead of trying to over them up. Lyrics are kind of funny😂 As of now i'd give this album a solid 6.5. I enjoy it for what it is and i respect the ambition but I do think that it's a bit of a mess and that the lyrics are kind of lacking in creativity.

@nickudeschini4812 Год назад

I endorse Li'l Sweetie for red flannel stand-in

@justCarner Год назад

Saying things like when they let brooks play, he delivered. He’s always had that freedom. Love to know what you thought about the stage.

@borisstojanovic6646 Год назад

They took more theatrical approach, they kind of remind me of the Queen with this record (not in a musical way, but more like, taking their philosophy when approaching the song writing) Idk, I liked it, but I like your video regardless 😊

@_arfarf_x Год назад

best album since self titled in 07. first time they sounded like they have given a shit since the rev passed / nightmare. hell, 'we love you' was the first time since i was like 14 since a song by them got me super excited lmaooo to each their own ig 🤷‍♀️

@nicholassetters9053 Год назад

BUZZING BEEES - M Shadows

@haydenkline7836 Год назад

yeah I did not like this record. Pretty much agree with everything you said

@francoisdewit8073 Год назад

this is my favorite album of the year so far

@ShredzTheMetalHead Год назад

Man is this album polarizing ha I'm not a fan of anything prog related but this album rocks IMO. Cant tell you why but it does. I just wish we could've had something that was more of a song rather than an experience front to back. WE Love You is the only thing that comes close to a "chorus" you want to sing along with. The riffs hold it together more then anything else. There's no "songs" on this album and that's the biggest bummer honestly. I love it way more than the stage though but that's a ME thing

@J.U.N.K.official Год назад

I don't think M. Shadows voice is destroyed beyond repair, he can still sing, but he's simply trying a lot of weird stuff and eddie vedder esque vocal inflections that just sound terrible...

@atomspliter3493 Год назад

After enjoying this album for awhile It feels like some others hear something different. I love a good harsh critique. It is wierd being on the side and thinking people are missing out