If you know anything about The Rev and Synyster Gates, then chances are you've probably heard of them because of Avenged Sevenfold. Here's something that'll hit you like a ton of bricks: a year after their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet was released, an avant-garde metal side project by the name of Pinkly Smooth issued their - sadly enough - only recording Unfortunate Snort. The musicianship here is wacky, for lack of a more accurate summation, though almost all of it works within the context of this release. The Rev's vocals are an acquired taste, particularly if you aren't used to the style of heavy metal that his band performed; fortunately he wasn't incompetent at the role. For an album which contained only six tracks, Unfortunate Snort was probably worth just a bit more (figuratively speaking), and I would've loved to see this outfit continue... Though that won't ever be the case, it seems. R.I.P. The Reverend Tholomew Plague
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