Avenged Sevenfold

Jofspring · 30-08-2013 4:31pm

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

Wrongway1985 · 30-08-2013 4:58pm

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

smackbunnybaby · 02-09-2013 12:37pm

My Chemical Romance went to #1 ? (gets sick in mouth)

Mushy · 03-09-2013 8:45am

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

Gamingismylife · 07-09-2013 10:34pm

Mushy wrote: »

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

SFA?

Wrongway1985 · 07-09-2013 11:03pm

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.

wp_rathead · 09-09-2013 1:29pm

RTE 's review of Hail to the King

By the same chap who gave WtF 2 out 5

devildriver · 09-09-2013 7:08pm

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

Jofspring · 09-09-2013 8:49pm

He's fairly bang on in fairness with the similarities but feck it I still like it.

devildriver · 10-09-2013 8:54am

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!

Doctor Jimbob · 17-09-2013 8:06am

devildriver wrote: »

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

I was expecting to read a bit of jealous nonsense when I clicked on that, but to be fair it's hilarious!

Wrongway1985 · 01-12-2013 10:04pm

Not long away now to Dublin show, Last time I saw them the tracks I enjoyed most were

God Hates Us

and the epic

A Little Piece Of Heaven

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 · 03-12-2013 1:12pm

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

Jofspring · 03-12-2013 4:21pm

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.

Mattyz69 · 04-12-2013 8:57am

i thought that Device were to be the first support act?????

Furious-Red · 04-12-2013 9:53am

Mattyz69 wrote: »

i thought that Device were to be the first support act?????

Nope they cancelled about 2 months ago or so?

Jofspring · 04-12-2013 11:00am

Great performance from them last night. Biggest disappointment was when they announced they weren't allowed use their pyro.

StaticAge11 · 04-12-2013 11:03am

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!

Mushy · 04-12-2013 11:08am

Jofspring wrote: »

Great performance from them last night. Biggest disappointment was when they announced they weren't allowed use their pyro.

And Rammstein were??? I think a porky is being told.

Zwillinge · 04-12-2013 11:13am

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!

Dargull · 04-12-2013 11:14am

Very good gig last night. FFDP were excellent. Can't wait to see them on their own headline tour. Avenged were great but I can't help but feel a little cheated by not seeing the full stage show.

Jofspring · 04-12-2013 11:30am

Thought it was a decent crowd to be honest. I've been to three gigs at the O2 and all have only had the standing that far back. The lower seats were folded away behind the standing area so I presume that is the most standing that is allowed. The higher seating was reduced though with just one tier where as at other gigs it has gone up to the roof. There was a pic put up by avenged sevenfold on Facebook and the crowd looks healthy enough.

The Tuesday night would limit a lot of people travelling from around the country and as mentioned it was a school night for younger fans.

They did a nice mix of old and new which I was happy with.

The pyro may have been a lie but I don't see why they wouldn't do it unless there was technical difficulties. If that was the case then they could have just said that.

blastman · 04-12-2013 11:37am

Thought it was a pretty good gig overall, they certainly seem to appreciate the fans judging from the amount of time it took for them to leave the stage at the end, which was good to see. I'm a bit puzzled about the lack of pyro myself, maybe it's Rammstein's fault!

I realised afterwards that that was my first gig in the Point this year, which was a bit of a surprise.

Gunslinger92 · 04-12-2013 12:35pm

Really enjoyed it

It wasn't as good as the Olympia show in 2010 (?) but that was always going to be very difficult to top!

I thought the crowd was pretty decent, but that they were better for FFDP. Saying that, I wouldn't blame them because they were absolutely fantastic and I am definitely going to download some of their stuff.

Hope a7x do return in the summer.

Riddle101 · 04-12-2013 12:37pm

Who opened for A7X?

I wasn't at the concert myself, two friends of mine went though. Haven't talked to them yet about it though.

Gunslinger92 · 04-12-2013 12:39pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

Who opened for A7X?

I wasn't at the concert myself, two friends of mine went though. Haven't talked to them yet about it though.

Avatar (god awful, but hilarious) and Five Finger Death Punch (brilliant)

wp_rathead · 04-12-2013 2:43pm

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

Avatar (god awful, but hilarious) and Five Finger Death Punch (brilliant)

Avatar were brilliant imo

FFDP were great - wouldn't really have been a fan prior to show but feck me sideways did they put on good show - going to check out their back catalogue now

Sevenfold's lack of pyro was massive shame - was my 6th time seeing them and have to get to witness their full stage show.. guess will have to go Download to see full pyro :P
Loved the setlist, shat myself when they played Chapter Four

My frist time seeing Arin play - very impressed

Gunslinger92 · 04-12-2013 2:51pm

wprathead wrote: »

Avatar were brilliant imo

To each their own, but I spent the whole time they were on laughing :pac: Their drummer was excellent, to give them some credit!

Furious-Red · 04-12-2013 6:34pm

Wonder did they leave out the pyro to save money since the gig did not sell too well?

Jofspring · 04-12-2013 6:56pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Wonder did they leave out the pyro to save money since the gig did not sell too well?

Possibly but as I mentioned the crowd wasn't that bad. Not close to the sellouts in the uk but they have been selling out over there for years.

Mushy · 04-12-2013 7:39pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Wonder did they leave out the pyro to save money since the gig did not sell too well?

Thats exactly what it was. Odd seeing curtain at back of standing area.

Wrongway1985 · 04-12-2013 8:08pm

Pyro or no Pyro enjoyed the gig. Chapter 4 being the highlight. 5FDP were good but nowhere close to their performance at Download thought the sound wasnt the best either where I was for 5fdp but luckily improved for A7X. Think when ya play 14 tracks you should leave out those doodle-jam things and play another track but if thats my only gripe I was doin well.

Cost of course could have been why pyro was left out not sure there Rammstein of course torched the place,I know they realized before the encore that time was short but played the 2 songs anyway with Shadows stating they'd pay the fine if required and hopefully it's not too big.

I thought crowd size wasnt bad for them to be fair they were never gonna come close to packin the venue. Kiss in 2010 had less although I don't think they had those curtain things there at the time making the crowd look healthier last night. Just the mid-sized venue issue rearing its ugly head again. Didn't think there was much of a mixture of old and new meself mainly a younger crowd I thought.

Even though Ive seen A7X multiple times I had my doubts about them being capable of headling Download, fresh outta that though and I'd imagine they'll go down a treat, announced as a headliner for Hellfest in France next summer too.

Furious-Red · 04-12-2013 8:48pm

Looks like the same sized crowd for Stereophonics and 30stm gigs recently . Oh 8000 post

LillySV · 04-12-2013 8:51pm

five finger death punch put on one of the best shows ive ever seen and hope they are back with their own show soon. Ivan Moody is probably the best frontman ive ever seen live also.(and ive seen an awful lot of bands).interacted eith the crowd for the whole show...him and the band constantly throwing stuff into the crowd...handed drinks to fans...fukin awesome show! as regards avenged sevenfold..im not really a fan and just stayed half an hour to watch show and left then cause they were just boring tbh...no real interaction...nothin...their fans will have loved it im sure as they get to hear the songs live but in fairness the fans paid enough for the show to be guaranteed a good nite. as regards avator...they replaced my second reason to go...device...with that in mind...the only way they could have impressed me was if they turned into disturbed!

Jofspring · 04-12-2013 10:06pm

Thought the crowd was well mixed myself. I was at the back of the standing and looking around there was groups of people at every age level. Groups of lads in their 30's, men and women in their 40's and 50's, groups of teens and plenty of people in their 20's. I was expecting the crowd to be much younger if I'm honest.

Thought Shadows interacted well with the crowd myself.

The guitar solo/ jam session was a waste of time and would have much preferred beast and the harlot or a song like that thrown in their instead.

They mentioned also they expect to be back next summer.

In fairness to Avenged Sevenfold, unlike a lot of similar bands they make it their business to play Ireland nearly every time they go on a European tour.

Mushy · 04-12-2013 10:50pm

Jofspring wrote: »

They mentioned also they expect to be back next summer.

In fairness to Avenged Sevenfold, unlike a lot of similar bands they make it their business to play Ireland nearly every time they go on a European tour.

I assume that would mean supporting someone then? Maybe Maiden? Or would Sabbath do an outdoor show?

revileandy · 05-12-2013 9:23am

LillySV wrote: »

as regards avenged sevenfold..im not really a fan and just stayed half an hour to watch show and left then cause they were just boring tbh...no real interaction...nothin...their fans will have loved it im sure as they get to hear the songs live but in fairness the fans paid enough for the show to be guaranteed a good nite.

I'd agree with this, I was there as an impartial observer on a cheap ticket - so totally unbiased, stayed for the full show and while they played, technically, very well they are seriously lacking in stage presence which for a band of their stature & experience I found very strange.

The two guitarists in particular looked like they couldn't give a f*ck and didn't look like they were enjoying themselves at all. They could have taken a few cue's from Avatar & FFDP on that front. Very boring to watch and I'd say they'd actually really need a bit of pyro to mask how boring they are on stage.

Furious-Red · 05-12-2013 3:34pm

Mushy wrote: »

I assume that would mean supporting someone then? Maybe Maiden? Or would Sabbath do an outdoor show?

Yea they would def be supporting someone . Unless they do another Metallica show?

StaticAge11 · 05-12-2013 3:46pm

Few photos from the other night:

yknaa · 05-12-2013 4:38pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea they would def be supporting someone . Unless they do another Metallica show?

Cut costs on the back-drop and play the Academy with Overkill

Would be great to see Maiden or Metallica hit Ireland this year with this lot as support.

Wrongway1985 · 05-12-2013 11:26pm

Zwillinge wrote: »

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!

You're right tis a strange one their album was number 1 here not that it means much but it would seem to indicate that they would be the most mainstream modern metal band around (good support too) so you certainly would think about the scene as a whole epecially in a large venue.

Times have changed for instance at one stage in the early 00's Tool headlined in Punchestown after Ozzy pulled out,Limp Bizkit also were due to play Punchestown also but gig was cancelled after an injury to redcap now they can just about pack the Olympia. If we get any outdoor rock gigs this year only bands capable of shifting 25k+ tickets are the oldie faves such as Maiden,Metallica,Pearl Jam,AC/DC maybe Aerosmith. If A7X do come back next year like they sugggested it will be to support one of these? Obvs disregard Metallica they're defo not gigging here this year.

They were making a big jump up and tickets for the gig went on sale way back in May so plenty of time to prepare for a gig in December, Tuesday night it falls on dont see that as an issue if there was demand for it people would make it their business to grab a ticket we cant be lucky enough to have gigs the weekend the whole time.

Jofspring wrote: »

In fairness to Avenged Sevenfold, unlike a lot of similar bands they make it their business to play Ireland nearly every time they go on a European tour.

You make it sound like the bands themselves are the ones who decide to play/opt not play where they like they don't, fans have been lucky all the same as regards them coming here.

Lithium93_ · 06-12-2013 11:09pm

Interview with Arin after the show on Tuesday,

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/video-interview-with-avenged-sevenfold-1.1619497

Can someone tell me what Arin says, my computer doesn't have volume

wp_rathead · 07-12-2013 12:56am

basically what it says below it:

Shortly after the concert, Ronan McGreevy caught up backstage with Avenged Sevenfold drummer Arin Ilejay where he talked about the success of Hail to the King, carrying the torch for a new generation of headbangers and how he came to join the band that have become the standard-bearers for modern metal.

nothing we havn't heard million times before

Lithium93_ · 23-05-2014 6:40pm

Avenged Sevenfold are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer UK magazine

Lithium93_ · 13-06-2014 11:11pm

A7X Set list, Download Festival 2014 & Metal Hammer review

Shepherd of Fire
Critical Acclaim
Bat Country
Hail to the King
Buried Alive
So Far Away - Dedicated to Jimmy ''The Rev'' Sulivan
Burn It Down
Nightmare
Second Heartbeat
Beast and the Harlot
Afterlife
This Means War

Encore:
Seize the Day
Almost Easy

Encore 2:
A Little Piece of Heaven
Unholy Confessions

http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/reviews/2014-06-13/download-2014-avenged-sevenfold

Lithium93_ · 30-10-2014 5:29pm

Bumping this, M. Shadows has revealed some information on an upcoming dvd
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/avenged-sevenfold-singer-reveals-plans-for-dvd/

Shadows told The Pulse Of Radio

The documentary uses the 2009 death of drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan as a starting point. The DVD will take place right before we lose Jimmy, and then it's gonna basically take you all the way through to now, So it'll be mixed in with some live performances, but there will also be a very strong story arc to what our story is and what's going on with us.

The DVD will contain performances from the band's sets at key events like the Download festival, Rock In Rio, Rock On The Range and others.

Also A7X are taking to rest of 2014 off. M. Shadows says that the band "should" begin working on material for a new studio by next summer for a tentative 2016 release.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/avenged-sevenfold-to-begin-writing-new-album-by-next-summer/

Lithium93_ · 26-05-2015 11:27pm

The band have revamped their website

And a teaser for their live album/dvd

Lithium93_ · 23-07-2015 5:10pm

Well this came outta nowhere, the band have announced they've parted ways with Arin Ilejay.

http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/news/moving-forward-without-arin-ilejay

Lithium93_ · 02-11-2015 10:23pm

https://twitter.com/TheOfficialA7X/status/661236748685475840

Wrongway1985 · 04-11-2015 3:44pm

Brooks Wackerman best known for his work with Bad Religion is the new drummer.

Avenged Sevenfold

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