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Published on June 7th 2005
Well, it was bound to happen; all these hardcore bands running around dressed like glam rockers sans the teased hair had to inevitably lead to a return to the music that spawned that same fashion. Until now, the bands have sounded like short-haired mosh-metal, but the clothing has been decidedly glam. Certainly, the hardcore scene of the past was rife with machismo and the violent crews and straight edge riots did nothing but encourage the testostorone-fueled antics of the more fanatical members of the scene. But at some point, the tide began to turn. Suddenly a vibrant and vital music scene that had been hijacked by the worst stereotype of jock swung to the opposite extreme; it became effeminate, delicate even.
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holy sweet mosis, what happened??? fucking sucky. there's no denying the technical prowess of avenged sevenfold, but overly self-indulgent "epics" combined with ear-grating vocals and middle school grade lyricism make city of evil a chore to listen to. this cd is amazing. synyster gates is the best guiterist ever! the rev is also a great drummer. jhonny christ is a good bassist. m. shadows is a good singer. zhacky vengence good rythm guitar. amazing solos, strengh of the world and m.i.a. are the best songs! 4 1/2 starz this cd is amazing. synyster gates is the best guiterist ever! the rev is also a great drummer. jhonny christ is a good bassist. m. shadows is a good singer. zhacky vengence good rythm guitar. amazing solos, strengh of the world and m.i.a. are the best songs! 4 1/2 starz this cd is amazing. synyster gates is the best guiterist ever! the rev is also a great drummer. jhonny christ is a good bassist. m. shadows is a good singer. zhacky vengence good rythm guitar. amazing solos, strengh of the world and m.i.a. are the best songs! 4 1/2 starz this cd is amazing. synyster gates is the best guiterist ever! the rev is also a great drummer. jhonny christ is a good bassist. m. shadows is a good singer. zhacky vengence good rythm guitar. amazing solos, strengh of the world and m.i.a. are the best songs! 4 1/2 starz This is the best CD ever. People who are always bad mouthing it obviously don't even understand the nature of the songs. Seize The Day was a heartfelt song about love, not meant to be judged by riffs and rocker techniques. Avenged Sevenfold prevails because it gives new and unique music in a wave of music that sounds just like the next. Every time you hear Avenged Sevenfold, they stand out. And if people can't understand that that is what they are going for, then that's your loss. Your judging them by how they sound compared to mindless bands who get their ideas from listening to the radio. If you don't like the song, don't listen to it. But I think Avenged Sevenfold needs to keep doing what they're doing. there are no words to describe how much i hate this band. good god! how can you kids actually enjoy this? it is nauseating how generic and over the top this band has become. i must be missing their redeeming qualities. otherwise, all i can say is that you fans are lost. unquestionably and hopelessly lost. Outstanding guitar work, but I hate this band with a passion. They got too involved with trying to please the industry. The first cd was epic and the rest sort of went down hill. The music isn't exactly bad, but it may need a touch of old-school hardcore sense in the beats....the speedy feeling of their beats leaves you w/the same feeling of My Chemical Romance's music: soft punk w/potential to get even harder and aggressive if they want it.....nevertheless, A7X does a good job.... Avenged Sevenfold are a big load of gash. Just saw the video for 'seize the day'. What a waste of time! THIS IS THE BEST ALBBUM EVER!!!!!! yeah, this album is fucking great. and bat country might be one of the greatest songs to be written in recent times. you punks need to take some ritalin and try listening again. um...i kinda like it. I heard bat country on the radio the other day and really liked the song, so i downloaded the album. i'm definitely a punk person for the most part. I listen to plenty of other music, but punk has always been a constant. anyway i'm normally really not into the whole power metal thing but i'm diging this album. maybe i'll wake up tomorrow and wonder what the fuck i was thinking, but right now i get it. um...i kinda like it. I heard bat country on the radio the other day and really liked the song, so i downloaded the album. i'm definitely a punk person for the most part. I listen to plenty of other music, but punk has always been a constant. anyway i'm normally really not into the whole power metal thing but i'm diging this album. maybe i'll wake up tomorrow and wonder what the fuck i was thinking, but right now i get it. was probally the BEST album of 2006! cant wait till there new is released!! was probally the BEST album of 2006! cant wait till there new!!! great album hey pplz..... this album is pretty good. And the people who think that this album was crap so they are just gona give the band away r idiots. Yea, so in ur opinion they made a bad album SO. It doesnt mean that they r shit all of a sudden. This album was pretty good and the best song on the album is bat country. And because im a guitarist i understand and appreciate music more then other ppl hoo dont. I havnt been into avenged sevenfold for ages but i have heard there albums and the kick ass so dont dis em.... wow my computer just went nuts. haha VVV this is no better than limp bizkit. good musicians can still make very shitty music and here is a prime example. plus other than the band as a whole (which stands for shit anyways) the people behind it all are some of the worst people the music community has ever seen and these are just people trying to milk an art form for all its worth. fuck them. VVV this is no better than limp bizkit. good musicians can still make very shitty music and here is a prime example. plus other than the band as a whole (which stands for shit anyways) the people behind it all are some of the worst people the music community has ever seen and these are just people trying to milk an art form for all its worth. fuck them. This is a band that catches a lot of crap from the metal community due to airplay and their image, but I think they have a sound that can appeal to fans of metal and more mainstream music. Despite what I think of them as people (They are pretty much assholes) and their career decisions (changed their image to appease the label), this is a good record. Very nice guitar work and drumming throughout, but Shadows' voice is a little spotty - but hey, so was Axel Rose's (who he obviously mimics). Like it or not, they're here to stay for a few years (hey, it could be worse - we could still be having Limp Bizkit forced down our throats). Best tracks are "The Wicked End" and "Strength of the World." i LOVE all there albums! they rock period!! I personally think this is the best fucking album by a7x yet. Walking the Fallen and sounding the seventh trumpet were good but they got annoying after awhile, mainly because M. Shadows wasn't really that great at screaming I personally think this is the best fucking album by a7x yet. Walking the Fallen and sounding the seventh trumpet were good but they got annoying after awhile, mainly because M. Shadows wasn't really that great at screaming I personally think this is the best fucking album by a7x yet. Walking the Fallen and sounding the seventh trumpet were good but they got annoying after awhile, mainly because M. Shadows wasn't really that great at screaming best band!! i'll always love them!! I think the drummer is awesome. I didn't really like this album much though. I liked it when they were more metal. They bascally dont care that the old fans like their music or not becuse they now have so many other fans so yea-they basically gave you the middle finger because most of the old fans dont like thier new stuff i love it!!!!! dude... bro... you are totally right! i love listening to this album while im doing my hair, or shopping for new jeans, and some times when im working on my truck but its kinda hard to rock out under my truck... wait no it's not its 12 feet of the ground. douchebags. This album is the best.Dude screw all the haters of Avenged SevenFold. I think M.Shadows is a bad-ass vocalist. But everythiny else is bad. In the good-way. I'll admit, the music's good... but the vocals are shit. im in love with this band. i listen to their songs every day. its just that you fags dont know how much talent the guitar and drum players are in the band. Nope disagree. You have to admit the guitaring is good and still has some catchy and interesting riffs and especialy solos How low do we have to fight here eh? Talkin' shit is all you guys can do to each other. Remember that originality is the only way anyone will open their mind to a different style of music. Yeah there is harder stuff and softer stuff, but that's what it should come down too, and Avenged sevenfold has a good mixture of that, so that's how I view their musicianship instead of sitting pathetically behind a computer screne and complain. Inspire yourself and learn what it means to be a musician, than you won't talk shit anymore. this album is pretty good, the older stuff is great however. It is sad to see that this band now has so many 14 year old fat hot topic pig girls as fans. I know it is bound to happen when you make it to the otherside, but it is still very hard to watch happen to ax7. I'm a metalhead, so my bias is towards this album over their older stuff...It's not something I'd listen to as much as I do Skyclad or Iron Maiden, but it's anthemetic, catchy, and heavy as Hell...As for the cheese factor, I like Manowar, so I can tolerate any level of cheese. Its a good album, but i liked the older stuff better. why the fuck are you guys dissing guns n roses, g n r owns your mum so stfu bitches. Album of the year muthafuckas!!! vocal cord sugery really fucked over M.Shadows hey, same guy who left the last comment......all those who bitch that avenged sold out and that M. Shadow's voice is like axel rose should probably learn their shit...Shadows had to get vocal implants because he blew his own out trying to scream to make you pussies happy...notice the lack of screaming on this album....so abandon now, because guys are making money and you freeload off your parents ok...now being an avenged fan for a few years now i can agree that i much more enjoy their old stuff (Waking The Fallin may be one of the top 10 albums of all time) but come on, this new shit isn't as terrible as you guys make it out to be....just cause the band doesn't play the same shit over and over again, some of you dumbasses out there want to say that a7x is shit....well to all you closed minded children who sit in your rooms and rock out hard core to only metal music while your mom calls you down for dinner, i suggest that if you don't like the album get off the review and stop listening if its "as bad as NFG and Guns and Roses"....on top of all that, go to an avenged concert and call their fans pussies there..then we shall find out who the *true* posers are... Avenged Sevenfold were good. The operative word being 'were'. Why did they start singing jock rock? Damn, it's music people, all a matter of opinion. As a guitarist it is easy to appreciate the talent a7x's have. Some of the songs are pretty cool. Just an easy to listen to album in my opinion. Some of you should check out Maylene and the Sons of Disaster though, because they are a really good new band. You know what's bull shit Is all these stupid fuck's who have to talk shit on bands and put anonymous as there name. Well there the dumb ass's for taking time to talk shit on the band that they dont like. If they dont like it then get the fuck out. This is the shit. you dont see us going out of our way to go talk shit on your band. fucken stupid faggot's This is one of there best albums I suggest you go out and get this cd and beat the hell out of someone. i found a moron and he is beneath me... *whisper* 1 comment below Fucking mallcore garbage. I can't wait til these guys go on tour with Good Charlotte, maybe we can have some Great White action and wipe out a) some shitty bands and b) their goddamn poser fans. what the fuck is up with the guns and roses dude how can you compare these 2 bands?? are you stupid or something?? next thing i know is that you are comparing how NFG is as punk as bad religion what a moron get a fucking clue OMG!!! you guys only know how to whinne?????? for fuke sakes go listen to your pop punk jesus fucking christ!!! i bet jesus is up there reading this and laughing his head off "pathetic poseurs that think what they like is cool and punk" fuck a doodle doo... morons dude wht ive heard of the album was ok, but the shredding was deffinatley the best part.....did n/e one eles pay attion to tht guitar tht was liek white w/ the blood lookin stains all over it in the vid for ''beast and the harlot'' it was fuckin awsome I love Avenged Sevenfold. I love this album. Fuck all these haters who chose to remain anonymous and say "fuck a7x", when all they really are, are pussys. =] ohhhh myyy gaaaaaaaddddd that motherfucker can not sing. F this alblum is awesome! every song from start to finish is excellent. this cd is going to be a classic. Every song through the cd is better than the last. They have truly come along way considering their old stuff sucks ass majorly! if they keep it up they will be one of the best bands out i believe. its all about Avenged Sevenfold now. This style is original and i dont think any other band could come close to them in the alternative metal genre if they tried! I like this band alot most of there songs are great. I like this band alot most of there songs are great. this album f****** rocks!!!!!! well i accually think the A7X's City of Evil is a great album. my friends and I have all agreed that we can put that cd in and listen to every song and not have the intention of turning a song or switching cds. I think you people should listen up and accually turn up your stereos and listen to the music, and M. Shadows has probally one of the best voices out today. Their drum lines by The Rev are awesome. I don't want to forget about their amazing guitar lines by Zacky V and Synester Gates. This band is by far the best live band I have ever seen. I saw them twice at this past years Warped Tour and i was amazed at every set. Their energy was off the charts. really good band love thier cds wish i could meet them. evryone should listen to them they really know how to get me up when i am down ore when i am getting up in the morning for skool.lol this album reminds me way too much of axl rose.. i despise axl rose and his horrible voice. too bad.. A7X was one of my favourite bands.. this album is a disgrace to all of their hardcore/metalcore fans.. sellout anyone? ok.... quick impression ok.... quick impression ok.... quick impression man, im just now getting into A7X and damn, i have to say i am impressed, bitchen guitar licks, and awsome lyrics. im with guy, though, if you dont like em, stfu, let the people who do enjoy them. oh, ive heard Every Time I Die, and you cant understand half of what they say, i find it hard to believe that laidtowaist thinks that they are better than A7X. granted opinions are like assholes, and everyones got one. doesnt mean that that you have to show your gaping brown eye to everyone else. i personaly enjoy music where the singers speech is inteligable a7x is the best weither u like it or not Ok, so to all the bitches who don't know shit about music. So Avenged Sevenfold got a new sound, HAVE A FUCKIN CRY! Shadows burst a vessel in his neck and can't scream, they can't just get a new guy, he's been with the band since back in the 90's before they hit anything big. They're new stuff, although different than the normal hardcore metal, has incredible musical talent and they should be praised for being able to do that. I'd like to see some of the pussies below me write anything 1/1000 as good as A7X is doing. And incase you unbelievers haven't noticed, A7X is toootallly owning the American metal business. They have sell outs everywhere they go weeks before they even get there. So if you don't like them, "to each his/her own", but if you don't like them, shut your fucking mouth and let those of us who do enjoy them. God people, if you don't like it don't whine about it, we don't wanna hear your shit. i absolutely love avenge sevenfold...expecially the song bat country! its awesome...and whoever doesnt like it will eventually get over it! (rachel) :) i love you! i love avenge sevenfold...bat country rocks!!! Fuck that shit, the only person that sucks my balls is my girlfriend. If you dont know what the band is about, then why the hell judge them? Get your facts straight. mabye your sister...but she's a whore. Cause all Rock N' Roll is about is getting laid right...right? Ohh shit, i'm wrong You people. alright. agreed, avenged sevenfold is strangely reminiscent of an early 80s metal band. but they write good lyrics, they put their music together well, their guitar players are pretty decent, and if they were walking through the mall they could probably get a blow-job from your little sister. so quit talking shit and pick up your guitar and show them they suck, oh and keep practicing. until then go work your 50 grand a year jobs and resume plotting on taking over the world of metal, while theyre doing it right in front of your face. Waking the Fallen was awesome, City of Evil is just as good. Sometimes different is better. "all of the fag asses that talk shit on R7X need to shut the fuck up or make a better c.d. this is the best band in the world and even that,s an understatement! if you want to talk shit come see me personally at 1602 gwen RD. mckinlyville CA." What are the fuck are these guys trying to do! thank God for bands like Every Time I Die who make a7x look fuckin stupid what a waste of time and money... and well... i think these guys need to be discontinuedas a band. they might get alot of hot girls... but that doesn't mean they're good... it means they make their music to get laid, not to have fun. oh yeah... all you a7x fans that shop at hot topic, please just don't bother anymore, i pulled their shit from the shelves along with hawthorne all of the fag asses that talk shit on R7X need to shut the fuck up or make a better c.d. this is the best band in the world and even that,s an understatement! if you want to talk shit come see me personally at 1602 gwen RD. mckinlyville CA. the fact that the lead singer can't sing like he used to further proves my point that this band sucks. Everyone just needs to stop kissing there asses Your a fucking idiot!!.....Avenged sevenfold is its own music not to be compared to any music genre......you dont need to place it in metal or punk or any other category.....they are there own category.......the length of there songs is the best part........i wish there songs would never end........you just cant appreciate good music and really shouldnt be writing articles based on your dumb ass opinion........you did nothing but talk shit about this band who's music is the best music I have ever heard.......dumb ass! You wanna know why M Shadows doesn't scream anymore? He had to get surgery on his throat fucker. He can't scream all the time anymore. You wanna know why M Shadows doesn't scream anymore? He had to get surgery on his throat fucker. He can't scream all the time anymore. AX7 sucks man...everything about them is gay. they were the last band at Warped Tour and we left just to beat the crowd because EVERYONE else went to see them We'll stop comparing them to GnR when they stop sounding and acting like them. City of Evil is a brilliant piece of work. Easy to judge something new and fresh... I dont think there's a single band out there that sounds like Avenged Sevenfold right now. With the Fall Out Boy's and MCR's, it all sounds like regurgitated crap. Avenged Sevenfold have made an incredible transition. Stop comparing them to Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Metallica - whatever; they are their own and let's leave it at that. This CD was the Best Of Avenged SevenFold it was as Good as Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Metallica mixed together. this album is the best album of all time!!! i love all of the songs on the album. all of you pozurs can kiss my a$$! Everyone in the band looks sooooo hotttt! (esapecially zacky!!!) i love A7X forever Rock On!!! Anyone who says this cd is awesome obviously has no clue what they're talking about. this album is the best album of all time!!! i love all of the songs on the album. all of you pozurs can kiss my a$$! Everyone in the band looks sooooo hotttt! (esapecially zacky!!!) i love A7X forever Rock On!!! This album is so great, did anyone who says shit about A7X did even listen to M.I.A entirely, to The Wicked End and to strenght of the world??? Men, come on guys, I don't know a fuckin metal band that is aibable to do so great music. Listen to Sinister Gates with his guitard...that guy is amazing... I was very pleased with this record. I love all their CD's. I think musical change is good and keeps people into it. Who wants to keep hearing more of the same? Besides I also sing for a metal band and understand the bullshit that singers have to go through when dealing with screaming/singing. When you scream you are @ high risk for vocal nodules and polyps as well as what M.Shadow had, burst blood vessel. These are not issues you want to deal with.. So from one singer to another I totally feel the guy on wanted to reinvent the sound.. it really isnt worth it. Take a pair of pliers and tighten them around your vocal chords, cut your speaking volume in half, and then add a shitload of rasp.. It really sucks. But anyway, this album really shocked me. It was original and it was well written. I still enjoy the screaming vocals of the other records but I am open minded enough to accept this is an amazing piece of music. You guys kick ass =D i want to have m. shadows baby.....not only one ...plenty of them....i'm not really thinking about the kids im just thinking about "the making of the kids"........(wild animal sex) Bat country RAWKS !!! Who ever doesn't like avenge sevenfold is full of #^$%^#$%^% This C.D ROX! But u need more pictures in your C.D Gay, wannabe toughguy, contrived anger. Look at me I'm a rockstar cause I have tatoos! yeah! Oh, yeah, lame ass riffs too. Five months since this cd came out and it's still the favorite for my cd of the year. I saw these guys last night live and they sound just as good if not better live than on the record. the guitars completely kick buttholes. the drummer has like a huge set it's awesome i took a picture of it. i like the way that they don't care about the audience whatsoever you shoulda seen their faces they were expressionless. the harmonizing they do in Bat Country kills too. woot. City of evil is horrible. What are they trying to do with their music? Getting better is the last thing on their list... This record sucks. Compare these songs with darkness surrounding or chapter 4.when i heard for the first time a7x i just loved them.but now there is nothing to make me feel the same way in this cd. And for the guys that said that mr shadow cant sing anymore...he can sing but a7x are now in a major label.FUCK why would this pile of shit have so many comments? this is so bad that it makes me want to punch a baby for all you little bitches, who are you to judge someone elses music and say it sucks, if you dont like it, make somthing better don't bash someones work because you dont like it Well, some of this shit sucks, but Bat Country is great and the video is even better. Gotta love the whole Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas thing. reading these fucking comments is such a waste of time. if you like a type of music you like it, if you don't, then you don't. all we're doing here is posting our worthless feedback on some shitty website filled with even more useless and uninformative articles based on others tastes in music. so take this instance in all your worthless lives to think: hmmm... will this shit matter later or even now in life? because if you seriously think that to yourselves you'll find that new music is going all to shit really fast these days because of people branding certain bands as "cool" and "lame", sometimes without even hearing the album and going by their scene's taste of music, feeling all to unwilling to make choices for your own damn self. personally, I love the new m. shadows, but does that really make a fucking difference in the way you all think now? hell no it doesn't or at least it shouldn't. so why the hell should we be listening to whatever the retards below me have posted? I Love A7X , And I Think That They Kick Some Major Ass ! "As revolutionry as Nirvana." -no. Oh yeah, and wtf is up with people saying "13 & 14 teenage girls" im 13... so whats the big deal, i love a7x. I know tons of people my age that dont like them... they dont ever know what a7x is. and i know tons of people who love this CD who are 17-45. seriuosly. Well First off, Anyone who says M.Shadows cant sing anymore is full of BS. Just because he doesnt scream doesnt mean he doesnt have an awsome voice. He have fuking Surgery on his throat because he Busted a Blood Vessel. And his doctor or what said if he kept screaming like that, he'd lose his voice by 30. and hes 24 now. So umm, No voice at all, or still singing after 30. Lets think here. Dumbasses. If you dont like the way m sings or scream or whatever the hell he does, GO OUT AND DO IT YOURSELFS. dumbasses. What can I say about this album? First of all, there is no doubt Vengeance and Gates are excellent guitarists and have carried their musical talent from the older discs into this one. I was disappointed to find a lack of screaming and realizing the vocals of some parts of songs (such as Betrayal, Missing In Action, and even the chorus of, in my opinion, the best song of the album Beast and the Harlot) began to sound, dare I say it... emo... Don't get me wrong! M. Shadows is a great vocalist and has enough to prove it (e.g. Desecrate Through Reverence off Waking the Fallen). However, this IS MY opinion and MY review, and I do happen to listen to emo, but I just didn't expect I would associate the term with A7X. The lyrics are definitely metal, seeming to draw inspiration from Iron Maiden and Metallica, but it's just the way the lyrics are sung. The album includes a lot of other genres like pop and goth and such, but, hopefully, A7X can find a neater way to blend them all together. City of Evil isn't a terrible album, but it isn't the most amazing one either. So, in the middle, 2 1/2 stars. not sayin you all are dumb fucks but for the people bashin m.shadows vocals and the cd band you should be glad they came out with another cd. The vocals arent as good cause he popped a blood vessel in his throat so he cant scream sure most of u knew this. but i just seen them live and best band i ever saw live. the recordings live were kinda lame for the old shit but they seemed to pull it off all the same but ide have to say best band ive ever seen live. i guess i'm in the minority here but i bought the last album and thought all the screaming was cheesy and generic not the metal riffs. i liked better when the guy actually sang. i liked the album but didn't think i'd be buying the new one... until i heard "bat country." fuck me that's a good song. the guy is singing and the music is pure power metal. look i'm almost 30 years old (in the minority again, i'm sure) and i grew up on this type of music. i still listen to my Helloween albums on a regular basis. i just bought the album and i'm listening to it for the first time as i type this and i'm loving it. i guess i can understand some people being bitter that the group is no longer "punk/hardcore/metalcore/whatever" i used to feel the same way when i was younger. feeling like a band you loved has changed and turned their back on the scene that supported them but i really think this is where avenged sevenfold belong. to these ears this album doesn't sound as forced as 'waking the fallen.' they sound confident and comfortable. this album in going on my best of '05 list for sure. i submit this quote from the review: I agree with the last comment. All I can say is listen to Bat Country. Also their ability to play softer songs that I can stand is incredible, just listen to Seize The Day. My last thing I have to say, is their lyrics. Read through the book or read the lyrics on the internet. The lyrics they have written can be connected to 90% of your lives, I guarantee it. Now i would say i hate every hardcore band...with two exceptions, Death By Stereo and Avenged Sevenfold. For the guy who posted that he bought Waking the Dead????? and thought this band was awesome but now they make music for 13 year old girls. Are you retarded? get the name of the cd right and what 13 year old girls do you know? If anything they would be more into "waking the dead" as that was more scene friendly than this... Album is awesome, ive given it over a month to sink in and i still put it in all the time. The guitar work is great, his voice at first was a little weak but now i think its stronger than it was in the past. Drumming is drastically improved as well. One star reviewers are living in the past with WTF. If they put something like that out again it would sound like everything else out there. Although the album isnt perfect, its probably either this or summer in abaddon by pinback for cd of the year so far. Piece metalheads and emo bullshit kids who still think screaming is fresh and new This album really kicks major ass....Fuck what anyone thinks.."I dont like the new ablum..blah blah blah..." they didnt write it for you biatch...Yeah it may be a bit more mainstream....but no matter what A7X comes out with..I will love it. The lyrics on the album are amazing....I think we have forgotten about that....and M shadows vocals are flawless once again...Love it!!! As revolutionry as Nirvana. I don't like to comment on what anyone else thinks or says because I really don't care. I will, however, put my two cents in for those who are are wondering if they should get A7X or not-- I am very dissapointed in this cd. I would have expected much better from a7x considering how the last two albums were so great. M. Shadows in my opinion is an excellent vocalist, but for city of evil he dosen't make use of this. And as for the playing, what used to be clean, sharp, and catchy is now sloppy and mashed together. They try to continue with the excellent guitar playing that was present in previous cds, but it sounds so badly mixed together, with poor transitions. After buying Waking the Dead, I considered them to be one of the greatest bands of all time. Now it seems they have gone mainstream, and produce music for the most popular group of consumers, 13 year old girls. As I listen to both the old and new cds, I hope to hear that there will be talk of working on a new album. Along with millions of other dissapointed fans I hope to hear a7x go back to the metal genre, and play good music again. I've heard that Avenged plays the best shows ever, with the live music sounding just like it does on cd - and i was anxiously looking foreward to seeing them in concert. Now im not so sure I should even waste my time. Im sorry people, but this stuff just sucks and it happens to a lot of bands, but truthfully this is the biggest letdown. Thank God As I Lay Dying still makes good music This album does what 99% rock bands can't do. I personally love the new City Of Evil album, and if you don't like it quit complaining about it and go listen to the bands that you prefer to listen 2 . In my opinoin A7X is number one on my list no matter what I've loved them since day 1 but if you don't just don't listen 2 them simple as that. I personally love the new City Of Evil album, and if you don't like it quit complaining about it and go listen to the bands that you prefer to listen 2 . In my opinoin A7X is number one on my list no matter what I've loved them since day 1 but if you don't just don't listen 2 them simple as that. I personally love the new City Of Evil album, and if you don't like it quit complaining about it and go listen to the bands that you prefer to listen 2 . In my opinoin A7X is number one on my list no matter what I've loved them since day 1 but if you don't just don't listen 2 them simple as that. I personally love the new City Of Evil album, and if you don't like it quit complaining about it and go listen to the bands that you prefer to listen 2 . In my opinoin A7X is number one on my list no matter what I've loved them since day 1 but if you don't just don't listen 2 them simple as that. This is a great lalbum to listen to. People commenting say the singer sounds like shit, I think the singing perfect comments the drums and guitar. The guitar riffs are also amazing, not play over and over again like those gay punk records. Not hard to palm mute a beat for 3 minutes. City of Evil, definately the best album i've heard so far this year, I can proudly put the album beside my Atreyu and other Avenged Sevenfold albums as the fav's. This is a great lalbum to listen to. People commenting say the singer sounds like shit, I think the singing perfect comments the drums and guitar. The guitar riffs are also amazing, not play over and over again like those gay punk records. Not hard to palm mute a beat for 3 minutes. City of Evil, definately the best album i've heard so far this year, I can proudly put the album beside my Atreyu and other Avenged Sevenfold albums as the fav's. See, the first time I listened to this album, all i wanted to do was throw up this album really, really sucks. good thing i didn't get A7X tatooed on my dick when i listened to waking the fallen because i think i can safely say that i would have cut off my penis. this album, instead of trudging forward, runs backwards. back into the safety of the flashy, stupid 80s. progression, not regression. if they really wanted to be creative, they should have created something new. instead they just decided to rework guns n' roses songs. this album WILL be successful, don't get me wrong, but this new direction is even more pussy and even more safe than sticking with the whole metalcore/hardcore trend. more bands are going to be doing this sort of thing and more bands are going to appear sounding like 80s power metal and it makes me want to hibernate for the next twenty years. Whatever happened to opinions anyway? Is music all objective now? ... probably not ... byacka. I don't like this album. I'm not being pretentious. I'm not being overly biased. I don't like it. Deal with it. Biatch. that's the best album. it shall be 5 stars losers!!!!! wow i have to say that this new album is pretty disgusting (as in bad)... there is no screaming which totally ruins the band, and its 80s metal... if you want 80s metal just listen to an old CD.. no1 wants to hear another band redo it.. M. Shadows voice is totally different in this new album and i actually hate it.. they will lose many, many fans because of this new album Good album, misses the screaming of the last album, but the guitars are better, and the lyrics are extremely intense and intelligent. I am surprised that no one commented on the political contents of AX7's new music. They seem passionate about the rape of world by our (the US) government. MIA is an awesome song that puts you into the mind of a soldier in Iraq, or any other country we presently occupy. AX7 pretty much brings down the ideals of democracy such as materialism and modern "wants" with the "Wicked End". They may sound evil, but they are only spreading the truth -- ON A MAJOR LABEL. M. Shadows should change his vocal style though, he is the only ruining factor of the new album. I was surprised by this album. I haven't heard a good record since Dragonforce's Sonic Firestorm. Waking the Fallen was just real dull to me. It had a few good tracks. City of Evil though, really shows different ends of hardcore punk and metal fused together. It stays fast and hard and never goes shitty. And this is on Warner? i dont think anyone has mentioned this yet but a7x has stopped with the whole goth gimmick no more makeup or anything they dont like look their from a scene (actually they hate scene kids) so you can call them glam core. this cd rocks btw This isn't a review is just a stupid critic on the decision of change gender. why don't you just listen to what you ear and not what you want to think... |
