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| 4.0 excellent | tables | October 6th 08 |
This package features an incredible live DVD and a CD of mediocre songs.
If you buy this, it'll be for the DVD. Crystal clear video and audio quality, and a great song selection of all of A7X's hits from Waking The Fallen, City Of Evil, and their self-titled. I would've liked to see one or two more WTF tracks, but other then that it's great. There are a also a few extras, intro videos and stuff.
The CD itself, Diamonds in the Rough, isn't the best. Mainly covers and b-sides from
their self-titled. There are 7 b-side songs. If you didn't like some of the 'quirkier'
stuff from their self-titled, then these are welcome additions. They lean more towards 'City Of Evil' style, dual guitars and never ending solos with clean vocals. Except
for a piano here or a weird voice effect there, these tracks are pretty 'gimmick'-free.
Some songs have even stupider lyrics then normal A7X (Crossroads), others are better but
are way too long (Demons). It's not a bad collection but its a good thing that they
stayed off the original album. None of them really stand out; I can't even honestly
decide which one is my favorite.
The covers: both 'Flash of the Blade' (Iron Maiden) and 'Walk' (Pantera) pale in
comparison to their originals, but they certainly aren't bad efforts. In addition to
those, there are 2 "remixed" songs from the self-titled, 'Almost Easy' and 'Afterlife'.
They're not much of remixes at all. 'Almost Easy' just has slightly different, more angry
vocals. I prefer these to the original, actually, but there was really no point of making
this. 'Afterlife' just has different and additional violin parts, even less noticeable
then the other remix.
Overall, if you're a big Sevenfold fan, buy this. The DVD is suberb, and the music CD,
while not A7X's best, will satisfy you if you're desperate for new material. If you're
not already a fan, this won't convert you.
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| 0.0 | BaseballJames | October 19th 11 |
I don't care much for the Diamonds disc, but the live concert is exceptional.
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| 5.0 classic | ssmagaiver | June 24th 10 |
Crazy stuff, Avenged Sevenfold live is freak! M Shadows owning his vocals and Synyster Gates showing what his fingers are made for. Amazing, as the b-sides.
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| 4.0 excellent | xDexx69x | February 5th 10 |
Aside from the Iron Maiden cover of Flash of the Blade, I can listen to this album anytime of day. If it was promoted more, I think more people would agree.
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| 0.0 | Spec | January 22nd 10 |
These songs should have stayed unreleased. Good songs are: Tension, Until the End and Crossroads.
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| 2.5 average | SadButTrue | June 7th 09 |
Through out the album Sound the Seventh Trumpet and Waken the Fallen, Avenged has really changed. Not so instrumentally wise, more of M Shadows vocals.
In Diamonds in the rough, there was nothing really special about it. Most of it was covers and remixes. M Shadows has really lost his touch too, if you watch the DVD he could just barely pull of a scream with out it not sounding proper. So, maybe the Alternative Rock style is the way to go for him. Though, its not really what I personally want to see from Avenged Sevenfold.
At first, I thought Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance were some of the best guitarist around. But, now as I listen to their songs, their solos are just bends and a lot of alternate picking. I have to give it to them though, they look like guitar gods playing together.
What really impressed was The Revs talent, when he sang on the self-titled album I thought they should do that more often. But, I didn't really find that on the Diamonds in the Rough album.
Then you have Johnny Christ. I think the band is putting more out there with the bass, because before I think Avenged pretended like Johnny didn't exist. Then when I heard the song "Tension" they had a pretty cool bass intro which surprised me a lot. I think they should keep putting Johnny Christ out more.
Over all, there was nothing special about this album. Nothing really you would want to listen to all the time. Avenged Sevenfold to me has gotten really mainstream and generic I don't really listen to them. Hopefully if they make a new album they will surprise me.
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| 0.0 | ConorMichaelJoseph | March 11th 09 |
Though I hate live albums, I listen to them anyway. Why? Because there are some great ones, such as Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, Nirvana's MTV Unplugged and Metallica's S&M. But I even listen to live albums of bands I have no particular interest in, such as these metal pretenders. Shadows sounds awful enough in studio, but his attempted Phil Anselmo impersonation is awful. The instrumentation is okay but there really is so much better. The B-Sides are awful.
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