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Album of the Day

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY IS… AVENGED SEVENFOLD, CITY OF EVIL

 Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 2:42pm by

6137rya09gl_aa240_.jpgI can see a legitimate argument for disliking Avenged Sevenfold – but them being “metalcore shits” just ain’t one of them. In fact, there’s not a trace of metalcore on this album. Lots of metal, sure (GN’R, Metallica, and Judas Priest are all obvious influences here) – but no core. Evolving beyond their previous releases into something a little less trendy (if not necessarily more genuine), there’s a reason this disc launched A7X to stardom – because so few bands make this particular breed of metal anymore, and the ones that try usually fall flat on their faces (Brides of Destruction, anyone? Anyone…?). Plus, there’s something commendable about the fact that M. Shadows rarely uses traditional rhyme schemes for his lyrics (the admittedly catchy radio biscuit “Bat Country” being an obvious exception).

In short: this album rocks. Shape up.

-AR

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  • ERiK

    Agreed

  • green&grey

    No disrespect to your personal tastes but, I don’t think your poll respondents were actually using ‘metalcore shits’ option as anything more than a general rejection. I’m sure they were aware that ‘A7X’ have moved from ‘metalcore shits’ to ‘sleaze rock revivalist shits’.

    re: “…into something a little less trendy”

    If you mean relative to metalcore, I’m not sure I follow. Metalcore was no longer trendy at the time CoE was released (abandoned by many bands at the same time), but Avenged saw a niche for a sleaze-rock-oriented counterpart to other 80s-style revivalist movements (thrash, new wave etc). Since then, they have become the “GnR” to Trivium’s “Metallica.”

    I like both GnR and Metallica, as do all good hearted people, and I am very open to revivalism (Buckcherry and Shadow’s fall, for example, more or less get it right IMO). But Avenged (and Trivium, with whom they will no doubt replicate the infamous Guns/Met arena tour someday) just don’t cut it as far as I’m concerned.

    So, agreed that they are not “metalcore” shits, but they remain shit(s) nonetheless.

  • http://countshockula.blogspot.com ezra

    WOOOHOOO! green&grey gets it. EXACTLY!

  • http://suckitdot.com BetterByYouBetterByMe

    green&grey probly smells like shit

    face it fucko a7x own you and your mom

  • Euan

    if your hear some of the guitar stuff on this album it melts your face, drums are very nice also.