This Month In Metal: October 2007

This month's summary features a bunch of new albums, touches upon news regarding upcoming releases and tours, as well as the compulsory stupid-but-too-funny-to-exclude-tidbit.

Exodus – The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A

Release Date: October 23
Label: Nuclear Blast
Genres: Thrash metal

The new Exodus album turned out to be a very amibitous but didn't manage to go the whole 9 tracks. Brutal, well produced and well played, but somewhere around the halfway mark, it started to drag pretty bad. Gary Holt managed created a real thrash album, but herein lies the problem: real, true to the bone thrash isn't all that exciting when the songs crawl up towards 9-10 minutes. In the UG review (which features a lenghtier discussion than this summary), it's stated that "The Atrocity Exh.." lacks dynamics which would've helped the longer tracks stay interesting. In the end, the album turned out to be a bit of a mixed bag, with some great thrashers and a few filler-esque tracks.

UG Review

More Listening: Testament – The Gathering

Rating: 6.7

Soilwork – Sworn To A Great Divide

Release Date: October 19
Label: Nuclear Blast
Genres: Melodic Metal

One of the more anticipated releases this fall, at least regarding bands connected in one way or another to the Gothenburg scene. Unfortunately, the album is quite workmanlike, containing little new. You get a feeling they just entered the studio and laid down a bunch of tunes, like it was their 9-5 job. I'll be lazy and steal a quote from the UG review: "Soilwork have their formula which works good enough for them, but it also gets a bit repetitive. The songs are very predictable and after my compulsory 7-10 listens, I'm frankly quite bored. The performances by the individual members leaves nothing to be desired, all the elements are there but the spark just never bursts into flame."

UG Review

More Listening: In Flames - Clayman

Rating: 6.3

Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold

Release Date: October 30
Label: Warner Bros.
Genres: Hard Rock, Metal, Metalcore

I have not listened or reviewed this myself, thus I can't pass any judgement on it. However, it's one of the bigger releases this month, and hence it's included in the column. Check out the UG review if you're interested.

UG Review

Rating: 7.7

Opeth – The Roundhouse Tapes: Opeth Live

Release Date: October 23
Label: Peaceville
Genres: Progressive Death Metal

Opeth's back catalogue is at this point in time, quite extensive. With a good number of albums under their belt, stringing together a set that pleases a majority of the fans is nigh impossible. And that's not even considering the length of their songs.

But, as awhole, this is a damn fine live album. The sound is very good, the performance is what you'd expect from these guys, and the setlist covers all their albums. I have precious little to complain about, except that "Baying Of The Hounds" didn't make it onto here, being one of my Opeth favourites. But, you can't win them all. Overall -- a damn fine live album that won't disappoint you. It'll be a good substitute until their new album is out, which they've just begun recording.

UG Review

Rating: 8.5

News And Tidbits From The Past Month

I'll start off with probably one of the most pleasing announcements this month. Black Sabbath, I mean, Heaven And Hell will record a new studio album together. Yes sir, Tony Iommi & Co will once again join forces to dish out some metal. I hope this pleases many a Sabbath-loyal, and gives Sharon Osbourne a headache. I've lost count of how many times I've seen headlines with Ozzy saying how much he'd love to do a new Sabbath album. It'll be interesting to see what they can conjure up together.

It's also been rumoured that the new Metallica album is due in February, but I'm doubting it. I'm sure a few art exhibitions will throw the guys off their schedule, and maybe a Christmas concert or two will push the album back yet another month.

Today (Oct 31st) a number of Iron Maiden tourdates were announced, and yours truly is pleased that his prediction in last month's column was more or less spot-on. A string of South American dates coupled with a handful of North American dates follows the India/Japan/Australia leg. Apparently there're more American shows to be announced at a later time, as well as the European dates (Nov 5th for Scandinavia).

The award for Most Surprising (Or Maybe Not) Reunion of the month goes to At The Gates, who have decided to wrap it all up with a series of festivals (and maybe more?) in the summer of 2008. Apparently the band felt that they wanted to bid their fans a proper farewell, due to the circumstances of their breakup around a decade ago. Rumours are rampant about a Carcass + At The Gates tour, and as far as I'm concerned, that would be the shiznit.

Controversy regarding Gorgoroth, and who has the rights to the name has arisen after the band splitting up with Infernus (guitar) on one side, Gaahl (vocals) and King ov Hell (bass) on the other. According to the band, rights regarding the name will be a matter of legal affairs. Gorgoroth, sans Infernus will however tour in 2007 with Nick Barker on drums and guitarists Teloch and Sykelig. In 2008, Hellhammer (Mayhem) will take over drumduties.

Finally, in this month's column, Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater has auctioned his boxing robe which he's worn after every show on several world tours. The money proceeded to charity, and now you ask me, how much was it? 2700 dollars. Now, all is good, it's going to charity, but... who the hell shells out 2700 dollars on a sweaty, smelly, boxing robe?

Well, that's all for the October installment. As usual, if you have suggestions, feel free to say so in the comments. See you next month.

POSTED: 11/02/2007 - 03:44 am

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[webbtje]

Because it's PORTNOY'S smelly, sweaty boxing jacket.

These columns are nice stuff.

[123-Trav]

Cue the flaming of Avenged Sevenfold...

[Death_Bat_6661]

Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex


despite the fact their new album is sadly a bit more radio friendly...


eh, still good

[webbtje]

^ In all fairness, your name is a reference to a7X in itself.

Ear Sex doesn't sound very nice to me.

[_-Skeletor-_]

i personally think it would hurt.....

[plakkert]

Avenged Sevenfold gives you an aural orgasm

[vanceboy]

i heard the new avenged sevenfold....i doubt i'll want to hear it again.

[Magero]

^Only if you happen to come from a planet big on musical theater
/futurama reference

[Aaron_Yeo]

What, no Helloween?

[Arbitror]

Right... metal...

[Limaj_daas]

Alter bridge's new album deserves a mention. i thought it was prty amazing. oh as well as brown brigade's debut album.

[quietimeating]

Avenged Sevenfold is no longer metal, they are just rock. They are still great but haters are jsut going to say more stuff if they put it in the metal reviews...

[W.h.o.r.EGuitar]

I like guys

[Pingis_Or_Death]

I wouldn't call Avenged sevenfold metal.

[farty party]

i have been the biggest a7x fan for like 4 years now and the only album i am not excited to get off of this list is theirs, its pretty lame compaired to some of their other shit, but hell ****in yea for soilwork!!

[SicSeb]

At The Gates reunion? Count me in =D

[metalcore123]

Death_Bat_6661 :
Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex

Yeah, if by ear sex you mean the part where they get really gross and shit in your ear.

[HexaDakota]

Blackbird by Alterbridge came out in October. It was a solid album and definately worth mentioning.

[Reviewer Pete]

A7X may not be tr00 kvlt frostb1tten metal, but they're heavy enough to be mentioned. Deal with it. I don't decide what comes out every month and I don't decide what's hyped and what's an anticipated release.

BTW, if someone can give me a tip on upcoming black/death releases, send me a message.

[DR_SH]

Blackbird is definately worth mentioning. It's an awesome album, although a few more melodic tracks wouldn't have been bad.

[Korzack]

Death_Bat_6661 wrote:

Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex


despite the fact their new album is sadly a bit more radio friendly...


eh, still good

Haha Listen, I don't really wanna know WHAT you can fit in your ear-lobes, and I'm sure UG doesn't either.
lol at the Boxing robe - 3 grand for a shiny gown ridden with B.O ain't my idea of good spending.

[Seth Shadows]

New Exodus?!?!?!
I was not informed. *buys online*

farty party wrote:

i have been the biggest a7x fan for like 4 years now and the only album i am not excited to get off of this list is theirs, its pretty lame compaired to some of their other shit, but hell ****in yea for soilwork!!

Give me a contract from them that says you are their biggest fan, and I may believe you.

[prac23]

new a7x is different but its really good.

[slayer1516]

Avenged Sevenfold is not metal. There is an underground filled with thousands and thousands of great metal bands, and they choose some crappy metalcore?

[Reviewer Pete]

slayer1516 wrote:

Avenged Sevenfold is not metal. There is an underground filled with thousands and thousands of great metal bands, and they choose some crappy metalcore?

Thousands and thousands of metal bands did not release an album last month.

[Styx]

Yeah this month was crappy for metal :s , and the new AX7 is not good at all there older stuff is better.

[rebreh]

There is not a lot of good music these past years. The musoc scene is realy stale right now.

[Metal_Rich]

Alterbridge and Brown Brigade would definitely have been worth mentioning, but oh well...

[Spoony_Bard]

Can we go back to talking about ear sex?

[Aaron_C]

Death_Bat_6661 wrote:

Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex


despite the fact their new album is sadly a bit more radio friendly...


eh, still good

Stupidity in the form of text.

[Aaron_C]

Great summary though.

[Covin]

OPETH!

[better_than_you]

Aaron_C is stupidity in the form of stupid. yeah beat that

[psychokiller99]

rebreh wrote:

There is not a lot of good music these past years. The musoc scene is realy stale right now.

where have u been? the music scene has been stale for a very long time now,

[MachineHeart]

i havent heard the new a7x, nor do i want to. sounding of the seventh trumpet was a good punk/metal album, waking thr fallen was alright, and city of evil was tight but repetitve. after reading article after article about how they wanted to be the next korn, and how they wanted to do something no one ever heard before, i knew they were gonna fail and just made a promise to myself that i wouldnt listen to the new album.

[snapped]

so you like them, but you dont. reading these comments is like eye rape. I think i'm gonna go listen to some a7x for some ear sex.

[Pingis_Or_Death]

I'm still waiting for the new Decreipt Birth album. That shit is going to be awesome.

[Nivek88]

i love the new A7X album...altho they added a little too much funky sh!t, like the boy singing at the end of unbound...the talkbox on lost... and "a little piece of heaven was just flat-out wierd!" oh well, it still was an amazing album.

oh and btw... nobody cares what you haters think about A7X, so please go fu

[ooblah]

lol everytime A7X gets brought up in a forum the topic completely switches to what album was better

[FallenGlory]

I love a7x for that fact that they are trying to do different things you listen to most bands their first CD is awesome then they just put the same shit out over and over again with different names so at least they are mixing it up plus their live shows are great

[burn the stars]

im all about the atg/carcass tour.

[noahray]

Rumours are rampant about a Carcass + At The Gates tour, and as far as I'm concerned, that would be the shiznit.

im ****ing there. that sounds WAY to good to be true...

[Corey Taylor]

A7X was never metal. i loved City of Evil, but im very dissapointed with the new record

[GMoney4PREZ]

FallenGlory wrote:

I love a7x for that fact that they are trying to do different things you listen to most bands their first CD is awesome then they just put the same shit out over and over again with different names so at least they are mixing it up plus their live shows are great

thats waht i been saying... and hopefully ill see them live this month at least once maybe twice.

[Kmos]

Nivek88 wrote:

i love the new A7X album...altho they added a little too much funky sh!t, like the boy singing at the end of unbound...the talkbox on lost... and "a little piece of heaven was just flat-out wierd!" oh well, it still was an amazing album.

yup i have to agree whith you.. some songs were wird but the album is good so just stop judging and hear it if you can XD

oh and btw... nobody cares what you haters think about A7X, so please go fu

[StillSoundRG]

A7X > You.

[postmortem2006]

StillSoundRG wrote:

A7X > You.

Maybe, but Exodus>>>>>A7X

[isaacjnowland]

Death_Bat_6661 :
Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex


Yeah, if by ear sex you mean the part where they get really gross and shit in your ear.

lol thats classic right there good call

also:

so you like them, but you dont. reading these comments is like eye rape. I think i'm gonna go listen to some a7x for some ear sex.

what the ****...

[Spirit_Crusher]

postmortem2006 wrote:

StillSoundRG wrote:

A7X > You.

word.

Maybe, but Exodus>>>>>A7X

[Psychopathology]

They didn't mention Decapitated. And a7x shouldn't be here.

[stumtk]

Avenged Sevenfold really shouldnt be on that list

[ghoulsnightout]

the avenged sevenfold is TERRIBLE..i mean i loved city of evil and most people hated it....and they always say "we want people not knowing what to expect" and they accomplished that i didnt expect it to be so god aweful its like cramming an ice pick in my ear...idk thats just my opinion

[Cheesepuff]

Waking the Fallen was the best A7X album. CoE is 2nd. Their new album is meh....

[joseruntalan]

it would be interesting to see what ozzy and the rest of black sabbath could do together...whether it be a reunion tour or a new album..
i thought the avenged sevenfold album was good =S. not like their last albums, but i thought it was good.

[knotslip]

better_than_you wrote:

Aaron_C is stupidity in the form of stupid. yeah beat that

hahaha thats a good one

[Paroxysm]

There are a lot more than those mentioned in the article. Could've pick one of them instead of A7X...

[petrucci_owns86]

Limaj_daas wrote:

Alter bridge's new album deserves a mention. i thought it was prty amazing. oh as well as brown brigade's debut album.

no

[pyritmann]

brown brigade is amazing, but alterbridge is nooot metal, oh man.

[A7x_s-1]

some of the things you guys are saying is completely retarded

[Havok19]

ooblah wrote:

lol everytime A7X gets brought up in a forum the topic completely switches to what album was better

yep its a hot topic

[Havok19]

every one just ignored the other releases once A7X was in it

[Teufel]

Um, wow, the comments have provided far more entertainment than the article itself.

[distilledspirit]

Pingis_Or_Death wrote:

I wouldn't call Avenged sevenfold metal.

QFT

[King ofKumbucha]

Whats with all of this talk of A7X??? OPETH people... OPETH!

I'm gonna have to check out the dvd tomorrow.

[SmileOfHavok]

A7X are kickass.

[Reviewer Pete]

Psychopathology wrote:

They didn't mention Decapitated. And a7x shouldn't be here.

For obvious reasons. The crash was in October, but news about Vitek's death didn't come out until November.

[trav_555]

sweet news about black sabbath, except i still cant wait 4 the new slipknot album!!!!

James Root u r my hero

[Tyler6606]

avenged sevenfold are totally homo.
take the makeup off and maybe ill take you seriously.


scratch that, they cant make good music either.

[soilworker6661]

The new A7X was good but its no Waking the Fallen. The new Soilwork album is excellent though and compared to A7X Soilwork is SO much better.

[touji-za-nai]

aw you should of made some sort of review of abnegation

[touji-za-nai]

SmileOfHavok wrote:

A7X are kickass.

negative sir

checked.

[jasonkan]

Limaj_daas wrote:

Alter bridge's new album deserves a mention. i thought it was prty amazing. oh as well as brown brigade's debut album.

agreed.

touji-za-nai wrote:

SmileOfHavok wrote:

A7X are kickass.


negative sir

+1.

[EZLN libertad]

Death_Bat_6661 wrote:

Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex


despite the fact their new album is sadly a bit more radio friendly...


eh, still good

all of them are radio friendly.

because theyre mainstream and sell out

on a different note, yer missin decapitated's crash....

[Murder Soul]

Since when did we consider metalcore(a7x) metal?

[yeller56]

A7X died when they made City of Evil in my opinion, with a change so drastic they should have changed the name. srsly.

[Aziraphale]

Haha man I wish I was a metal head, I want to be an elitistic, close-minded snobhole too! So I could bash on any band that shows the slightest sign of creativity and progress, and go on a witchunt vowing to never listen to a band whose bass player has used a bit of eyeliner at some point, while embodying ignorance and and going off to listen to REAL METAL by REAL MEN with white powder in their faces and battle axes playing a drop A power chord throughout every album. Man I wish I was like that

[HerVoiCeResIdEs]

avenged sevenfolds music as a whole got effed up when they did city of evil, they like dont write for themselves anymore, they write so it cud be on the radio

[Arch Bernard]

Haha man I wish I was a metal head, I want to be an elitistic, close-minded snobhole too! So I could bash on any band that shows the slightest sign of creativity and progress, and go on a witchunt vowing to never listen to a band whose bass player has used a bit of eyeliner at some point, while embodying ignorance and and going off to listen to REAL METAL by REAL MEN with white powder in their faces and battle axes playing a drop A power chord throughout every album. Man I wish I was like that

wow... do you not know shit?
nobody will deny the elitism in metal, but if you will look at yourself, you just made the most elitist remark on the entire page. Avenged Sevenfold shows no more creativity than any band. in fact, they show less than most. look at Between the Buried and Me. 100% creative force. they know no bounds, 6 rather scrawny guys who play their own brand, and they are something like worshipped by lots of metal heads.
homogeny in metal, while not quite dead yet, isn't really well embodied by spending hours in front of a mirror. but people would look past feminism for the sake of good music. look at HIM. while i personally don't like them, metal heads eat that shit up. you, my friend, are a moron or an elitistic, close-minded snobhole.

that's not to say that we aren't as well. you just don't know why and haven't actually seen the characteristics yet. we trash on A7X because they keep promising good albums but never really deliver. the makeup just makes them easy targets.

[La Qotsa]

"This month in Metal, more and more and more emos."

[MoshPitRock]

I agree with HexaDakota. Alter Bridge's latest album is fantastic.

[dethskar0]

The part about Sabbath made no sense whatsoever. UG's writers: Get better. Learn how to write columns. Please.

Anyway, I don't like Sevenfold's new album... Critical Acclaim seems like they're trying to put out something super-popular and poppy mainstream. I have no problem with popular music and mainstream stuff, but you should be yourself to get there. Not try to produce something like that. And the song "Dear God" is just... terrible... And Almost Easy has awful lyrics compared to his other work. I don't know. The album is ok... I just don't like it too much.

[Sinten]

AX7 is not metal

[chinesechipmunk]

What the hell... Does Nick Barker get everywhere?

For example, at a recent festival I'm pretty sure he was drumming for at least two main stage bands - one of whom was a headliner (Testament).

[diego sanchez]

6.3? Are you kidding me. the a7x cd deserves atleast a 9. its amazing how they can make thrashy metal songs like sceam and almost easy and then make a song like dear god and make that shit so beautiful. there arguabbly the best metal bands out rite now and have two of the best metal guitaris( syn aand zacky)

[|Heretic|]

As i don't listen to what most people consider 'main stream' metal, I can't comment on Avenged Sevenfold being main stream. I can however i say i really liked the new album. The songs mentioned by dethskar0 are actually two of songs i disliked most on the album (I liked Dear God quite a bit, i can appreciate good slow songs unlike some), and the best in my opinion A little Piece of Heaven and Scream.

And dismissing a band because they wear makeup is actually quite Hypocritical, as many bands actually wear make up and the works. And No, I'm not talking about the likes of Lordi and Cradle of Filth (probably bad examples but hey). Mostly its just hard to notice.

And as for all this stuff about writing for the radio, and not for themselves, I'm not sure if i agree or not... See, on the one hand, i can see how you'd want to write money, get stuff on the radio and make some money. However, something tells me that their music wouldn't get played much on the radio anyway, and they probably know it.

However, i do agree that STST and Waken the Fallen are the best two avenged albums, musically AND lyrically.

[#_of_the_beast]

am I the only one who loves the new Exodus?

[Cannibalkyle16]

Havok19 wrote:

ooblah wrote:

lol everytime A7X gets brought up in a forum the topic completely switches to what album was better


yep its a hot topic

haahahhaahahahah
def want to buy the opeth one

[corrda00]

The new AX7 album just isn't heavy enough.

[Lex Davids]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that picture looks less BR00TAL that the AVA one opposite, whoever said metal isnt as image based as any other genres a lier.

[Tremonti333]

Limaj_daas wrote:

Alter bridge's new album deserves a mention. i thought it was prty amazing. oh as well as brown brigade's debut album.

I hear ya

[whereami24]

i got Avenged Sevenfolds new album the day it came out. i cant stop listening to it. its the greatest ^-^ but yea i wouldnt consider them metal. they put alot of different styles into this album.

[party_on_wayne]

Lex Davids wrote:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that picture looks less BR00TAL that the AVA one opposite, whoever said metal isnt as image based as any other genres a lier.

and you can't spell.
I respect Zacky Vengence and Synester Gates (retarded names aside) for their guitar playing. I doubt I will ever be able to play like them, but I do not like A7X. I think that it is safe to say that UG was scraping the bottom of the barrel for material this month. RIP Vitek

[No Seatbelt]

Avenged Sevenfold could be heavy if they f*cking wanted ; But they've decided to let the fans that are older than 14-years-old down...again! Goodbye, A7x...thanks for the good times.

Opeth and Exodus? Hell yes. Opeth is one of the best bands around today.

[ShoeFaceBass]

Phwaaa, Opeth live = most kickass indeed!

Cant wait til their next record!

[Murderface x3]

plakkert wrote:

Avenged Sevenfold gives you an aural orgasm

Not me, dude. I happen to be a man.

[Murderface x3]

Sigh... what ever happened to real metal?

[Aziraphale]

Arch Bernard wrote:
wow... do you not know shit?
nobody will deny the elitism in metal, but if you will look at yourself, you just made the most elitist remark on the entire page. Avenged Sevenfold shows no more creativity than any band. in fact, they show less than most. look at Between the Buried and Me. 100% creative force. they know no bounds, 6 rather scrawny guys who play their own brand, and they are something like worshipped by lots of metal heads.
homogeny in metal, while not quite dead yet, isn't really well embodied by spending hours in front of a mirror. but people would look past feminism for the sake of good music. look at HIM. while i personally don't like them, metal heads eat that shit up. you, my friend, are a moron or an elitistic, close-minded snobhole.

that's not to say that we aren't as well. you just don't know why and haven't actually seen the characteristics yet. we trash on A7X because they keep promising good albums but never really deliver. the makeup just makes them easy targets.

Calling metal heads elitistic has nothing to do with being elitistic, it's just a statement. I never claimed to be better than anybody (which is what elitism is). Saying some people need to grow up and be more respectful to people who play or listen to music they don't get, or saying there's more to music than chugging powerchords as low as you can, has nothing to do with it. And that was basically what I was trying to get to with my post.

I agree that Between The Buried and Me are a very creative band indeed, but so are A7X. They didn't write an 8-minute song with a polka beat and more accordions than guitar just to get on the radio and claim to be a metal band, did they? HIM are just as hated as A7X. What I'm going on about is that so few people in metal can actually appreciate creativity and originality no matter how heavy it is or what the band looks like. People don't look past feminism for the sake of good music. Fine with me if you can only listen to really heavy music. But that's no reason to talk shit about musicians who don't.

[HexaDakota]

I don't care how good your music is; If you put on gobs of makeup and have the hugest, most annoyingly elaborate hair cuts imaginable while at the same time appeasing to whatever the latest counter culture fad is, I can't buy your CD. Just look at Fall Out Boy. Some of their songs are catchy and well written, but I refuse to be their fan because of everything they stand for offstage.

[SmileOfHavok]

jasonkan wrote:

Limaj_daas wrote:

Alter bridge's new album deserves a mention. i thought it was prty amazing. oh as well as brown brigade's debut album.

agreed.

touji-za-nai wrote:

SmileOfHavok wrote:

A7X are kickass.


negative sir

+1.

It's just an opinion buddy. Chill out. And hell yeah, Alter Bridge needs a mention. Blackbird is amazing.

[last_biscuit]

I just find it funny how many people sound ignorant and/or up their own arses in the vast majority of comments here.

If people would just accept that not everyone likes the same thing and their isn't actually one 'best' band in the world. And heavy doesn't instantly equal better. And this is all coming from the lead guitarist of a semi-pro metal band.

Yeah I'm gonna get slated for my opinion, but oh wellz...while people call me a twat or whatever for accepting all sorts as music, I'll enjoy listening to more than just the genre I play onstage.

If you like a song, why be ashamed of what other people will say if ou admit to liking it.

[drummer_boyy]

o.k. the only reason I have a profile is because tonight i was reading these comments because i saw a picture of syn.first i would like to say i respect you opinion but downing on a band that can actually play with the screen name corey taylor is the most(excsuse my spelling) hypicritical thing you can posibly do.not saying that slipknot can't play but come on.when was the last time you heard corey sing, i mean realy sing.if you in fact are corey then thats cool too, i mean i love slipknot to death and they are great but at the same time singer to singer,not writer to writer, shadows slaps taylor in the face.
i don't know about you but i think its funny that a band that most of you claim to hate and an album even more claim to hate is the main topic of most of the comments when at least ten other bands were mentioned.

Corey Taylor wrote:

A7X was never metal. i loved City of Evil, but im very dissapointed with the new record

witch is cool. city of evil was the best.

Tyler6606 wrote:

avenged sevenfold are totally homo.
take the makeup off and maybe ill take you seriously.


scratch that, they cant make good music either.

but you im sorry cant listen to anything less or more than power chords tuned down farther than a full step, and a singer who can actualy sing.oh and guess what THEY ALL WEAR MAKE UP LIVE AND ON THE ALBUM COVERS.GUESS WHAT ELSE, NOT ALL BUT AT LEAST 73% ARE GAY, AND A LITTLE MAKEUP DOSN'T MAKE YOU GAY OR A CHICK.....EAR SEX DOES!!!

[drummer_boyy]

o.k. the only reason I have a profile is because tonight i was reading these comments because i saw a picture of syn.first i would like to say i respect you opinion but downing on a band that can actually play with the screen name corey taylor is the most(excsuse my spelling) hypicritical thing you can posibly do.not saying that slipknot can't play but come on.when was the last time you heard corey sing, i mean realy sing.if you in fact are corey then thats cool too, i mean i love slipknot to death and they are great but at the same time singer to singer,not writer to writer, shadows slaps taylor in the face.
i don't know about you but i think its funny that a band that most of you claim to hate and an album even more claim to hate is the main topic of most of the comments when at least ten other bands were mentioned.

Corey Taylor wrote:

A7X was never metal. i loved City of Evil, but im very dissapointed with the new record

witch is cool. city of evil was the best.

Tyler6606 wrote:

avenged sevenfold are totally homo.
take the makeup off and maybe ill take you seriously.


scratch that, they cant make good music either.

but you im sorry cant listen to anything less or more than power chords tuned down farther than a full step, and a singer who can actualy sing.oh and guess what THEY ALL WEAR MAKE UP LIVE AND ON THE ALBUM COVERS.GUESS WHAT ELSE, NOT ALL BUT AT LEAST 73% ARE GAY, AND A LITTLE MAKEUP DOSN'T MAKE YOU GAY OR A CHICK.....EAR SEX DOES!!!

[drummer_boyy]

drummer_boyy wrote:

o.k. the only reason I have a profile is because tonight i was reading these comments because i saw a picture of syn.first i would like to say i respect you opinion but downing on a band that can actually play with the screen name corey taylor is the most(excsuse my spelling) hypicritical thing you can posibly do.not saying that slipknot can't play but come on.when was the last time you heard corey sing, i mean realy sing.if you in fact are corey then thats cool too, i mean i love slipknot to death and they are great but at the same time singer to singer,not writer to writer, shadows slaps taylor in the face.
i don't know about you but i think its funny that a band that most of you claim to hate and an album even more claim to hate is the main topic of most of the comments when at least ten other bands were mentioned. Corey Taylor wrote:

A7X was never metal. i loved City of Evil, but im very dissapointed with the new record


witch is cool. city of evil was the best.Tyler6606 wrote:

avenged sevenfold are totally homo.
take the makeup off and maybe ill take you seriously.


scratch that, they cant make good music either.

but you im sorry cant listen to anything less or more than power chords tuned down farther than a full step, and a singer who can actualy sing.oh and guess what THEY ALL WEAR MAKE UP LIVE AND ON THE ALBUM COVERS.GUESS WHAT ELSE, NOT ALL BUT AT LEAST 73% ARE GAY, AND A LITTLE MAKEUP DOSN'T MAKE YOU GAY OR A CHICK.....EAR SEX DOES!!!

after all of my ranting and accidentaly posting twice i realised i forgot to say that not every body is the same and every body likes something different and that i am quite a synic but i dont down on a band i dont like as it may seem i did.i like low end power chords too but i dont limit myself.what im trying to say is open your mind. if you dont like them thats cool.it may seem like i did but i did not do the next thing i will write.dont single any defenceless band out because they will never read it and you will never get the @$$ kicking you DESERVE.

[gmikey222]

GMoney4PREZ wrote:

FallenGlory wrote:

I love a7x for that fact that they are trying to do different things you listen to most bands their first CD is awesome then they just put the same shit out over and over again with different names so at least they are mixing it up plus their live shows are great


thats waht i been saying... and hopefully ill see them live this month at least once maybe twice.

Are theystill trying to sound like guns n' roses?
because if they are, count me out.

[gmikey222]

drummer_boyy wrote:

drummer_boyy wrote:

o.k. the only reason I have a profile is because tonight i was reading these comments because i saw a picture of syn.first i would like to say i respect you opinion but downing on a band that can actually play with the screen name corey taylor is the most(excsuse my spelling) hypicritical thing you can posibly do.not saying that slipknot can't play but come on.when was the last time you heard corey sing, i mean realy sing.if you in fact are corey then thats cool too, i mean i love slipknot to death and they are great but at the same time singer to singer,not writer to writer, shadows slaps taylor in the face.
i don't know about you but i think its funny that a band that most of you claim to hate and an album even more claim to hate is the main topic of most of the comments when at least ten other bands were mentioned. Corey Taylor wrote:

A7X was never metal. i loved City of Evil, but im very dissapointed with the new record


witch is cool. city of evil was the best.Tyler6606 wrote:

avenged sevenfold are totally homo.
take the makeup off and maybe ill take you seriously.


scratch that, they cant make good music either.

but you im sorry cant listen to anything less or more than power chords tuned down farther than a full step, and a singer who can actualy sing.oh and guess what THEY ALL WEAR MAKE UP LIVE AND ON THE ALBUM COVERS.GUESS WHAT ELSE, NOT ALL BUT AT LEAST 73% ARE GAY, AND A LITTLE MAKEUP DOSN'T MAKE YOU GAY OR A CHICK.....EAR SEX DOES!!!

after all of my ranting and accidentaly posting twice i realised i forgot to say that not every body is the same and every body likes something different and that i am quite a synic but i dont down on a band i dont like as it may seem i did.i like low end power chords too but i dont limit myself.what im trying to say is open your mind. if you dont like them thats cool.it may seem like i did but i did not do the next thing i will write.dont single any defenceless band out because they will never read it and you will never get the @$$ kicking you DESERVE.

have you heard shadows on any of the live recordings?
im not saying coreys any better live, but neither are in the position to slap one another in the face.

[Masterbasser36]

Avenged Sevenfold
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL SO METAL

[axeslinger0u812]

HexaDakota wrote:

I don't care how good your music is; If you put on gobs of makeup and have the hugest, most annoyingly elaborate hair cuts imaginable while at the same time appeasing to whatever the latest counter culture fad is, I can't buy your CD. Just look at Fall Out Boy. Some of their songs are catchy and well written, but I refuse to be their fan because of everything they stand for offstage.

I don't care what anyone says, 80's glam rock was sweet. who doesn't love Twisted Sister? that ****er...dee snyder... was wearing more makeup than all the A7X dudes combined. there are a lot of good bands that involved make up. KISS, DLR probably wore his fare share of rouge, etc. come on man.

in regards to people claiming it IS innovative:
avenged's new cd wasn't terrible, but wasn't really that great either. had some nice songs, but mixing a bunch of styles that other people have done into one cd doesn't make it innovative. Oingo Boingo, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, etc. all bands pretty apparant in sevenfolds music.

what it makes is an ok greatest hits cd.

[solopractice]

A7X was kind of a let down, this album was more like experiments put to the test(they even added techno to their singing in one song) but they do have something that shows they aint letting go of metal like Critical Acclaim ( The Solos are worth the hear though )

[CrunchyMonkey]

Aziraphale wrote:



Calling metal heads elitistic has nothing to do with being elitistic, it's just a statement. I never claimed to be better than anybody (which is what elitism is). Saying some people need to grow up and be more respectful to people who play or listen to music they don't get, or saying there's more to music than chugging powerchords as low as you can, has nothing to do with it. And that was basically what I was trying to get to with my post.

I agree that Between The Buried and Me are a very creative band indeed, but so are A7X. They didn't write an 8-minute song with a polka beat and more accordions than guitar just to get on the radio and claim to be a metal band, did they? HIM are just as hated as A7X. What I'm going on about is that so few people in metal can actually appreciate creativity and originality no matter how heavy it is or what the band looks like. People don't look past feminism for the sake of good music. Fine with me if you can only listen to really heavy music. But that's no reason to talk shit about musicians who don't.

Hey, I don't want to hate on your music tastes, I have never heard them and don't want to. But metal is a culture, and here come these guys who are just pretty boys wearing massive sunglasses and designer hats. Of course they aren't going to be respected in metal. If they grew some hair and beards, ditch the stupid makeup and got an actual metal vocalist, someone who doesn't grease back his hair and whine like a girl, MAYBE they might get some more respect as a metal band. But they choose to wear makeup and expensive clothing, and make distinctly unmetal music. Here's a review about METAL albums, and everybody is arguing about a7x (where the HELL does the x come from?) who aren't metal at all. Go to the hardcore forum and argue there. Please don't try to tell us metalheads that your music is more metal than ours is. No offence, but heavy guitars and double-kick doesn't make something metal.

[Tate5118]

ear sex is amazing... better with more than one person though... since you have 2 ears and all

[im-jk]

synyster is pretty awesome but i hate their new stuff

[Aziraphale]

CrunchyMonkey wrote:

Hey, I don't want to hate on your music tastes, I have never heard them and don't want to. But metal is a culture, and here come these guys who are just pretty boys wearing massive sunglasses and designer hats. Of course they aren't going to be respected in metal. If they grew some hair and beards, ditch the stupid makeup and got an actual metal vocalist, someone who doesn't grease back his hair and whine like a girl, MAYBE they might get some more respect as a metal band. But they choose to wear makeup and expensive clothing, and make distinctly unmetal music. Here's a review about METAL albums, and everybody is arguing about a7x (where the HELL does the x come from?) who aren't metal at all. Go to the hardcore forum and argue there. Please don't try to tell us metalheads that your music is more metal than ours is. No offence, but heavy guitars and double-kick doesn't make something metal.

Fair enough, that's some very respectable arguments. Btw I never meant to say metalheads are elitistic, but that SOME or even A LOT are, just not all of them. Personally I would never judge a band because of how they look, but to each their own. And btw 7x means seven times, i.e. sevenfold.

[TheThingKills]

Death_Bat_6661 wrote:

Avenged Sevenfold = Ear Sex


despite the fact their new album is sadly a bit more radio friendly...


eh, still good

hhahaa you rule

[TheThingKills]

Oh and btw why the hell you guys argueing over different types of heavy music? Its all good. Metal and Hardcore both very good. Who cares about what they wear anyway. It's the music. Why don't we just all agree to hate rap, r'n'b and hip hop? lol

[kirk_pwns_jimmy]

i cant wait for the new metallica album!!

[kirk_pwns_jimmy]

axeslinger0u812 wrote:

HexaDakota wrote:

I don't care how good your music is; If you put on gobs of makeup and have the hugest, most annoyingly elaborate hair cuts imaginable while at the same time appeasing to whatever the latest counter culture fad is, I can't buy your CD. Just look at Fall Out Boy. Some of their songs are catchy and well written, but I refuse to be their fan because of everything they stand for offstage.
I don't care what anyone says, 80's glam rock was sweet. who doesn't love Twisted Sister? that ****er...dee snyder... was wearing more makeup than all the A7X dudes combined. there are a lot of good bands that involved make up. KISS, DLR probably wore his fare share of rouge, etc. come on man.

in regards to people claiming it IS innovative:
avenged's new cd wasn't terrible, but wasn't really that great either. had some nice songs, but mixing a bunch of styles that other people have done into one cd doesn't make it innovative. Oingo Boingo, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, etc. all bands pretty apparant in sevenfolds music.

what it makes is an ok greatest hits cd.

dont forget metallica
they are without a doubt influenced by them

[The_Seventh_Sin]

i liked the new a7x album

city of evil you could tell they were starting to sell out a little

now there being creative and i like that

[drummer_boyy]

gmikey222 wrote:

drummer_boyy wrote:

drummer_boyy wrote:

o.k. the only reason I have a profile is because tonight i was reading these comments because i saw a picture of syn.first i would like to say i respect you opinion but downing on a band that can actually play with the screen name corey taylor is the most(excsuse my spelling) hypicritical thing you can posibly do.not saying that slipknot can't play but come on.when was the last time you heard corey sing, i mean realy sing.if you in fact are corey then thats cool too, i mean i love slipknot to death and they are great but at the same time singer to singer,not writer to writer, shadows slaps taylor in the face.
i don't know about you but i think its funny that a band that most of you claim to hate and an album even more claim to hate is the main topic of most of the comments when at least ten other bands were mentioned. Corey Taylor wrote:

A7X was never metal. i loved City of Evil, but im very dissapointed with the new record


witch is cool. city of evil was the best.Tyler6606 wrote:

avenged sevenfold are totally homo.
take the makeup off and maybe ill take you seriously.


scratch that, they cant make good music either.

but you im sorry cant listen to anything less or more than power chords tuned down farther than a full step, and a singer who can actualy sing.oh and guess what THEY ALL WEAR MAKE UP LIVE AND ON THE ALBUM COVERS.GUESS WHAT ELSE, NOT ALL BUT AT LEAST 73% ARE GAY, AND A LITTLE MAKEUP DOSN'T MAKE YOU GAY OR A CHICK.....EAR SEX DOES!!!

after all of my ranting and accidentaly posting twice i realised i forgot to say that not every body is the same and every body likes something different and that i am quite a synic but i dont down on a band i dont like as it may seem i did.i like low end power chords too but i dont limit myself.what im trying to say is open your mind. if you dont like them thats cool.it may seem like i did but i did not do the next thing i will write.dont single any defenceless band out because they will never read it and you will never get the @$$ kicking you DESERVE.


have you heard shadows on any of the live recordings?
im not saying coreys any better live, but neither are in the position to slap one another in the face.

live thats true. the rev is so much better live though.

[drummer_boyy]

solopractice wrote:

A7X was kind of a let down, this album was more like experiments put to the test(they even added techno to their singing in one song) but they do have something that shows they aint letting go of metal like Critical Acclaim ( The Solos are worth the hear though )

thank you

[drummer_boyy]

kirk_pwns_jimmy wrote:

axeslinger0u812 wrote:

HexaDakota wrote:

I don't care how good your music is; If you put on gobs of makeup and have the hugest, most annoyingly elaborate hair cuts imaginable while at the same time appeasing to whatever the latest counter culture fad is, I can't buy your CD. Just look at Fall Out Boy. Some of their songs are catchy and well written, but I refuse to be their fan because of everything they stand for offstage.
I don't care what anyone says, 80's glam rock was sweet. who doesn't love Twisted Sister? that ****er...dee snyder... was wearing more makeup than all the A7X dudes combined. there are a lot of good bands that involved make up. KISS, DLR probably wore his fare share of rouge, etc. come on man.

in regards to people claiming it IS innovative:
avenged's new cd wasn't terrible, but wasn't really that great either. had some nice songs, but mixing a bunch of styles that other people have done into one cd doesn't make it innovative. Oingo Boingo, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, etc. all bands pretty apparant in sevenfolds music.

what it makes is an ok greatest hits cd.




dont forget metallica
they are without a doubt influenced by them

thay sang with metalica in burlin on june 6th 2006(06-06-06)

[drummer_boyy]

TheThingKills wrote:

Oh and btw why the hell you guys argueing over different types of heavy music? Its all good. Metal and Hardcore both very good. Who cares about what they wear anyway. It's the music. Why don't we just all agree to hate rap, r'n'b and hip hop? lol

F***ING YESSSSS!!! HAHAHA!

[drummer_boyy]

ITS FUNNY how much this is like a chat room since we read others thoughts then quote and comment on the. we even have conversations.

[kirk_pwns_jimmy]

drummer_boyy wrote:

ITS FUNNY how much this is like a chat room since we read others thoughts then quote and comment on the. we even have conversations.

lol, too true
they should make those formally

[SpeedballxPro]

all these comments are basically written by ****ing metallica elitists that have nothing better to do than criticize bands just because they try different styles. I like A7x's new stuff. I mean i love the older stuff too but its all good

[starcaster13]

The only reason a lot of people hate a7x is because they're all afraid of change. Go Avenged Sevenfold!

[the1]

A7x ARE different and original,, therefore there are obsessers and haters. No middle gtound. I freakin love them!!

[Harvey_Danger]

A7X != metal.

[Travv0]

Murder Soul wrote:

Since when did we consider metalcore(a7x) metal?

A7X hasn't been metalcore since Waking the Fallen.

[Time Paradox]

ok. a7x. good band. you can say they are or aren't metal. who cares. it's music. you either like it or don't. new album = something worth listening to but nothing to go CRRRRRAZY over. a7x is my favorite band. so it's gonna be easy for me to like it. but still. what other band made THEEEEE biggest tribute to pantera other than a7x? umm..no one. ok. they did "walk" by pantera. i know someone will argue about this. but still. you could say that they just ruined the song. but they did it DIMEBAG'S MEMORY you retards! they are dedicating part of their shows to remember dimebag. don't see many other bands doing that, now do you?

[(Guitarded)]

drummer_boyy :
kirk_pwns_jimmy wrote:

axeslinger0u812 wrote:

HexaDakota wrote:

I don't care how good your music is; If you put on gobs of makeup and have the hugest, most annoyingly elaborate hair cuts imaginable while at the same time appeasing to whatever the latest counter culture fad is, I can't buy your CD. Just look at Fall Out Boy. Some of their songs are catchy and well written, but I refuse to be their fan because of everything they stand for offstage.
I don't care what anyone says, 80's glam rock was sweet. who doesn't love Twisted Sister? that ****er...dee snyder... was wearing more makeup than all the A7X dudes combined. there are a lot of good bands that involved make up. KISS, DLR probably wore his fare share of rouge, etc. come on man.

in regards to people claiming it IS innovative:
avenged's new cd wasn't terrible, but wasn't really that great either. had some nice songs, but mixing a bunch of styles that other people have done into one cd doesn't make it innovative. Oingo Boingo, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, etc. all bands pretty apparant in sevenfolds music.
what it makes is an ok greatest hits cd.
dont forget metallica
they are without a doubt influenced by them

your just a r man.. A7X is like one of the most talented bands out there right now.. Youve never seen mick and james on the front cover of guitar world have you? A7X has so many changes in their music because every band cant play the same over and over, its just boring.. I used to play metal and metalcore on the guitar all the time but I started noticing I wasnt playing as much until i started getting the hands on classic rock and blues.. Its fun stuff. Thats just the music.. It changes. Look at metallica they went down once they started changing their music.. Trivium changed up to.. Everyone does it. A7X just didnt want to play the metalcore they have been doing for the longest time. Every A7X album (Including the self title) makes me want to pick up my guitar and sing along.. Their music is just so uprising and energetic.. Puts alot of thoughts in my head about everything thats going on and myself.. Go listen to your Buttrock and ty metal.

[(Guitarded)]

drummer_boyy :
kirk_pwns_jimmy wrote:

axeslinger0u812 wrote:

HexaDakota wrote:

I don't care how good your music is; If you put on gobs of makeup and have the hugest, most annoyingly elaborate hair cuts imaginable while at the same time appeasing to whatever the latest counter culture fad is, I can't buy your CD. Just look at Fall Out Boy. Some of their songs are catchy and well written, but I refuse to be their fan because of everything they stand for offstage.
I don't care what anyone says, 80's glam rock was sweet. who doesn't love Twisted Sister? that ****er...dee snyder... was wearing more makeup than all the A7X dudes combined. there are a lot of good bands that involved make up. KISS, DLR probably wore his fare share of rouge, etc. come on man.

in regards to people claiming it IS innovative:
avenged's new cd wasn't terrible, but wasn't really that great either. had some nice songs, but mixing a bunch of styles that other people have done into one cd doesn't make it innovative. Oingo Boingo, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, etc. all bands pretty apparant in sevenfolds music.
what it makes is an ok greatest hits cd.
dont forget metallica
they are without a doubt influenced by them

your just a r man.. A7X is like one of the most talented bands out there right now.. Youve never seen mick and james on the front cover of guitar world have you? A7X has so many changes in their music because every band cant play the same over and over, its just boring.. I used to play metal and metalcore on the guitar all the time but I started noticing I wasnt playing as much until i started getting the hands on classic rock and blues.. Its fun stuff. Thats just the music.. It changes. Look at metallica they went down once they started changing their music.. Trivium changed up to.. Everyone does it. A7X just didnt want to play the metalcore they have been doing for the longest time. Every A7X album (Including the self title) makes me want to pick up my guitar and sing along.. Their music is just so uprising and energetic.. Puts alot of thoughts in my head about everything thats going on and myself.

[(Guitarded)]

starcaster13 wrote:

The only reason a lot of people a7x is because they're all afraid of change. Go Avenged Sevenfold!

Right on man couldn't of said it better myself.

[Wachunga]

IMO i like the new A7x. i think it sounds like the stuff from Pinkly Smooth (their other band) and im glad that they said screw the record company and produced it on their own.

[JOE_DESTROYER]

good