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Hi Everybody (Hi Dr. Nick :x ), I was listening to some avenged sevenfold (that's a looootttttt of avenging!) and thinking that the first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (great, more on the list of chores to do!) was way better than the stuff which followed. I mean, it really was choas in the best possible way. I wonder what any Ax7 fans on this forum think (I know that you are out there, be brave and come forwards, we will not let others bring forth tears to our eyes :lol: ).

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Hi Everybody (Hi Dr. Nick :x ), I was listening to some avenged sevenfold (that's a looootttttt of avenging!) and thinking that the first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (great, more on the list of chores to do!) was way better than the stuff which followed. I mean, it really was choas in the best possible way. I wonder what any Ax7 fans on this forum think (I know that you are out there, be brave and come forwards, we will not let others bring forth tears to our eyes :lol: ).
Not to be rude but there are a few a7x threads on here and not one of them is warranted because they are neither Metal or good. I suggest you check out some better bands. :D
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Re: Avenged Sevenfold Eek, sorry about the repeat posting! :oops: As to whether they are metal or not, I'm really not going to argue the point, as I can see good reasons for denying them the title. Nevertheless, I can't personnally bring myself to think that Metalcore is not metal, though I can see it is hardly its purest form.

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Re: Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold has always frustrated me because they've got so much potential, but they squander it away with the terrible vocals and all-around trendiness of their output. They've got a great, almost queen-like sense of harmony in both the vox and the guitars, and a knack for writing catchy songs, but... Sigh. Same with Trivium, the guitarists are incredible(Check their collab with King Diamond on the Roadrunner United album), but it's all so trendy and lame it makes me feel dirty for enjoying it even a little bit.

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well you feel bad for liking it so suppose I can't be too judgemental' date=' especially since I like bands like The Who and Pink Floyd that have absolutely NOTHING to do with metal[/quote'] Lol, I don't feel bad. I feel frustrated because I hear potential and I'm like, "Come on guys, break out of that mallcore mold, you can do it!" lol. As far as listening to stuff that has nothing to do with metal, I wouldn't feel bad about that at all. I listen to a wide variety of things. Metal just happens to be my favorite genre, the one I identify most with.
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for me it's all about metal' date=' hard rock, classic rock like Zepplin and the Rolling Stones, blues, jazz, classical and flamenco I despise modern pop, rap, hip hop, techno, dubstep and most of all reggae[/quote'] I like metal, hard rock, classic rock, classical, old rap/hip hop, old punk/hardcore, '80s synth pop stuff like Depeche Mode, New Order, the Cure, etc, some new age instrumental stuff, film scores, some older country like Johnny Cash or Dwight Yoakam, etc. I too hate modern pop, it sucks. No time is taken to craft a song anymore, it's all dance beats with a novelty hook that people can use for a ringtone.
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Re: Avenged Sevenfold Love 300, great movie to watch before a hockey match. :lol: Murph you should listen to lots of different stuff, that way you know what is shite. I hate all the modern pop stuff, it's just so manufactured. Metal is my genre of choice but I do listen to all sorts from opera to cybergoth to folk etc.

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Can't stand bands like them, a few years ago I worked with 2 girls who were into those bands and played them often, and I could not get into it. It really bothers me how they sound kind of like 80s metal with the power taken away over pop vocals. I'm not condemning them, I can hear that they can play their instruments and the singer is obviously good at singing emotional songs for teenagers, but I can't stand the sound personally. It also bothers me cause, when I was a kid in the 90s, I was always getting crap from Korn fans and being made fun of for liking classic metal, and now guitar solos and Maiden type influences are cool. Just shows how fickle the mainstream is. Not that I respect any of the emo-metal bands for having Maiden influences, they play such a neutered form of them.

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Can't stand bands like them, a few years ago I worked with 2 girls who were into those bands and played them often, and I could not get into it. It really bothers me how they sound kind of like 80s metal with the power taken away over pop vocals. I'm not condemning them, I can hear that they can play their instruments and the singer is obviously good at singing emotional songs for teenagers, but I can't stand the sound personally. It also bothers me cause, when I was a kid in the 90s, I was always getting crap from Korn fans and being made fun of for liking classic metal, and now guitar solos and Maiden type influences are cool. Just shows how fickle the mainstream is. Not that I respect any of the emo-metal bands for having Maiden influences, they play such a neutered form of them.
It became en vogue to emulate the 80's again around the time Guitar Hero was selling like crazy. That is a good analogy, a cheap sterilized version of the real thing more about ironic worship of some characteristics of heavy metal, while missing the point entirely. Heavy metal is not guitar solos, guitars solos can be a consequence of heavy metal. Writing insipid songs to surround those regurgitated leads is a huge was of time, and is the antithesis of heavy metal itself, which is why most retro bands suck. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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