Bound to be shitty

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"I wanna write a classic metal record. - M. Shadows"

confirmed 2/5

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I really wish they had pulled a Led Zeppelin if you know what I mean

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prolly but i'll still give it a chance. i didn't think nightmare was all that bad actually.

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Why do you always post this news about terrible metal Snide?

Digging: Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

A 2/5 is being quite generous for an A7X record after the one who wrote everything semi-decent is dead. Doesn't mean the fans aren't gonna be hyping it as the best thing ever though. Ugh.

"I wanna write a classic metal record"

hahaha

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Ugh snide the master of posting news about shitty bands

"I wanna write a classic metal record" classic as in Drowning Pool or...?

Another album? Fucking kill me

new drummer? what happened to The Rev?

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Had completely forgotten about these guys. What's Mike Portnoy up to now that he's left the group?

they will have their irl drummer play backstage on their tour, and then just have a hologram cartoon drummer fill his place on the stage

Couldn't agree more treb. I knew the band was going down hill as soon as City of Evil started.

why does this band suck so much?

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"I want to write a classic metal record"

hahahahahaha (2579447)

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cool band

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fuck you all

No U

Terrible band.

Digging: Alice in Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

haters gonna hate.

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Holding out hope for nostalgia.

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worst

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Maybe this will be better than Nightmare.

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I've never understood why some people just dump on others for their taste in metal, or call something utter trash and think their opinion is the only one that matters. Not saying that happened here, but I see it quite frequently.
I think we should be more banded together and respect eachothers taste in hard rock/metal, after all, metalheads are the minority im sure, as most I know at least listen to mostly rap/techno/dubstep etc. If I meet someone for the first time, we end up discussing music and they happen to like metal, but listen to alot of stuff i dont particularily enjoy, I dont dump on him. Everyone has their own taste and should be respected!

I could understand making Nightmare, but c'mon.
I'm not even a fan of the band, but if they're going to make music they should do it without the Avenged Sevenfold name, especially considering that The Rev took such a big part in writing before his death.

lol at suggesting they change their name.

> "help him understand where they came from"
> "the band which now calls him family"

the prominence of the "family" thing is mildly creepy, and their fans do the same thing. like I get that you all feel the togetherness, but...yeah. having seen their behind-the-scenes DVD (required viewing with my ex) they all seem somewhat out of touch with reality.

still, Gates has chops on the guitar, and they at least try to sound different than the masses (with mixed results). band has seen better days though.

"the prominence of the "family" thing is mildly creepy"

how so? the four have known each other since high school.

they consider themselves not just members but brothers.

they just want to make sure he has dedication and loyalty.

I've never understood why some people just dump on others for their taste in metal, or call something utter trash and think their opinion is the only one that matters. Not saying that happened here, but I see it quite frequently.
I think we should be more banded together and respect eachothers taste in hard rock/metal, after all, metalheads are the minority im sure, as most I know at least listen to mostly rap/techno/dubstep etc. If I meet someone for the first time, we end up discussing music and they happen to like metal, but listen to alot of stuff i dont particularily enjoy, I dont dump on him. Everyone has their own taste and should be respected!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If by Classic Metal they mean lots of memorable riffs per song ala 'City of Evil' I'm totally down. If not, its been easier to ignore them now that they've become bro-y hard rock.

"the prominence of the "family" thing is mildly creepy"

I don't really see how this is creepy, no matter what band it is. After being on the road together for a few years, I would imagine they'd be pretty tight.

Not sure of my thoughts on a new album. Haven't even heard Nightmare in its entirety yet.

Digging: Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome

The talk of making a classic metal record has me thinking of City of Evil.

Digging: Muse - Absolution

coe was a pretty straight forward metal record so it could be awesome.

I don't have anything against the band calling themselves a family. it's the way that the fanbase treats them, how getting a deathbat tattoo is like being brought into a cult ("family").

or maybe it's just that I was creeped out by my ex and I associate that with the band. probably the last one. there's a chance this will be good -- nightmare had some quality moments, after all.

the fanbase has evolved tremendously as they've changed over the years.
unfortunately, not for the better. after wtf they lost a lot of tolerable people.
in place they gained the hard rock idiots you see at like disturbed shows lol.
I just enjoy the music and don't really give a shit about all of that nonsense.

^ well said.

just watch their dvd called all excess. it was released when the rev was still
alive. it's a pretty awesome documentary from then till up to 2007. it'll give
you a whole new light on the band and you might even grow to respect them.
they're certainly a group that's worked very hard for all of their success imo.

that's the one I was mixed on. I respect that they worked from guys working two jobs in long beach to where they are, and that Synyster actually knows what he's doing and tries to keep ahead of the curve. Jimmy was also an excellent musician. but there were some parts, like adopting their stage names (and how they came up with them -- Johnny Christ to piss people off? =\) that I was turned off by. I mean I guess I can't be too critical of their immature moments (my favorite band calls their van the Fart Box) since they definitely got most things right to be where they are.

still hilarious and I would love to drink with them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezsvM0g37w

haha...I hadn't seen that one.

but in conclusion,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9C3ZW07uSI

while I enjoy mastodon a7x are way better musicians and live band.

*sigh* I wish I could argue that...but I can't. maybe the Mastodudes should just play their live shows without vocals, it certainly wouldn't be worse.

we'll I've seen mastodon 3 times and a7x 5 times. mastodon was only good
once and a7x has never failed to give album quality performances every time.

that's a ton of cash you must have shelled out, a7x tickets are usually three digits to get near the stage these days.

nah. there's only been one show of theirs I've been to when it was seated by
sections in a super huge arena and that was only 40 bucks. It was awesome
to have seen them back in the day when waking the fallen had just dropped.

they should just release a cover album of like half of that one sweet album they had and then their other 4 or 5 good songs, id listen to that m/

unholy confessions and radiant eclipse all day all DAY

Mastodon were great live.

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I'M COMIN TO KILL YEW WUN LEAVE UNTIL YOU'VE DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

mastodon ruled on CtS tour. Hunter Heritage wasn't as awesome.

the last time I saw mastodon I felt bad they had to follow tdep.

Their drummer was the best thing about them.

I for one am excited about this album. Hopefully it's similar to City of Evil.

That COD video made be sick. Will not even glance at this.

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'while I enjoy mastodon a7x are way better musicians and live band'

hehehe

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I for one am excited about this album. Hopefully it's similar to City of Evil. [2]

Digging: Stars - Set Yourself On Fire

This looks bad, realy bad. And I enjoy a lot some stuff of these guys, after that declaration I will be happy if the album is better than the self titled LP

I've never understood why some people just dump on others for their taste in metal, or call something utter trash and think their opinion is the only one that matters. Not saying that happened here, but I see it quite frequently.
I think we should be more banded together and respect eachothers taste in hard rock/metal, after all, metalheads are the minority im sure, as most I know at least listen to mostly rap/techno/dubstep etc. If I meet someone for the first time, we end up discussing music and they happen to like metal, but listen to alot of stuff i dont particularily enjoy, I dont dump on him. Everyone has their own taste and should be respected!


^what's the point of reviews then?

Digging: Soilwork - The Living Infinite

band isn't as bad as everyone says. i'm definitely going to check this out. there were enough good moments on nightmare that makes me feel like these guys could do something good here.

They have a lot of good material, obviously they had mistakes like dear god and other tracks but the amount of hate they get is exaggerated, the weakest point is perhaps the vocal work but in some songs it fits perfectly and is enjoyable, even catchy.

Everybody who wants to make Classic albums usually fails.
Everybody who doesn't even intend to make Classic albums succeeds more often.

WHY?

This band is god awful.

"This band is god awful."
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the discussion of the article at hand. I'm sure your post brightened a lot of people's eyes.

That's what everybody says about Muse, Green Day, BVB, BrokeNCYDE, JB, ATR, and every other goddamn band in the world.

Yeah, we sure brightened our days.

Do I have to call Adam Downer into this one?

I was going to make a joke, but since I'm tired I forgot about it, so I'll just say that this band sucks cock and this gon' be gay.

kbai

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Shitty band, shitty music.

"This band is god awful."

There is a lot of wisdom in this post, is a stapple in modern literature, this guy is truly a smart person who makes remarkable contributions. Lol

shut the fuck up

So by "classic record", do they mean a metal record with classic rock influences like City of Evil? Or do they mean "classic metal" as in some kind of NWOBHM-type thing like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest?

or did they just mean "classic" as in "fucking amazing that will be remembered throughout centuries"?

Either way, I think this will be good so long as the record doesn't consist of 10 Carry On-type songs

"This band is god awful."

Just another random-ass post. We see it all the time.

U mad, bro?

5/5 will be a masterpiece.

Digging: Detour North - From Your Basement Speakers

shut the fuck up

You can't bring me down fucking moron. U mad bro ? Lol.

"U mad bro?"

you must be 12.

Ohh men, you are so mature and smart. I'm sure you get a lot of pussy

STRENGTH OF THE WORLD

IS ON MY SI-I-I-I-I-I-I-DE

I still love this band. I even have a soft spot for "Carry On," even though the song isn't that great. I enjoyed most of Nightmare except for the title track, so I have hopes that this will be good.

Carry on is a good song in my personal opinion, the weakest point of these guys are the ballads.

I for one am excited for this song lol

Gonna rawk.

Digging: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

a7x is good for getting sputnik all riled up

stfu? NEVER. Really, I just trying to get someone pissed off. Because I like to do that type of stuff. I'm incredibly immature for my age.

Guise, calm down guise.

Whatever; people just automatically like to make assumptions about music without even thinking about what they just said. I'm pretty much satirizing the whole situation on purpose.

what is going onnnn lol, i am personally semi excited

I'm being deceitful, that's all.

I remember one time I was eating rotten eggs and listening to a7x and I was like eww goddamn























Turn that shit off

paxman maybe you shouldn't eat rotten eggs paxman.

atleast the rev's shitty writing wont hurt this record lol

I really wish they could go back the Waking the Fallen days, or at least City of Evil. I really hope this album is better than the last two, and they bring back some old elements, I'm just tired of this new shitty Avenged Sevenfold that makes songs to appeal to 12 year olds who play COD. I can't help but give these guys a chance because of the nostalgia.

yea ill listen but itll suck

These guys stole Overkill's logo... fuuuuuuck.

These guys stole Overkill's logo... fuuuuuuck.

What?

DarthMann ur so edgy n cool lol

"I really hope this album is better than the last two, and they bring back some old elements"

um, nightmare contained plenty of old elements from wtf and coe.

I've liked these guys for a while but Nightmare was underwhelming and that last song they released was god awful

Glad they at least hint that the COD song was tripe.

The self-titled has probably been the best since Waking The Fallen for me. Songs like Lost, Brompton Cocktail and Gunslinger were great. Even kind of liked Dear God.

That said, if this sounds like City Of Evil or Nightmare (or the COD song)... I probably won't be very pleased. I'm not holding out much hope it sounds like Waking The Fallen at this point lol.

the self-titled is their worst album by far lol.

"I remember one time I was eating rotten eggs and listening to a7x and I was like eww goddamn

...

Turn that shit off"

^^^Arguably the greatest comment of all time

of course it is

shit band

Let's see if sputnik will continue its trend of giving popular rock bands 1's no matter what they sound like. No matter what this album sounds like, some staffer here will give this a 1 or a 1.5.

yeah cause it's a7x, c'mon, it wouldn't be right otherwise

the self-titled is their worst album by far lol.

self-titled was the shit COME AT ME BRO

"Let's see if sputnik will continue its trend of giving popular rock bands 1's no matter what they sound like. No matter what this album sounds like, some staffer here will give this a 1 or a 1.5. "

Did you ever think that maybe A7X actually suck major balls and people with good taste and writing skills don't like them?

Let's see if sputnik will continue its trend of giving popular rock bands 1's no matter what they sound like. No matter what this album sounds like, some staffer here will give this a 1 or a 1.5.

Men, seriously, who cares ?????????? If yoy enjoy it, that the only thing that matters.

Did you ever think that maybe A7X actually suck major balls and people with good taste and writing skills don't like them?

I for one am excited about this album. Hopefully it's similar to City of Evil. [3]

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The real question is, why did you care enough about what I wrote to write about it while talking about what I care about?

Don't take me wrong men, I didn't want to attack you. it was just an advice, a suggestion. You just have to care about yourself.

Don't take me wrong men, I didn't want to attack you. it was just an advice, a suggestion. You just have to care about yourself.

"I don't see what writing skills and sputnik staff writers have to do with each other."

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Yeah ok buddy

no matter how bad this will be people are gonna get it anyway.

Alright whatever you say andcas. God hates us is the only song that reflects wtf. I'm sure you could
find some elements from coe in Nightmare, but you could do that with s/t as well, because it's fucking
Avenged Sevenfold and it all sounds generally the same from 2007 onwards for some reason. Jesus, the
inner a7x fanboy kid inside of me is speaking.

IT'S YOUR FUCKING NIGHTMARE

there are plenty of "gothic" sounding tracks with screaming. yeah it's subdued
compared to wtf but seriously take what you can get and appreciate that shit.

Naw man I want my old a7x back

compared to their self-tiled album nightmare was a godsend. then again the fact rev wrote half the album lyrically and it was so cryptic to his death which leads me to believe it was a suicide I probably draw to it more than you do.

AFI is better.

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I think it was a matter of time with the Rev, he always abused substances. But I can obviously see where you'd get your thesis. Nightmare was better than s/t, even the b-sides to s/t were way better in my opinion.

listen to save me again and keep what they've been through in mind.

syn

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ire

wut

Do not want.

stop it young george carlin.

produced by activision written by treyarch comes Avenged Sevenfold X Modern Warfare Edition

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yeah probably i've never heard it never want to

lol.

yea i didnt understand the last 2 comments at all

XxXKUSHA7XQUIKSCOP3L3G3NDXxX

I'm the goddamn Batman.

The new trend on Sputnik is avatars with tits...
I like this trend.

Snide:

This is what I meant about the logo
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79rlc0e7b1rnvyf5o1_500.jpg

I hope this means theyll go back to city of evil

They've done nothing of value since "Waking the Fallen".

This'll be another album to add to the trash heap.

wrong.

gonan suk so ahrd

If the album will be like City of Evil it will rule.

forgot this band even existed.Wish it would have stayed that way.DAMN YOU SNIDE!!!!!

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Lol Sunn, you would have heard about them eventually man.

hahaaha real funny sunn

fuck this band and everybody who likes them!

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What a well thought out statement Mike, you should post more often.

I wanna write a classic metal record. - M. Shadows

no words for this comment.

"DarthMann ur so edgy n cool lol"

i know there was no need to tell me

Ugh why'd you have to remind me of this shit

ugh this awful band

lol who cares

It's hilarious to read the dumb fan/haterboy comments all over the news.

gonna rule.

Classic metal, as in thrash and hair metal?

"gonna rule."

Andcas you really think soo.

well it'll be interesting to see how their first album without the rev works out.

it'll be interesting to see who still gives shits about this band in 2013

plenty of people.

"well it'll be interesting to see how their first album without the rev works out."

Probably gonna be their worst

Plenty of people. [2]

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plenty of people [3]

Hmm... Worth a shot. Maybe.

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Could be good. Nightmare was decent. I'll be optimistic.

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A new song is coming out: https://soundcloud.com/avengedsevenfold/channel13

meh

Sounds like Metallica's Sad But True.

Ugh this band

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band rules live

I would neve know because even if someone payed for me and bought me all the beer and weed I wanted I still wouldn't go

yes you would and would have a blast on top of it

Um no I wouldn't how the fuck do you know?

Oh right you don't

"I really wish they had pulled a Led Zeppelin if you know what I mean"

ripping off a much better, lesser known band and take credit for creating that sound?

Why do you always post this news about terrible metal Snide?

Um how do you know you wouldn't?

Oh right you don't

because you're acting as if how you think it'd be is actually how it is

shut the fuck up

It is to cause I have nothing rated higher than a 3 and I've always thought this band was okay at best I wouldn't waste my time seeing a bunch of fags with eyeliner sorry doesn't sound like my idea of a good time

none of them have worn eyeliner for years and even if they still did how does that have any impact on how well they perform as a live band?

It doesn't but I wouldn't see them live because I don't like them why don't you get that?

And I like how you defend their eyeliner

no andcas is just a stubborn bitch who occasionally has moments of effective sarcastic humour idk how this hasn't been figured out by now

there are plenty of bands throughout musical history who have worn makeup
on their face so it'd be pretty hypocritical to cherry pick who you're gonna
make fun of for it based purely on if you like them or not

But just get this through your thick fucking skull

I wouldn't see them cause I don't like them. The end.

I don't care if you don't like them. I just think you're being ignorant.

Cool.

not really, no.

Just gonna say you did make it seem like the main reason that you wouldn't go was because "I wouldn't waste my time seeing a bunch of fags with eyeliner sorry doesn't sound like my idea of a good time". I know this whole thing is over but you held a major prejudice against the eyeliner.

"I wouldn't waste my time seeing a bunch of fags with eyeliner sorry doesn't sound like my idea of a
good time"

Dimebag once played a show in a pair of Marilyn Manson's girl boots because why the hell not. It
didn't matter what you wore, what mattered was the music you were making. Whatever though, these guys
stopped using eyeliner since 2007.

Stupid ass comment system sucks with its spaces and stuff.

robert smith still wears eyeliner. guess the cure is shit as well.

lol i think most people would see any band if there was free beer and weed involved

No shit.

"I want to write a classic metal record"

That was exactly what that fag from Trivium said just before The Crusade.

could be good. they pulled off coe well. yes I know that's not classic metal.

yeah man fags suck

2007: The year Avenged Sevenfold stopped using eyeliner.

2013: The year Avenged Sevenfold should realize they suck and brake up.

Of course, they're having fun with what they do, have a massive load of fans and get a lot of money
from this, they're definitely going to realize they suck and break up.

Why is this being bumped

"brake up"

Digging: The National - Trouble Will Find Me

stay together for the kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMziXcJAxho

Haven't cared for anything from these guys since Waking the Fallen, which is a decade ago. Time to call it quits. I feel like A7X and C&C are just going through the motions at this point, offering nothing new or challenging.