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| Your Fucking Nightmare Ranked
Uh. Fuck it. | | 11 | Avenged Sevenfold
Nightmare
It's catchy but epitomizes the band's laughable meat-headedness. Pretty sure I
just invented a word there. | | 10 | Buried Alive
It's a bad Metallica cover which could have been decent had the execution been
better. | | 9 | So Far Away
A pretty standard ballad at first, with a slightly flamenco undertone. The first
3:30 is pretty boring and forgettable, but after the guitar solo kicks in there's
some quality vocals from Shadows. | | 8 | Danger Line
Initially one of my favorites, multiple listens have made it become increasingly
annoying. Syn and Zacky share some very high registered descending guitar
leads (resembling neoclassical metal slightly) which while exciting at first,
become a bit of an annoyance. Likewise the chorus becomes gimmicky and
passionless with cringe-worthy lyrics. A7X never have been able to do the
political songs well however, but it's not a "bad" song. | | 7 | Natural Born Killer
Ugh if the verse didn't rip off the verse of "Almost Easy" (which isn't even a
good song honestly) this would have been so much better. One of the more
aggressive cuts, would have fit in with City of Evil, albeit as one of the weaker
tracks. | | 6 | Tonight the World Dies
A very interesting ballad-type song. The verses have a lazy, passive atmosphere,
while Shadow's busts out beyond his range for a loud but subdued chorus.
Ultimately, it is effective and a surprisingly chill listen. | | 5 | Welcome To the Family
It's still got the uninspired, meat-headed verse but all in all Welcome to the
Family is a fun song with an infectious chorus. Surprised this isn't a single yet. | | 4 | Victim
The (female?) vocals at the intro and outro very blatantly rip off Dream
Theater's ballad "Through Her Eyes," right down to the melody and enunciation.
Despite that, the instrumental performance is a very nice progression for the
band. The most atmospheric, progressive ballad A7X have recorded. The chorus
ALMOST ruins the songs with it's awful cliche lyricism, but ignoring that it's the
best ballad A7X have written since I Won't See You Tonight. | | 3 | Fiction
I've written about this song a few times in the past few days, and am beginning
to feel redundant. Fiction should not work at all. The piano motif is clumsy and
obnoxious. The dual guitar leads which have made A7X famous are no where to
be found. Some of the vocal performances are...to put it lightly...awful. Yet
despite it's imperfection and apparent melodrama, Fiction works. Prominent
vocals by the late Rev are drenched in emotion, despite obvious flaws. Fiction is
an unsettling listen, yet I could not think of a more perfect tribute to Jimmy.
The song shows maturation in A7X, and honestly, i'm damn proud of them. | | 2 | God Hates Us
Hyped as the heaviest and best song on the album. It actually is quite engaging
despite the (predictably) questionable lyrical content. It's an aggressive, pseudo-
thrash head banger, and I imagine it will be quite engaging live. | | 1 | Save Me
Despite the lengthy 11-minute run time, I found Save Me to be one of the most
well-composed songs on Nightmare, and possibly in the whole discography. It
manages to structure itself well amongst the numerous sections and is
instrumentally sound. There is palpable emotion in the reflective chorus as well
as the outro, which is entirely effective. It almost ends too soon for me, Save
Me does not seem 11-minutes long at all and flies by rather briskly. I would
state this as a major highlight of the band's rollercoaster career. | |
Yazz_Flute
07.25.10 | Album is a 3-3.5. To their credit I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I do. | Emim
07.25.10 | Album is a 3-3.5. To their credit I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I do. [2]
Ranking is pretty much the same from me too. | tiesthatbind
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In my opinion Tonight the World Dies is a snoozefest, Fiction is alright but not up to the hype, and Buried Alive was actually a lot better after a few listens, even if it is a Fade To black/One ripoff. | Yazz_Flute
07.25.10 | Should probably move Welcome to The Family to 4. | Sheeple9000
07.25.10 | If you LOVE A7X so much, you will get an A7X Tattoo on your scrotum. | Locrian
07.25.10 | Hey, I wouldn't put it past some of their fans. | Yazz_Flute
07.25.10 | I don't. | tables
07.25.10 | wow, I love* when bands release their worst tracks first as singles and such. I mean I'm used to it from Trent Reznor, but jeeeeesus | Ire
07.25.10 | I want to listen to this so i can hate them again.
I'll like it for a day and remember my a7x fanboyisms... and then remember that it's a7x and that they suck omfg | Yazz_Flute
07.25.10 | It's worthy a shot, might surprise you. | Spec
07.25.10 | Album turned out great to be honest. Funny how they released the two worst songs first. | Flatliner
07.25.10 | didnt know the cd was out yet. nice dp lol | Locrian
07.25.10 | It's out in Austria and Switzerland. Don't know why it was released there first, but there you go. | Yazz_Flute
07.25.10 | fags | FruityCatOfDoom
07.25.10 | i gave it a 3. and i completely agree with your ranking | BrockCrutchfield
09.29.11 | Buried Alive is my favorite song from the album. | Spec
09.29.11 | 11 and 10 suck, people keep saying they're the best on the album. Good job. | Yazz_Flute
09.29.11 | Buried Alive is awful though.
This would be ranked differently now though. It'd be like
Save Me
Natural Born Killer
Welcome to the Family
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the rest | Sowing
09.29.11 | good ranking, i completely agree | Joshgasm
09.29.11 | Hate this band. |
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