The BEST Song by Avenged Sevenfold Musician REACTS to the STAGE! 

This is definitely in My TOP 5 favorite Avenged Sevenfold songs! Check out all my Aveneged Sevenfold videos here! ru-vid.com/group/PL1flmTbuu_RHqsKvn5nLIY04f-F49XqLD

"When did the walking apes decide that nuclear war was the only solution for them keeping the score?" This line always gets me 😢 Love your reactions!!

Synyster is the perfect mix of technical and emotional. Many guitarists nowadays are pure technical but lacks soul and heart. Some other are soulful but are not known for being technical. But Syn man, he has the best from both worlds, no doubt about it, he is one of the best guitarist of the modern era

This is, in my opinion, their greatest achievement. They are the most talented band out there

This might be controversial but for me [ i'm a drummer btw. ] this song has the best drum production possibly of the last 20 years. The kick is so smooth and has so much power. I LOVE IT. And the patterns that Brooks is doing here are crazy good.

This song will be forever relevant until we change. Avenged Sevenfold is so good at capturing major thematic events and breaking them down poignantly into a masterpiece we can all understand.

The stage is by far my favorite song of all time by any band. I've heard it a hundred times and still get just as hyped every single time I hear it

It's so great you show the passion and emotions. About a year ago I was able to tell Matt, from the heart, in their discord group chat that this album is a masterpiece comparable to Master of puppets and that Exist is like a modern Orion. Many supported and gave likes and Matt was very humble about it. They are the best, A7X is like big family and I'am so grateful to be alive and wittness such an amazing album and be a part of the A7X family.

The music they create. They just have a way to hit the feels of the listener. That transition from what I assume is WW1 to WW2 always gets me.

Johnny’s bass has such a good chunk chug to it, whether he’s using pick or fingers he’s hella underrated in my opinion

I dont think I've heard this song before. It's beautiful and powerful. It's going on my playlist.

Pure masterpiece of a song, bar none, would love to see breakdowns of basically every song honestly, particularly A Little Piece Of Heaven, Afterlife, Acid Rain, Simulation and Higher.

My top 3 songs are buried alive, the stage and a little piece of heaven. This song is amazing, I’ll never get tired of listening to it. I’m really enjoying these videos. As someone who doesn’t know that much about music it is really interesting seeing someone you knows what there talking about brake down the songs and explain all the little details that I miss. Awesome work.

I love how much you feel the emotion in these songs, and I feel like no one else is separating the tracks to isolate them individually. I struggle with dealing with/expressing emotions sometimes, but music always helps, it never fails to reach that deeper part of my brain. Thank you and keep up the good work 🖤🤘

This album has my favorite production ever. It's my favorite A7x album and I'll never grow tired of it. Everything sounds amazing. The guitars, the drum kit, vocals...

i won't see you tonight part 1 & 2

The best song ever written..

Bro I literally get so lost in your reactions. Your musical knowledge is top notch and your energy is contagious.

A little peace of heaven, please

Just saw them live Friday night in Austin. Awesome show.

hope you react to coming home by them if you havent yet!

You incorporating reactions to isolated tracks made this so much better, if not : top tier (insert italian good gesture) , someone who can hear the elements and let the viewers here too gained you a Sub bro and this song is so good

Easily the best drumming of any song in a very very very long time! Avenged really nailed it getting Brook full time!

I have always loved avenged sevenfold, but holy crap. Since the build up to the release of Life is but a dream..., I feel like I have only been listening to them. Not just LIBAD but like every album. It's insane how much I love and respect what these guys have done over the years. So damn talented. Every single one of them.

My god I fucking love A7X and their story telling in their songs and the emotion able to he shown and the complexity of the riffs and work they put into this shit man it fucking awesome

Thanks for pounding the table about this band - I listened and watched before this livestream. I'm starting to get it. I was most taken with the drumming. The band is def a head and shoulder above others in the same space, IMO. The video was itself a masterpiece - a lot of work went into it. Now, I am not comparing the music, just a connection between MV's-I was reminded by the video of Genesis' "Land of Confusion" - "The Stage" reflects a darker vision for arguably darker times. This song is darker and better, too, IMO.

Hey Alan! Been Enjoying all of your A7X videos, something I would recommend you to check out on your free time is Avenged’s Breakdown series on their RU-vid Channel from a few years ago, they’ve done several songs from they’re discography, the stage being one of them. And they breakdown the stems and discuss the what, how, and why they did things on records. In the stage video Matt brings up about how brooks originally played the opening drum part a little differently than on the record and how the kick drum rhythm wasn’t this continuous thing like it is on the record. Sorry for the long post I figured you would be interested in that! (Edit: Spelling)

It's very nice to see someone who gets emotional for this song as I do. Beceause I have seen many reactions to this song and it felt like many people don't understand the message.

You need to do some more from this album bro! "Higher" would be a great one to break down & "Fermi Paradox" is some of the best guitar work they have done. Keep it up bro!

Today we were shelled. Alan, you are watching the war in the guise of dolls, listening to music, and your eyes are full of tears. Tears are not weakness. This is a sign of the presence of a soul. I live from one fight to the next. Be healthy, dear! I love you!

I wish I liked this album more. Their self titled album and Nightmare with some City of Evil just hit the closest to my exact music taste so kind of fell out of love with them after that.

Summed it up right there - masterpiece. How this song isnt more well known and liked ill never know. Makes me tear up every single time I watch the video. This and Nobody are my favourites by them by far and I've been a fan for 20 years. I suppose because I love songs about existential subjects.

Man I was at their concert a few days ago and this song sounds AMAZING live !!!! I can’t even describe what I felt, and it wasn’t one of my favorites before.

The amount of emotion in that plea to just wake up -- man i thought i was the only one who was moved by that every time.

i love watching you break down my favorite band because i feel like youre justifying my love for their music. and i freakin love it!

Its nice to know that im not the only one who got choked up from this song. Especially the part about governmental corruption and tyranny about the nuclear war. Heartfelt reaction. God bless.

That drum fill during the guitar solo is perfection. This whole song is, but that fill is soo satisfying.

I’ve been following your A7X reviews since the first one you uploaded and I just love them. Your technical breakdowns are very digestible and your passion is highly contagious. This is also in my top 3 favorite A7X songs!

Pure masterpiece best song of all time will always be relevant

Fininally someone is conveying my thoughts on The Stage

Bro, the breakdown of this song and going into the clean chorusy sounding guitar solo to the climax back into the riffs gets me everytime. I remember listening to it for the first time and when the breakdown started it captured my attention. At the beginning when its just the guitars it sounds peaceful and full of hope. Like the suffering is behind and there is something better to look forward to. and then when the drum fill snaps you back like you mentioned, the solo seems to convey what I would interpret as grief. The solo seems to merge emotions that I feel to be happiness and with loss. The scale he solos at that portion up until the build up arps is very minor/bluesy sounding. It's like a juxtaposition between sadness and joy. Very much the same way I feel in grief or suffering a loss. The whole song is a masterpiece but the solo literally connected with my personal emotional life experience with zero words. wild.

Trashed & scattered next pls

FINALLY!! THANK ALAN FOR UPLOADING MY REQUEST‼️ FOR THE NEXT BREAKDOWN: -WE LOVE YOU MOAR (FT, PUSSY RIOT) -A LITTLE PIECES OF HEAVEN -TRASHED AND SCATTERED -DANGER LINE -SUNNY DISPOSITION -BEAST AND THE HARLOT THAT'S WOULD BE AMAZING BREAKDOWN FOR ALL THE TIME‼️

Great great analysis! You´re the man 👏

I love that you show how the songs touch you. Certain A7X songs just do that. Certain chord progressions or solo melodies hit that emotional rawness. And I agree with you on Matt's vocals during that breakdown bridge section. Combo of the lyrics and melancholy way he delivers it and then reaches for it in his gravely screams to wake up. You should check out the live version of this song they did on top of the Columbia Records building. One take and Matt just nailed it. The whole band did.

Awesome video, thank you👍

This song is perfect IMO. Easily their best song

This album is definitely one of their greatest if not their greatest achievement. This is one of the greatest metal songs in the history of this world I would say..

The Stage is their best Album. My Favorite Album of all time.

I remember I was in middle school when this dropped. I wasn’t a huge listener, just like hail to the kind and shepherd of fire. But this song projected me through a very long rabbit hole of music. It completely changed my taste in music.

If you look at the puppet stage, the camera angle is important too. It cuts off enough letters on the sides to read "ETEWABD" for Even The Elite(Elect?) Will All Be Deceived" pretty telling to how the ending goes and something straight from The Bible 😮

i love your breakdown !

Bro, this should be above all these pop songs we hear on the radio and other media. It is simply a Masterpiece!!!

Longtime a7x fan here, this is imo the best song from them, "mother im alright". the lyrics is so good.

seeing a genuine a7x fan doing these just makes me so happy. Right there with you man

first song with brooks and they knocked it out the park

Sooo good ! 🔥🎸🎸🎸🔥

Love this song. No joke, I listen to this band at least once a day in some shape or form. Absolutely love em! 🤘🏻

I love the way you do your reaction cideo's. You really select all the parts apart and give a lot more indept into the song. Especially for people with less talented hearing this can be amazing. To me A7X is one if not the best band ever. They have so many songs that are just of thee charts. Great voice, great drums, guitar everything. It's like all your favorite bands mixed into one. The mucial talent they has is just crazy and i am happy we still can hear them.

Easy on my top 3 songs from them alongside with save me and a little piece of heaven

that part you talked about at the end is my favorite part of the song

Just realized the drums in the intro are very "hot for teacher" Sounds like you just cranked a Harley

Its nice knowing im not the only acoustic out there that cries when they listen to the stage. Lotta baggage growing up in a military family, it conveniently unpacks itself over the dumbest shit and i wonder why i start choking and tears well up.

Johnny Christ changed his MusicMan bass for a signature Schecter bass which has a bass and a guitar pickup, that's how he gets this sound

Sin dudas es una de las mejores canciones de Avenged Sevenfold es increíble como transmite tantas emociones, un abrazo desde Colombia excelente reacción!!!

Very heavy Axl Rose-esque influenced vocals. Love it!

I saw them live at rockville this year and i balled when they came on it was very emotional because ive listened ti these guys before i was born anyways review the song Mad Hatter its on the Black Reign EP and it gives us a hit to LIBAD 6 years ago

Thanks for your review of this song... ive never gotten as emotional during this song but more angry at the part you said gets you every time... I can feel the sadness and anger at the same time... :(

“Everybody’s got a sob story” love that line

Do more songs of Thais álbum pleeease, Fermi Paradox, simulation, higher, Angels, Just masterpieces

Zacky is always doing great. Another level

underrated song & album 🔥

Avenged Sevenfold is the real GOAT i've ever see!! we all know the music on their whole album always different. they're didn't care about the genre what their want to using on their song, because genre isn't matter for them. they're just want to sending to us about the meant of their song and that's the point! that's why i love this band so much‼️🔥🤘 and i'm musician who was influent by them!!

Thank you 🤘🏼🖤

The song really frighten

I pitty those who will never experience the greatness of avenged sevenfold

Do the whole album!!!

Bridge gets me everytime. This song is their best written song.

Hell yeah. They sounded great at aftershock

This was our first taste of Brooks as a drummer on Avended material... obviously Mike was the most ideal fill in for Jimmy to record the Nightmare album, and Arin did alright on HTTK (although, not a direction I'm glad they tried but let go of), but Brooks blew me away with his drumming on this song... Coupled with the surprise release and ultimate "fuck you" to WBM from the top of the Capitol Records building, this was not at all what I was expecting to get from them. Took some time to adjust and get used to Brooks, but he's settled in nicely, especially on LIBAD.

I saw them live here in California

Best reaction of the song ever!!🙌🏻 A7x for life ❤

Masterpiece✨

🖤💙🖤

next "paradigm" from this album to

Yessss❤❤❤❤

I listened to this album in one sitting for the first time... And I didn't really like it much. Upon my second and further listens, it's my favourite album (other than their newest, which I haven't listened to enough yet)

YES!! PLZ KEEP DOING A7X!! these reactions are so good and detailed, and how dedicated you are to everything rlly makes this so fun to watch and A7X IS THE BEST!!!

Such a TOPICAL song right now... lol

13:54 that's exactly how I felt at that part..

So far away

Yup this is my fav a7x song too

I love your channel. I love your videos. But this in my opinion was the first time i felt this wasn’t a genuine first time listen.

This album was special. Maybe not as "great" or "epic" or "legendary" as some of their earlier stuff. But they tapped into a vein of creativity here I don't think they will ever be able to replicate. They tried with their latest and it didn't really work as well.

This is the difference between reaction and analysis content, reaction content is just someone lazily watching a video and describing it word for word as opposed to this video which goes into detail and provides an in depth analysis of something that the person knows about professionally. The stage is definitely one of my favourite a7x songs.

Check out higher next, please.

Is there anyone who can tell me, how the way this guy separate all the sound on this song?

The history must be reset

to me, The Stage is the crispiest album, sounding wise ever made

Gunslinger pliss