Avenged Sevenfold

NakedClown
NakedClown Posts: 545
edited March 2006 in Other Music
SOMEONE please explain to me the appeal of this band?

Is it the Dio-esque mythological metal of songs like "Beast and the Harlot"

Is it the fake vampire teeth the lead singer wears?

I don't understand how this band is on the TV and radio. It's like Good Charlotte on steroids. They are trying way too hard to be different...
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  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    NakedClown wrote:
    SOMEONE please explain to me the appeal of this band?

    Is it the Dio-esque mythological metal of songs like "Beast and the Harlot"

    Is it the fake vampire teeth the lead singer wears?

    I don't understand how this band is on the TV and radio. It's like Good Charlotte on steroids. They are trying way too hard to be different...

    never saw them.

    i only know the song that plays on 'madden 06'.

    and i´m ok with that one...
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Every time I hear their song come on the radio I change it as fast as I can. That is one pathetic excuse for a song. It's like they are trying to be edgy and abrasive but they can't even pull that off.
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  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    I never heard them, but next summer I go to Metallica and there they are one of the opening acts. Are they good, bad or can you live with it?
  • MCG
    MCG Posts: 780
    can't say I'm a big fan
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Bat Country is a well put together song, as anyone that plays guitar can attest to.
    I have heard that they could be better, but on their album they try to be too non-metal while still tryin to keep their metal sound intact.

    Having said that, I wish it wasnt played every 5 minutes.
  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    BWHAHAHAHAHA! I saw these fucks on the TV the other night. What a sad, sad excuse for music. Reminded me why MTV has sucked for years on top of years. Haven't turned it on since.

    Plus their makup was running.

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  • Sonic19
    Sonic19 Posts: 159
    I saw em at a festival show the other day...they're kind of a gimmicky band. That being said, I still think Bat Country is damn catchy...
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  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    their drummer sounds pretty damn good.
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  • crazy marge
    crazy marge Posts: 99
    i use to like them but they told all their old fans to fuck off so i did.

    they have talent but in every frickin interview all they do is talk about how badly they want to be the next GNR and how they are going to save rock.

    i loathe them.

    :)
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  • Character Zero
    Character Zero Posts: 96
    For anybody who wants to hear anything good from Avenged Sevenfold go listen to their pre major record label deal stuff, it is fantastic as far as metal goes. The albums are Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen and have a much less mainstream feel to them, when Sounding the Seventh Trumpet came out they were like 17 years old and ripping it up. I considered myself a huge AX7 fan until I heard their new album, SSSUUUUUUCHHHH a disappointment. Like many bands before them they signed with a major label and let them run the table on the record. If you even kind of like metal I suggest checking out Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    It is shit as far as metal goes, sorry. Although I can't speak for the older albums, so don't quote me for those. Homeboy can play a decent scale, though
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  • Jellyrolls
    Jellyrolls Posts: 523
    the drummer and guitarists have talent..but the new shit suckkkksss
  • prljam85
    prljam85 Posts: 227
    I don't understand how this band is on the TV and radio. It's like Good Charlotte on steroids.[/quote]
    lol, good comparison
  • PickleRL
    PickleRL Posts: 18
    I SOOOOO regret looking up what Avenged Sevenfold looks like.....Good Charlotte Pt2 indeed.

    Too bad...they have some talent.
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  • Sonic19
    Sonic19 Posts: 159
    Character Zero wrote:
    I considered myself a huge AX7 fan
    I thought fans would know it was a7x, not ax7... ;)
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