Avenged Sevenfold

Advantages: Amazing harmonic and melodic guitar solo's
Disadvantages: None

Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold is a phenominal heavy metal band who formed back in 1999 in Hunington Beach, California. They released their 1st album 'Sounding The Seventh Trumpet' in 2001 and re-released it in 2002 after recieving a new guitarist 'Synyster Gates' and changing the opening track 'To End The Rapture' ; taking out the original piano and bringing in Synyster's guitar. This has to be another band that reminds me of the great ...
...of Evil (2005) * Avenged Sevenfold (2007) * Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough (2008) Band Members * M. Shadows - Lead Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar (1999–present) * Synyster Gates - Lead Guitar, Backing vocals (2000–present) * Zacky Vengeance - Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals (1999–present) * Johnny Christ - Bass (2002–present) * The Rev - Drums, Percussion, Piano, Backing vocals (1999– present) ... Read review

Advantages: my favorite band
Disadvantages: none

Avenged sevenfold formed in Hunington Beach California on 1999. their first album is Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 2001 with song like "warmness on the soul". then re- released it on 2002 after synister gates join in this band played lead guitar.their second album is walking the fallen with song like "unholy confession" and "chapter four" their third album is city of evil and the song is "beast and harlot" and "bat country" their fourth album is self ...
..."dear god" and their new album is diamond in the rought include song like "walk(pantera cover)" A7x is : * M. Shadows - Lead Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar (1999-present) * Synyster Gates - Lead Guitar, Backing vocals (2000-present) * Zacky Vengeance - Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals (1999-present) * Johnny Christ - Bass (2002-present) * The Rev - Drums, Percussion, Piano, Backing vocals (1999- present) ... Read review

Advantages: Their cover of "WALK" by Pantera
Disadvantages: Appeal to the mainstream too much

...me that that was what Avenged Sevenfold was doing. They were using their video to show that they were "badass" and playing on a few heavy metal sterotypes which got me a little annoyed, since these are the type of bands that help ignorant people to label metalheads like me. The next reason is their look. I dunno. They're better than Fall Out Boy I guess, but they still look a bit like emos, and a bit too....what's that word?...It's a word conveying ...
...screamer. Overal though, something Avenged Sevenfold did changed my impression of the whole band. Just recently I was watching them cover Walk by Pantera, and I have to say they didn't do too bad. Sure, they weren't perfect, but it certainly is the best Walk cover I've heard so far, an ddon't tell me crap about how Dimebag would be rolling in his grave if he heard that. I'm a big Pantera fan, and based on what I know about Dime, I think it's clear ... Read review

Advantages: Everything about them is original. The are extremely talented.
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

Avenged Sevenfold is one of those bands that you can always recognize when one of their songs comes on the radio. They are known for recently switching things up a bit and going for a more mature sound which is a good thing. Not many bands can pull off going from a heavy sound to more of a melodic sound, but Avenged Sevenfold can do it/have done it with ease. The guitarists are amazingly talented to an extent which is somewhat unbelievable, but is ...
...great voice to which he can range anywhere from powerful screams to smooth singing. His voice is truly unique. I recommend every single person going to buy a CD (or all of them for that matter) by this band. Anyone would enjoy listening to them and they will be well known progressing to the years to come. They are also my favorite band. ... Read review

Advantages: Full of Histeria yeahhh
Disadvantages: Only one hour concert

...Tennis, for the second time Avenged Sevenfold a.k.a A7X held a concert in Jakarta. Their First time concert was on 7 August 2007 . Concert starts at 8 PM with the band opening Jibriel Band. Half-hour break, Avenged Sevenfold opening run at 9 PM through 'Critical Acclaim'. Song 'Afterlife' and 'Beast and the Harlot' then follow. "I say in, A7X f ***in Jakarta love, do you know it?," Said M. Shadow , the vocalist and then the guitarist, Johnny Christ ...
...capability, even more hysterical fans. They do not want to miss the moment and the action by their camera phone. "We are back, this dream is so real. I promise we will be back as soon as possible," he explained. Suddenly the stage for 2 minutes silent fans cheer. A7X is back with 'Gunslinger'. M. Shadow, Zachary Vengeance, Synyster Gates, The Rev and Johnny Christ interact with many spectators. Many times their fans answered with a voice shouting ... Read review

Advantages 4th in the series, and better than ever! also self produced!
Disadvantages only 10 tracks, although length is good

...The latest album by avenged sevenfold. This is a self produced album, which means there are not limits on what these guys have produced, its what they want you to hear, not somebody else's view. This is a very new album, and one which i anticipated highly. It has 10 tracks, and is quite short, which i did find slightly disappointed at first glance. However once i played the tracks, i was shocked at how good it was. The songs vary in many ways, from being quite heavy, to being slow and more melodic. Some songs have a sort of random feel to them, others have a deep meaning just like in previous albums. Lead vocalist M. Shadows has become even better as far as I've heard, also the backing vocals in 'Critical Acclaim' and 'A little piece of heaven' Are a much appreciated addition to the line up. This album is nothing short of a masterpiece... Read review

Advantages Retains the strong metal finish for old school fans
Disadvantages Perhaps could have used a little more typical metal hate in a few songs

...Members: M. Shadows - Vocals Zacky Vengeance - Rhythm Guitar Synyster Gates - Lead Guitar The Reverend Tholomew Plague AKA 'The Rev' - Drums Jonny Christ - Bass With names like that who wouldnt like them? Avenged Sevenfolds earlier releases chronicled personal pain and evil bible stories through the use of harmonised guitar riffs and strong vocal screaming. This album is now a far cry from that. They have songs detailing their personal political views such as 'Critical Acclaim' and also songs reflecting their own feelings such as 'Afterlife' and 'Dear God, and also for the hardcore amongst us, a Tim Burton-Esque song called 'A Little Piece of Heaven' This album has and will continue to impress people from all musical backgrounds. Influences of punk, hip hop and even country are widely used to avoid falling in the trap... Read review

Advantages Rock (real) / rock / rock / genius
Disadvantages the band don't get the appreciation they deserve! / lyrics are fantasy horror (may offend people)

...I am not going to simply repeat whats in the other reviews, but I don't think it has been made clear how awesome this album is! In my opinion (and thousands of others), Avenged sevenfold album 'city of evil' is groundbreaking, not just in its musical standard but in its heart the revival of heavy metal and rock music. There are so many bands like coldplay, killers, kooks, all thoroughly decent bands, but the fact remains they are not rock stars. They don't play from the heart and go out to kick ass, avenged sevenfold do this mercifully! Having brought there other album waking the falling it is apparently clear what Matt Shadows and his cronies have set out to do when forming avenged sevenfold. Bring rock back to the masses. The Beast and the Harlot does this in bucketfulls! Burn it down and seize the day are both outstanding... Read review