Members countrybass Posted November 1, 2008 Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 As a university trained musician, I tend to be critical of musicianship. But last week when I picked up my 15 year old son, he asked if we could listen to his Avenged sevenfold cd. I really haven't appreciated any sort of rock music since the days of Warren DeMartini, George Lynch, and the like. But man was I impressed. Especially with the lead guitarest and drummer. To me it's refreshing to see these young guys tearing it up once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ender_rpm Posted November 1, 2008 Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 Yeah, I don't care for their music, but they are decent players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bogster Posted November 1, 2008 Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 I've never owned any of their cd's, but from what I've heard of them, they are pretty good for a "mainstream" metal band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members countrybass Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 Yea. I don't necessarliy like the tunes, but I thought that the lead guitarest and drummer have some technical skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted November 1, 2008 Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 i hate them to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SunofNothing Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 Between the buried and me. They will make you want to put your instrument and never play again, because you will never be THAT good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 I kinda dig them too, sounds a little grittier then most of the mainstream stuff, and I could never get into the Cookie Monster growling stuff...so it's a nice middle ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sultan417 Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 http://www.myspace.com/psyopus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 A7X has been in my Top 5 bands since I first heard "Bat Country" and bought "City of Evil". They're all very technically talented and accomplished guys, especially The Rev (drums) and Gates (lead guitars). Gates is a Musician's Institute-trained guitard. I think he studied Jazz Theory, though. It still translates pretty damn well, though. All 4 of their albums are different and do certain things for me. But they're all great. They wrote in their Guitar World cover issue, "You either love us undying or hate everything about us. There's no middle ground." I've usually found this to be true. I'm an undying-support-type fan. I know what I'll be listening to on the way home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 Technical acumen alone is never enough for me. There's gotta be more to it than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 Technical acumen alone is never enough for me. There's gotta be more to it than that. Dream Theater, they are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 Dream Theater, they are not. Lulz, true, but still. I like neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 Technical acumen alone is never enough for me. There's gotta be more to it than that. No kidding! I could care less how technically dazzling some music may be, if it doesn't speak to me on some level I just can't be bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greenshag Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 Between the buried and me.They will make you want to put your instrument and never play again, because you will never be THAT good. especially live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 especially live! Dream Theater bored the snot out of me live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SunofNothing Posted November 3, 2008 Members Share Posted November 3, 2008 especially live! I know right? I thought "they do like 20 time signature changes a song. They'll mess up live." Nope. They were flawless. Their tone is always great too. They're not a huge band, they don't have sound techs, but it always good. They are not a just technical cold metal band like others. They have tons of feeling. You can hear it in the bass solo on viridian. You can feel the sadness in the jazz part in Arts of the Sky, and then in same song you have fun with a bluegrass part. And if the chorus and last half of Sun of Nothing doesn't take on spiritual high, you don't have a soul. When listening to Alaska you go from high to low to high to low. Between the Buried and Me is the one of few bands for me where i feel like i'm listening to movements, not just a verse and chorus being repeated. It takes me on a trip. To me this is what music should be at it's purest form. They aren't worried about selling. They want to express themselves and have some fun at the same time. I think they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tylytle Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 No kidding! I could care less how technically dazzling some music may be, if it doesn't speak to me on some level I just can't be bothered. Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MisfitKay138 Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 Dream Theater bored the snot out of me live. hahahaha!!!! you just gave me the best damn ammo to make my friend john cry! :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bryan316 Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 Avenged Sevenfold is a great band, but I CANNOT STAND their singer. He sings with his nose pinched shut. Whiny, choked sound. Drives me up a wall. At least it ain't the yogurt-gargling X-core vocals... but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 Avenged Sevenfold is a great band, but I CANNOT STAND their singer. He sings with his nose pinched shut. Whiny, choked sound. Drives me up a wall.At least it ain't the yogurt-gargling X-core vocals... but still.... Their first two albums prior to City of Evil he sings a lot differently and more to the style.I heard he had to have throat surgery, like Bert of The Used did, which accounts for a lot of the change.The vox on the latest album, "Avenged Sevenfold" are a lot better than "City of Evil", which of the 4 albums has the worst vocal tracks IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 hahahaha!!!! you just gave me the best damn ammo to make my friend john cry! :poke: I can elaborate if you'd prefer, but it was not a fun show to watch. I was nodding off at one point. John Myung has the worst tone ever too. Utterly atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FloydianAnimal Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 Avenged Sevenfold is a great band and I've been a fan of theirs for awhile now. Heck, I saw them like 4 times in one year That said, they aren't the only technically impressive modern metal band out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members In Absentia Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 I actually like A7X. I'm pretty entertained by their songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jugghaid Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 Avenged Sevenfold is a great band, but I CANNOT STAND their singer. He sings with his nose pinched shut. Whiny, choked sound. Drives me up a wall.At least it ain't the yogurt-gargling X-core vocals... but still.... Same here. his voice is like a cheese grater going up my spine. But the band itself is very tight and tlented. Good players. Between the Buried and me are an excellent band musically. I can find something to like about most bands, including Dream Theater. I like them, I just can't listen to them for too long. Great bunch of musicians and they are allvery talented individually as well. They may notbethe best songwriters, but sometimes I lke to listen to top notch musicians just to see what level they take their skill to. It doesn't always have to beabout the context for me. That's why I like guys like Vai as well. I just like hearing that crazy talent translated to the fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greenshag Posted November 4, 2008 Members Share Posted November 4, 2008 I know right? I thought "they do like 20 time signature changes a song. They'll mess up live." Nope. They were flawless. Their tone is always great too. They're not a huge band, they don't have sound techs, but it always good. They are not a just technical cold metal band like others. They have tons of feeling. You can hear it in the bass solo on viridian. You can feel the sadness in the jazz part in Arts of the Sky, and then in same song you have fun with a bluegrass part. And if the chorus and last half of Sun of Nothing doesn't take on spiritual high, you don't have a soul. When listening to Alaska you go from high to low to high to low. Between the Buried and Me is the one of few bands for me where i feel like i'm listening to movements, not just a verse and chorus being repeated. It takes me on a trip. To me this is what music should be at it's purest form. They aren't worried about selling. They want to express themselves and have some fun at the same time. I think they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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