Avenged Sevenfold

Jofspring wrote: »

Agreed. It does feel at times like listening to Metallica or Maiden with M.Shadows voice but I for one like it.

Some of the riffs sound like stuff we have all heard before but they just sound quality when mixed in with Shadows vocals.

People were worried about the drumming but I think it was nailed.

Can't wait for the Live show as going by the album it is going to be unlike anything we have seen from them in Ireland yet with the added Pyro.

Looking forward to seeing them live as well, hopefully they'll beef up their set a little bit though, the last time I seen them headline a show they only played about an hour. If they want to be up there with the bands they keep mentioning, Metallica, Maiden, etc, they're going to need to step up on that front as well.

The only song that I still haven't warmed to is Planets. I have listened to Hail to King so much I skip it a good bit but I am loving every other song on it. The choruses are really melodic and the riffs while predictable enough and are familiar to stuff we have heard from other bands do the job very well.

I can see Avenged picking up a lot of new fans with this album, people that may not either have bothered with them before and a lot that probably haven't even heard of them before.

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

The constant bashing of this band for being obvious with their influences (and yes, at times, derivative) is getting really tiresome. They aren't the first band to do it, they won't be the last, and it doesn't make their music less enjoyable by default.

No one said it makes their music less enjoyable if you're into that sort of thing. I'd better not mention the "overkill" logo then :-p

A7X are doing a livestream Q & A, i'll just leave the link here for anyone who's interested

http://new.livestream.com/AvengedSevenfold/events/2343488/images/28437218?utm_source=twitterlivestream&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=AvengedSevenfold&utm_content=2343488

Hail to the King #1 in Irish Album Charts

Jofspring wrote: »

Jesus that's great to see. When's the last time a band like Avenged have been No.1 in Ireland.

Not sure but Meteora by Linkin Park and Metallicas Death Magnetic were number 1 albums here

Think paramore got number 1, qotsa did too. It means exactly SFA no matter how they sugarcoat it.

Gamingismylife wrote: »

SFA?

Sweet is the S, A is All and F Shouldnt be hard to figure out now

Avenged drop straight to number 11, I suppose NIN are gone in at number 5 then again like he said it means SFA haha.

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

The constant bashing of this band for being obvious with their influences (and yes, at times, derivative) is getting really tiresome. They aren't the first band to do it, they won't be the last, and it doesn't make their music less enjoyable by default.

I haven't heard the album yet, their previous stuff hasn't really appealed to me but I just saw this today:

Rob Flynn has some strong opinions on their influences:

https://www.facebook.com/MachineHead?ref=stream&hc_location=stream

Have just litened to it now on Spotify. They are still not my cup of tea but the "influences" are so obvious that it's difficult to hear the band for their own talents.

The Guns n Roses song "Doing Time" is like a Use your Illusion outtake!

Not long away now to Dublin show, Last time I saw them the tracks I enjoyed most were and the epic but a quick scazz at recent setlists suggests they're playin neither. oh well lookin forward to it nonetheless even if the latest tribute album wasn't great.

Also decent enough Interview with 5FDP from the Irish times, They see this slot as a platform for their own 2014 tour so a future date in Ireland could be likely as far as Im aware their last outing here was supporting LOG. http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/five-finger-death-punch-on-the-wrong-side-of-heaven-but-doing-just-fine-1.1611927?page=1

Dargull wrote: »

Anyone have any idea of the stage times for each band tonight?

From metal ireland

Stage times for O2 in Dublin tonight. Avatar (7.15-7.45pm), Five Finger Death Punch (8.05-8.50pm) and Avenged Sevenfold 9.20-11pm.

Good gig. Has to be the smallest crowd I've ever seen at the O2 though. They blocked off the seating and standing area. Never seen them block off the standing before. We had seated tickets and easily walked down to standing, in the end we just decided to sit. Avatar were your typical opener, nothing special. Great musicianship but a questionable singer. Five Finger were fantastic! Never heard much of their stuff and I loved it. Crowd were really into them.

For A7X themselves they were fantastic but for the whole night I kept thinking "not as good as the Olympia show" as I do not believe they will top that show, least not in my eyes. The venue did not let them use their pyro which was a shame as I heard it was fantastic. Still unsure as to how I feel about the new stuff, Hail to the King was fantastic, the rest I could have done without as they have much better songs in their catalogue. I couldn't help but draw the "Sad but True" comparisons for "This Means War", especially when shadows emphasised on how heavy the song is, undeniably similar to Hetfield. The crowd seemed pretty dead all through Avenged. Dunno if it was the security influence but it was definitely the tamest metal show I've been to!

But I won't detract from a great gig that I thoroughly enjoyed. Hopefully Ireland gets a few more similar. But the need for a medium sized venue was truly apparent!

Was a fantastic evening

The openers, Avatar, I really enjoyed them! Thought they had some fun/catchy tunes.

Five Finger were brilliant!! Would definately see them again.

My first time seeing Avenged and I found them funtastic! Shame about lack of ticket sales, blocked off standing/seating and no pyro.

Anyone have any idea why pyro would not be allowed?? Cause I do remember Rammstein playing there and I'm pretty sure they had one or two flames going

The blocked off seats/standing area and the O2 being so empty kinda saddened me, will it put metal bands off coming here? Is the metal scene getting smaller? Or just the fact, it's a Tuesday and A7X target audience had to go to school the next day... ponder ponder!