Avenged Fan-Pleasers 2007-08-09 by Otisbum | 26 Comments |
Avenged Sevenfold has set an October 16 release date for the self-titled follow-up to 2005's "City of Evil", the band's breakout LP that's sold more than 800,000 copies in the U.S. alone. The album is the California metalcore act's first attempt at self-producing.
Avenged vocalist M. Shadows told MTV.com last month that the band had no problem producing the CD themselves. "We met with a lot of different producers and felt that we would be going more in their direction, rather than doing what we wanted to do," Shadows said. "We wanted to make our record. We've spent a lot of time in the studio, and we've learned how to do everything. It was the only way we would be able to get our ideas across, 100 percent, to our fans."
From the sound of it, "Avenged Sevenfold" might be the band's heaviest set to date.
"It was a very conscious decision on our part to make the most down-to-the-bone Avenged Sevenfold album we could," the frontman said. "There's no glitz or glamour — just a heavy-hitting record that encompasses all of Avenged Sevenfold. It's a record that new fans and old fans will love. It's easily our best-sounding record. We spent so much time on textures and different vibes, and we'd try everything in the studio. Whatever worked worked, and whatever didn't, we'd throw out. We've had four months in the studio where we've just been experimenting and making this sh-- hit heavy.
"We wanted to make a record we'd be really proud of, and the biggest difference with this record is that it's all groove-oriented — no more machine-gun drums going 120 miles per minute," he continued. "It's very 'one-two, one-two,' where you're just banging your head the entire time. It's not as sporadic. We're making a good record for our fans, and they're the only ones who count."
Read more at MTV.com.
From http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/.
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Tagged: Avenged Sevenfold
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let's hope it's better than City of Evil.
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I'll still check this out and most likely review it but
"Avenged Sevenfold" might be the band's heaviest set to date.
We've had four months in the studio where we've just been experimenting and making this sh-- hit heavy.
the biggest difference with this record is that it's all groove-oriented
no more machine-gun drums going 120 miles per minute
"It's very 'one-two, one-two,' where you're just banging your head the entire time. It's not as sporadic.
eeeeh...  This Message Edited On 08.09.07
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@Mike: 
I'll buy this no matter what. I don't suppose it'll be any better than their last two releases, but I'll risk it.
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No more machine-gun drums is definitely a plus.
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I was feeling pretty good about this until the last paragraph.
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I really liked the machine gun drumming... oh how I miss the Waking The Fallen days. I really dont know what to expect out of this, but Im hoping for the best.
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Can't wait for this. Fall of 2007 will own my life musically if all goes well.
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@TWE: Is the Thrice album coming out in the fall? I forget if they posted a date yet.
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Eh, the new A Wilhelm Scream album will own this anyways.
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Cool ill def check this out. I liked CoE a little more than WtF honestly, despite the blatant unoriginality. Chapter Four and Second Heartbeat still remain their best songs though, nothing on CoE could come close to matching those.
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So is the album self-titled?
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Yippie!!!!!!
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Why am I scared they are going to try to sound like Pantera or something like that...oh ya Trivium did that with Metallica...erm...
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So is the album self-titled? Yep.
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Why am I scared they are going to try to sound like Pantera or something like that This is what I am afraid of. Pantera sucks.
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This has been reported like 10 times, pretty much word for word.
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I highly doubt this is going to have any good in it at all.
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"is that it's all groove-oriented — no more machine-gun drums going 120 miles per minute," he continued. "It's very 'one-two, one-two,' where you're just banging your head the entire time. It's not as sporadic. We're making a good record for our fans, and they're the only ones who count."
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
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I don't care if the drums are 120 miles per minute...as long as they're not so fucking triggered.
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ven't we had a bunch of news articles telling us the same thing?
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they played the new song live yesterday, it was pretty much better than anything they had done before
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I was at the concert with Kalkal yesterday and I can back up that the new song they played live yesterday was definately better (and heavier) then anything they'd done before. I liked it. And this is coming from someone who DESPISED City of Evil.
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From what who are saying?
I dislike A7X as well but I'm going to give it a chance after hearing the new song, though I'm hoping they didn't make it heavier just to get our mosh pits going (excellent crowd btw). If anyone was wondering, it wasn't an A7X concert, it was a festival and they played their new song in their set.
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Meh, I'm not going to judge a book by its cover either. That song was actually pretty good, and yeah it's A7X but at least they're going in the right direction. The new song was pretty thrashy if you ask me; it was solid.
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josh d., dam youre closeminded...so you dont like the band, fine, but if you havent heard any of the new shit then how can you say its gonna suck?? dumass, their new song is fuckin amazing, and so is a7x for that matter, get the fuck over it
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are you seriously that fuckin retarded???? waht makes you think hes a bad singer??? and bad band...hmm, funny, most talented guitar player of our time, by far the best drummer of our time, and a kickass bassist and guitarist?? not to mention THE BEST FUCKIN VOCALIST ON THE PLANET??? im not seeing the bad part of this band
no sir, you suck (and i mean that quite literally)
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