I've always preferred the self-titled album over City of Evil. I'll go as far to say it's A7X's most underrated album.
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
THAT honour goes to The Stage for me, way too many people sleeping on that thing.
@SIRebrum
Жыл бұрын
Everything was Perfect about *CoE* except Shadows' Singing from his 👃🏻
@anony-moon
Жыл бұрын
Bruh you're funny 😂 it's literally #1 on every music ranking website bruh
@alex_flamer
Жыл бұрын
I'm thinking about checking out The Stage again. I didn't really like it when it came out, but it's now been 7 years! I haven't gone back to it since, especially as I started to get into more extreme underground metal and outgrow even their older material.
@playstationmetalhead2182
Жыл бұрын
As a fan of a7x for about ten years…I personally have been amazed by the stage since its release…to the point that I still consider it one of my favorite albums of my personal experience with metal (Edit): Also, the stuff from libad so far has grown on me pretty quick…then again I may be more biased in being favorable towards this band so feel free to take my take on this with a grain of salt😂
@justnek2061
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to say Arin's not a bad drummer, he wanted to go hard as hell but the band kept pulling him back. Check out "Not Ready to Die" to hear some really hard-hitting drums.
@yip2454
Жыл бұрын
Lol his timings and fills are poor watched him live guy couldn't keep time professionally.
@davidbarrow5295
Жыл бұрын
I have seen live videos with arin playing with them it sounds god awful.
@carkpop
Жыл бұрын
eh, I'm like 50/50 with this. For me it's: 1. City of Evil - I'm the complete opposite here. I know Matt's vocals can get a bit nasally in this, but outside of that, I find the writing amazing on nearly every song. The melody lines of the dueling guitars under the vocals is so powerful to me here. I don't think there's a song on here I don't enjoy every now and again. 2. Waking the Fallen - 100% such an underrated gem. This album really grew on me over time as I learned & started hearing the changes between metalcore, into their modern prog self, etc... completely agree with you on this being so enjoyable. I wish I listened to it more when I was younger. 3. The Stage - I've grown into a prog metal fan, so them going for something this proggy was awesome for me. We get a few misses here like Angels, but the quality of the writing & changes is so satisfying. 4. Nightmare - A LOT of emotion in this one as you said, and I rank it about the same, right in the middle, although for different reasons. The *good* parts of Nightmare are some of the best as Rev is writing even more on here and it feels like a *better* version of the self titled at parts, almost a part 2 to it. However, there are some lows on here like Tonight the world Dies where they do feel lost in the writing. 5. Self-titled - Here is the other part I completely disagree in lol. I think that *this* is the most overrated album from A7x. Growing up, I thought this was a masterpiece, but listening to it in 2023, outside of A little piece of heaven, almost easy, and Afterlife, everything is like, in this "Fuck it, we need more songs.. throw this in". This album & Nightmare almost feel like a pt. 1 and pt. 2 for me with Nightmare doing it a bit better overall. 6. Sounding the 7th Trumpet - yeah ... just your standard pretty low quality metalcore album of the early 2000s. I completely agree. There are a handful of songs I'll listen to, but not much besides those 3 songs or so bring me back to it. 7. Hail to the King - I can not articulate the amount of disappointment and unhappiness I felt when this released in 2013. The drums are BORING. The riffs are BORING. There's literally only one song I would listen to on this album through the years, which was "Coming Home". Like, it feels like the only song over 100bpm on this album lmao. I really don't like classic metal so, the style never grew on me. And yeah, super excited for the new album!! I'm pretty mixed on "Nobody", as it sounds like a mashup between HTTK & The Stage. "We Love You" has to be in my top 10 of A7x songs. I'm in love with the prog they're doing on it. The ending acoustics are beautiful, and the classic A7x hook is so refreshing.
@itsfrosteyy3112
2 ай бұрын
couldnt agree more
@boze7180
Жыл бұрын
City of evil, for me, has a higher appeal due to nostalgia as bay country was the first song of their I ever heard and got that album shortly after. The stage is my favorite of theirs, and Life is But a Dream sounds a lot like it so far and I’m super excited. Always a fan of how each album is different and they change stuff up
@xerodelacroix5552
Жыл бұрын
Gates didn't play on any version of STST except for "To End The Rapture".
@vesuvius115
Жыл бұрын
I agree with the statement on "God Hates Us", so fucking underrated and live it's actually really damn sick.
@MelomanoAdicto
Жыл бұрын
Gotta revisit their catalog ASAP! They're literally one of the first metal bands I ever listened to. As far as I remember, this is how I would rank them: Waking the Fallen Selftitled Nightmare The Stage Sounding the Seventh Trumpet City of Evil Hail to the King (won't revisit this one tho!) I'm kinda interested on Life is But a Dream but those two singles are extremely weird! I hated 'Nobody'.
@edschobs5204
Жыл бұрын
After listening to Nobody a few times, I love it. “We love you” I listened to it a few times and although I like how it sounds, it’s “meh”…I have heard the album is great from people who have heard the whole thing. Guess we will find out Friday June 2nd!
@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA
Жыл бұрын
There are some songs I like from A7fold. I do like their self titled album. I think I listened to the stage once tbh. Killer reviews of the albums, I enjoyed it. ❤
@ElliYeetYT
Жыл бұрын
1:49 Wow! I didn’t know that Sounding The Seventh Trumpet was so young! Also yeah the Stage is a bop.
@Jayagebee
Жыл бұрын
Finally! One who talks truth about City of Evil and The Stage! Thank you!
@prepperandson1399
Жыл бұрын
No one told lies everyone has there own opinion the stage has one good song city of evil has two
@andikardian9014
Жыл бұрын
i don't think if someone who loves City of evil more than the stage is lies. it's just their taste. and peoples have different taste. but personaly the stage is my favorite a7x album. but my friend says if hail to the king is near perfection, the other says waking the fallen is the best, and most of my friends says if city of evil is the best. but i don't think they're lied, i respect their opinion.
@prepperandson1399
Жыл бұрын
@@andikardian9014 well said
@satanspawn1327
Жыл бұрын
Great video, man. I honestly wanna say that The Stage is my favorite Avenged Sevenfold album, I'm still gonna listen to their new album come June. We'll just have to see, Nobody and We Love You are yes really goofy. Look forward to the next video
@rushguy1
Жыл бұрын
Good to see The Stage get some love. The final track, Exist, is the greatest song A7X ever did, for my money. What starts off great shoots into God-tier territory once those synths come in at around the 11-minute mark. Never in my life did I think that a blast beat could bring me to tears, but that moment during Neil DeGrasse Tyson's monologue certainly did.
@docvader82
Жыл бұрын
I was very surprised how mature and unique The Stage was, especially after Hail. Well, multiply that 100... fold, for the new one.
@coltonbennett9092
Жыл бұрын
Shepherd of Fire is literally Enter Sandman with dual leads
@coltonbennett9092
Жыл бұрын
That’s not to say I don’t like the song btw
@TheDemonicHorseman
3 ай бұрын
Avenged Sevenfold was the first metal band I got into. They were my favorite band for years, and they're still in my top 3. Here's how I'd rank their albums: 1. Hail to the King 2. Waking the Fallen 3. City of Evil 4. Nightmare 5. The Stage 6. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 7. Avenged Sevenfold 8. Life Is But a Dream…
@samuelcourliss8496
4 ай бұрын
As someone whos two favorite avenged sevenfold albums are city of evil and hail to the king...great video
@mattsmith9043
Жыл бұрын
I understand the criticisms of city of evil. But man I remember when I was in 5th grade, that album blew my mind when I heard blinded in chains on need for speed most wanted😂It was the equivalent of a young kid hearing eruption by Van Halen in the late 70’s. Still my favorite album by them but you made some good points for sure.
@hectorescobar9450
5 ай бұрын
Beast and the harlot riff was literally taken out of Blind Giardian’s ‘Time what is Time’
@TheDastardlyDipshits
Жыл бұрын
Agreed on City of evil. Also why haven’t you reviewed every voivod album yet?
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
Because I'm busy and their discography is MASSIVE lmao
@Sarhamnjo
Жыл бұрын
So ... for the Moment ... and maybe as a motivational impulse ... That´s how I would rank their Discography ... as far as I know it 1 - Dimension Hatröss 2 - Killing Technology 3 - Phobos 4 - Synchro Anarchy 5 - Nothingface 6 - The Wake 7 - Katorz 8 - Negatron 9 - The outer Limits 10 - RRRöööaaarrr 11 - War and Pain 12 - Angel Rat
@Lebronfan37876
Жыл бұрын
he work as a chef and doesn't have time for everything
@talesxavier5752
5 ай бұрын
8. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 7. HTTK 6. LIBAD 5. Nightmare 4. City of Evil 3. The Stage 2. Waking The Fallen 1. Self-titled
@Constant_Threat
Жыл бұрын
I love how my obscure band/musical project is on encyclopaedia Metallum but Avenged Sevendfold is not. lol
@prodigy-hu6dy
Жыл бұрын
The self-titled album was released at an interesting time. Songs like Critical Acclaim and Gunslinger were about the Iraq war basically.
@thebends1029
Жыл бұрын
Great video man, a7x are my favourite metal band ever, but you gave your opinions with well thought out points, even though I disagree massively on COE respect nevertheless
@formersperg5288
Жыл бұрын
as an a7x fan this was fair as fuck. apart from 3/5 on nightmare man didn't even mention one of avenged best songs full stop 'save me' the ending track at least 4/5 imo
@beenalive1736
Жыл бұрын
Would we ever get a Soulfly discography video? Yes I KNOW they've been putting out the same stuff over and over again for some time now but I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on their more inventive material.
@bl8413
Жыл бұрын
While City of Evil is my favorite album, your complaints are totally valid. The vocals are oftentimes so cringy that I do not use City of Evil songs when recommending A7X to friends. I just think that the album is so fun. Songs like Bat Country and Sidewinder hit this perfect Southwestern metal vibe and the dueling guitar harmonies in this album is peak execution for A7X. So many songs would be near flawless to me if the vocals were executed better (I love MIA but the vocals take you out of the emotional nature of the song)
@thedogfromraditude5449
Жыл бұрын
Disappointed that I don’t need a Metal Meltdown NFT to watch this video. 0/10, unsubscribed.
@blackwaterrust476
Жыл бұрын
A band that has a lot of things to admire in a metal band and some things I’m very mixed on lol. The band is extremely talented for sure, never been huge on M Shadows vocals though. S: City of Evil A: Self Titled B: The Stage, Waking the Fallen C: Sounding the Seventh Trumpet D: Nightmare F: Hail to the King
@nangarsd-00
Жыл бұрын
imho: S. Waking The Fallen A. Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage B. Nightmare, City of Fear C. the first album (don't wanted to waste time re-writing the title) D. Hail to the King
@c4gam1ng12
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I never listened to Avenged Sevenfold outside of Waking the Fallen and City of Evil. I really liked the latter, kinda dug the former. I should check out their later albums.
@Cake-ql8lh
5 ай бұрын
It's not only that the stage slaps but also the music video is very fitting for it.
@alex_flamer
Жыл бұрын
Please do Kreator next! That Klash of the Titans tour with Sepultura is really heating up! And I hope you're going to see them in Toronto.
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
Oh definitely, should be a fun show.
@theriffnotebook8412
Жыл бұрын
I 100% agree with you about City of Evil. I’ve never understood why it’s literally everyone’s favorite when I’ve never been able to get into it. Waking the Fallen and Nightmare all day for me.
@RyansMusicTalk
Жыл бұрын
As a massive Avenged Sevenfold fan who discovered them through City of Evil, I have to say I actually 100% agree with you on that album! The self titled would have to be my personal favourite. I also can't argue with the criticism of Hail to the King but I can still actually have a lot of fun with it. I do find it hard to listen to Sounding the Seventh Trumpet though.
@oz-1037
4 ай бұрын
Damn. the 3 best songs on city of evil in my opinion, different tastes
@laspecialgap8915
17 күн бұрын
He's gonna have to redo this with the new album out lol
@alexanderkleist1127
11 ай бұрын
The stage's first 4 songs is on the same level as the self titleds first 4 songs
@joemajor2553
Жыл бұрын
I think waking the fallen is close to a classic of the genre. We listened to the fuck out of that when I was a kid. It was a bridge between the metal and punk kids. City of evil was also super cool but beyond that I haven’t dug a lot of their stuff.
@may14ification
Жыл бұрын
Nightmare is my favorite A7X album. Come at me bros.
@Nfm717
Жыл бұрын
Definitely gotta do this for Linkin Park or Disturbed!
@williamfernetducharme
9 ай бұрын
Disturbed has already been done before this video but I'd love a review of every Linkin Park albums. Easily one of my favorite bands.
@solarwinds5114
Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how this band has so many diverse album rankings amongs fans, but also any placement is understandable! I totally disagree with your CoE take but you present solid arguments. I would say from favorite to least favorite for me: City of Evil (one of my all time favorite albums, I love every track) Nightmare (also very good throughout, probably more cohesive than CoE tbh) Self Titled (I love how varied this album is and the experimentation that went into the album, there's only a couple songs I'm not as big on) Waking the Fallen (fantastic metalcore record through and through) The Stage (I love the progressive songwriting and experimentation, I don't come back to it as often as the others though. The highs on it are some of the highest of their catalog though) Hail to the King (It's definitely more simplified and wears its influences on its sleeve but it still has its share of great moments) Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (definitely a solid debut album, I love the raw production but I agree that the band would continue to do better stuff afterwards)
@V2Itself
Жыл бұрын
Personally I adore city of evil but I'm also super biased due to nostalgia
@undertheinfluence1654
Жыл бұрын
The 2002 version of STST re-recorded the first song, into a heavy metal version.
@robertsparling917
Жыл бұрын
I'll be seeing Avenged Sevenfold for the FOURTH TIME on August 7th with Alexisonfire in Vancouver!
@markpalavosvrahotes5575
Жыл бұрын
One day I would like you to review Mercyful Fate/King Diamond albums. You can just do both projects in order of release in one video and treat them like one band. That would be real interesting.
@alexddragame
Жыл бұрын
My ranking (worst to best is): Hail to the King(3)
@MetalThrashingMan13
Жыл бұрын
Back when I was hardcore into A7X I saw a video or something with the drummer on Hail To The King after he got kicked out and he said he wanted to do more stuff like The Rev but A7X kept telling him to keep it simple
@dimebag505
Жыл бұрын
I actually love City of evil and think every song is excellent and loving the new album. My ranking would be 1. City of evil 2. Waking the fallen 3. Nightmare 4. Self titled 5. Life is but a dream 6. The stage 7. Hail to the king 8. Sounding the seventh trumpet
@huwrobertedwards
Жыл бұрын
FYI Gates only played on the first track of the re-release, to end the rapture, which is why it sounds the same lol
@robertobustamantearaya1126
Жыл бұрын
My favorites album is City of Evil, but I really understand what you say jajajajaj and I’m totally agreed about The Stage, is a f*cking great record and contain one of the best song of they career, “Exist”
@nukritik2933
Жыл бұрын
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet - 4/5 Waking The Fallen - 4/5 City Of Evil - 4/5 Avenged Sevenfold - 5/5 Nightmare - 4/5 Hail To The King - 4.5/5 The Stage - 4/5
@Nestorglass
Жыл бұрын
My personal list is 1. The Stage (I am indeed a chad) 2. Avenged Sevenfold 3. City of Evil 4. Nightmare 5. Waking The Fallen 6. STST 7. That 80's metal cover band that plays at the local biker bar 2 times a month
@Coconuthut1
Жыл бұрын
Beast and the harlot live in the lbc is better than the studio version due to the improved vocals
@professionallyamateur5991
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Could we get a Kalmah all-albums video? Especially with their new record out this month?
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
Ehhhh, not really too interested tbh
@drumatic6037
10 ай бұрын
to be fair, arin tried to play more complicated stuff but the band told him not to so
@Zubatticus
Жыл бұрын
I relisten to the Waking the Fallen through Nightmare era quite often. I love those four albums for various different reasons. The Stage is the album where I acknowledge that it's good, but I just never end up wanting to revisit it. Definitely agree with your Hail to the King opinion; that album is so lame.
@deathbats3231
Жыл бұрын
Agree most of your scores beside COE how a about a Trvium album rankings next?
@xtransxcorex
Жыл бұрын
BFMV reviews and tee shirt collection video when
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
BFMV probably never lmao, boring band
@agilariadiasmoaji8523
Жыл бұрын
i would rank their album 1. Waking the Fallen 2. The Stage 3. City of Evil
@Pablowest4life
Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for the A7X fans drinking hate comments coming thru 👀
@eaglezfan90
Жыл бұрын
A7X was one of the bands I got into around the hail to the king era. I will say it’s interesting that you don’t like the vocals on beast and the harlot but mentioned dear god and gunslinger being good songs when they have a similar vocal style. Gunslinger is probably my least favorite song of theirs, it sounds like it would be a 5 finger death punch song. I didn’t know that they stole some music for htk. Interesting that it’s also generally their worst received record. I’d say your scores were accurate. Nowadays I listen to more Death/thrash and black metal but they’ll always be one of those bands that helped get me into metal. Idk how you feel about symphonic black metal but I’d love to see Carach angrens albums ranked, I feel like they’re super talented but don’t get a lot of recognition. Great video as always.
@willowtree4450
Жыл бұрын
We love you has been on repeat for me!
@kostkaguitar
Жыл бұрын
Self title is by far the best and for me suprisingly number 2 and 3 are probably the last 2 records 😅
@sVieira151
Жыл бұрын
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet sounds like a high school band album, and that's cause it was. It's real rough lol
@MetalDisciple97
Жыл бұрын
1. Nightmare (just Save Me alone...) 2. HTTK 3. Avenged Sevenfold 4. Waking The Fallen 5. The Stage 6. City of Evil (never understood why so many people love this album, it's alright) 7. STST
@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385
Жыл бұрын
Respect your opinion. Favorite Avenged Sevenfold album: The Stage Least Favorite Avenged Sevenfold album: Hail To The King I've been listening to A7X since 2010. I personally enjoyed the two new singles, but I do hope the new album is much much much better than those singles I need a continuation of The Stage type of vibes and elements.. The other album they've created are decent, anyhow great review. I watched the whole video. 🤘🏽
@maxpalmer3212
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been a fan of A7X since Highschool love this band
@MarryMeSenpai
Жыл бұрын
As much as your city of evil opinion might be unpopular my ranking makes it look worse Self Titled Waking the fallen Nightmare Sounding the 7th trumpet City of evil Hail to the king The stage (honestly I need to give this one a new solid listen didn't give it much of a shit after the awful prior album)
@maxpalmer3212
Жыл бұрын
Girl I know and demons are great songs from the self titled album sessions it’s a shame they didn’t make the album
@A7Xmike21
Жыл бұрын
Girl i know is 100% the worst song they have ever done lol
@maxpalmer3212
Жыл бұрын
@@A7Xmike21 I disagree it’s a good song
@docvader82
Жыл бұрын
A Lich King reference!!! Those guys are cool!!
@aaronssportsshow5289
Жыл бұрын
The early stuffs the best
@NataXano
Жыл бұрын
Of course disagree with City of Evil but agree with everything else
@Brutaldeathkingpin
Жыл бұрын
I never understood the hate for sounding the seven trumpets its one of my favorite hxc records Edit crimson day is a good song and the stage is amazing
@coldacre
Жыл бұрын
what with the OH MY GOD 😱 thumbnail trend right now? todays video “ I cut my nails” 😱😱
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
The stats show these types of thumbnails bring people in. Case in point, here you are.
@MoonlightBelladonna
Жыл бұрын
Nightmare was awesome imo and unfortunately the only album I've listened to from these guys.
@yg-dp7mo
Жыл бұрын
A7X are one of my fav bands but i respect ur opinion unlike what half of this comments section are about to demonstrate LMAO
@theaveragememelord759
Жыл бұрын
I'm with you on City Of Evil, overrated tbh. I like it, but it's definitely far from their best. For my favorite album, it's almost a three-way tie between the Self-titled, Nightmare (God Hates Us fucking HITS dude), and The Stage.
@neneargueta8332
Жыл бұрын
Sounding the seventh trumpet released in July 2021? Wow I guess you were hung over, hope you get better fam.
@blackmamba5659
Жыл бұрын
Yeah The Stage is a really great fucking album, a modern metal masterpiece in my opinion, and the white album too. I also really love Nightmare, I think it has some of the best songs A7X had ever written, so these are my top 3 album by the band and am I long time fan. I agree on your take on City of Evil; while I do really enjoy the musicianship, drum parts and guitar riffs, I find some parts really cringy and mellow, I always considered this album more immature than the others even tho there is still a lot to love about it.
@themastersword1621
Жыл бұрын
Credit to the band, they never seemed to get complacent.
@edschobs5204
Жыл бұрын
I love avenged..best albums to me are… Self Titled The Stage Nightmare City of evil Don’t really care for the other albums besides a couple from each one so I can’t even consider the albums to be on the list.
@PacifistNihilist
Жыл бұрын
S: Waking the Fallen A: Nightmare, A7X B: Stage, City of Evil, C: Hail to the King D: Sound of the Seventh Trumpet I would love to see an Acacia Strain and/or Shadow of Intent ranking. I think it’s because I’ve been checking them out and jamming the shit out of them. Or Dying Fetus. Killer. City of Evil is overrated. I remember I bought it the week it came out and it rubbed me the wrong way. Like yeah instrumentally it’s incredible but it’s M Shadow’s delivery on a lot of it. Their cover of Mr Bungle “Retrovertigo” is… interesting. I would say Self Title would be S but I hate the kid singing part in that one track. It ruins the song for me personally lol I skip it every time when I listen to it
@galen3849
Жыл бұрын
ive only ever listened to a couple of songs from them but they were ok i guess. synester is a really good player tho
@gcr1082
Жыл бұрын
I love a7x and I basically agree with you on most things. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is crap. I didn't finish it. If it were the first thing I had heard from a7x I would never have gotten into them. There is nothing I like about that album. Chapter Four is actually the very first a7x song I ever heard. It has a special place in my heart. Unholy Confession is my favourite song from Waking the Fallen. 100% agree with you on City of Evil. I'd say of all the albums, this one is the one where M.Shadows vocals get in the way the most. It's probably the most nasally album. I sometimes like Seize the Day when I'm in the mood but as yousaid, Bat Country and Trahsed and Scattered are the best songs on the album. I'd argue Buried Alive is great but I wish the band had kept the same vibes from the beginning throughout the whole song. The song would work better without the metal elements. The ending just seemed jammed in there to remind you a7x is a metal band. I wouldn't mind hearing an acoustic soul cover of that song. There's a joke among the fan base that a7x doesn't write songs shorter than 5mins. This was one instant where shorter would have been better in some cases. Self titled, obviously a great album. Love it. I'd say Dear God should have been a single on its own. Putting it after A Little Piece of Heaven makes no sence. ALPoH should have been the closer. It is a weird song but as a former clarinetist I love it. Wish I had heard that song in high school. Would have given it a shot at learning the woodwind section. Hate the ending of The Wild Ride. It's a woman singing but her voice is so childish sounding and the stresses in the words are weird. Great song otherwise. Love the way the ending heartbeats bleed into Brompton Cocktail. Nightmare, I might need to do a full listen to soon. Only songs in my head are Fiction, Victim and Nightmare and Welcome to the Family because I love them the most. I think I'd like to hear an Acapella version of Victim (and by Acapella I mean real Acapella not modern day Acapella). I kinda like the drama behind the album. By drama I'm not referring to Rev's death but rather Mike Portnoy didn't just volunteer to help them after the Rev's death but he kinda assumed he would be Rev's replacement. It was a real mess. Hail to the King, 100% agree with you again. At the time I was listening I didn't understand the drama so I went to listen to the songs people were referencing in the comments. Hell yeah it's plagerism! Shepherd of Fire isn't a bad song. I secretly like Acid Rain and Planets. Planets I couldn't stand I thought it was crap but sometimes I just feel like screaming "When planets collide planets collide." Horns in that song isn't too bad lyrics are crap. Worst song on the album imho is This Means War. It just doesn't deliver on the epicness you think you'll get. The opening is good but then M.Shadow starts singing. Plus the song reminds me of Looney Tunes since when Bugs and Daffy fought and Daffy lost sometimes Daffy would say to Bug "You know of course this means war." So I already don't like the song but I can't help but to think about that scene whenever that song comes to mind. The Stage is mixed for me. Maybe I'm just bitter because so many fans like Exist and I can't stand Neil deGrasse Tyson. Love Creating God but Angels is an underrated gem and I'd argue best song on the album. Roman Sky goes well until the last verse, lyrics-wise. Overall, after HttK I was glad to hear what the band was up to. It felt like they went back to the drawing board and dug down deep to give us a new album. The Rev will always be missed but I was glad to hear they wouldn't become another band that went downhill after losing a key member. Which brings me to Life is but a Dream. Haven't heard the album yet, just the singles. I like Nobody but I do think the mixing isn't good. Some aspects of the song seem to be competing with each other for our attention instead of working to create a cohesive sound. M.Shadow's vocals seem to take a back seat to the instruments. I can hear his voice is different but he sounds far away sometimes. For We Love You, when I first heard it my brain was going "wtf is this?" but there was literally a smile on my face. I guess I just like it but I can understand why some might not. From The Stage it was clear they were getting experimental and I'm just ready to be taken on the journey no matter how weird it is. Maybe I'll feel different once I hear the whole album. My album ranking from least liked to most liked: 7. Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 6. Hail to the King 5. City of Evil 4. Waking the Fallen 3. Nightmare 2. The Stage 1. Self-titled
@danielflorio4739
Жыл бұрын
Big fan of Avenged. I agree about COE. It’s good just overrated. The two that followed were better. New album slaps! 😊
@JoshieMadhatt
Жыл бұрын
One of the few times I've hardcore disagreed with you. Beast and the Harlot is my favorite song of theirs. Howeeeever.....I won't See YOu Tonight part 1 is such an AMAAAAZING song.....now that I think of it. Switch places I won't See you tonight as number 1 and Beast and the harlot as number 2. *lights torch* AAARRRRH ( I also CAN see why those vox in the chorus of beast and the harlot could come off as cringey)
@BernhardBernard
Жыл бұрын
I was a huge fan as a teenager. I was 16 when City of Evil came out... I never forgave them. Waking the fallen was my shhhitsssss
@AngusMacThrasherMetalReviews
Жыл бұрын
I’ve only ever listened to Nightmare (which I liked) and then Hail To The King which I didn’t like
@autissimothegreat9061
Жыл бұрын
Why do people sleep on the stage so much? It’s their best album!
@DoinkReacts
Жыл бұрын
Im a MASSIVE Avenged fan and City of Evil is a weaker album for me. Its all about the self titled, the stage. Those are top tier.
@DoinkReacts
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the cynical-ness of this video. And I haven't finished the video yet, and youve already hearted my comment. Good shit!
@themetalmeltdownofficial
Жыл бұрын
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@AngusMacThrasherMetalReviews
Жыл бұрын
Ok, I just listened to “we love you” and it’s bad. If you do a drinking game then at least something positive will have come of this - I’ll make sure I have a few beers in the fridge 🍺
@coilfan09
Жыл бұрын
Personal ranking would be 1. S/T (white album) 2. Hail to the King 3. City of Evil 4. Waking the Fallen 5 Sound the Seventh Trumpet 6. The Stage Then comes a big pile of shit 7. Nightmare
@pairofjeansreviews2034
Жыл бұрын
My beef with City of Evil is that is has some of the bands like best songs ever (Bat Country, Beast and The Harlot, Burn It Down) but after that everything is kinda mid and is mostly just like 6 minute guitar solos lol Incoming hot takes: 1. Avenged Sevenfold 2. The Stage 3. Waking the Fallen 4. Nightmare 5. City of Evil 6. Hail to the King 7. Seventh trumpet (I think I listened to this in full maybe 3 times when we only had this album and WtF to listen to)
@fourseasons4105
Жыл бұрын
Don't really care about this band all that much: 1. Self titled 2. City of evil 3. Nightmare 4. Waking the fallen 5. The stage 6. Sounding the seventh trumpet 7. Hail to the king
@BLVN7S
Жыл бұрын
waking the fallen is so good. city of evil was decent but thats when they started teh weirdo shit
@hectorescobar9450
5 ай бұрын
Waken the fallen and City of Evil were the only ones that really caught my attention. Everything else was pretty generic and bland to me
@alex_flamer
Жыл бұрын
Lol I remember Hail to the King was super hyped up by my local rock radio station. And they overplayed the title track, Sheppard of Fire, and This Means War non stop. That's how you know this album isn't good! The radio can't let it go because it's so basic, boring, and derivative (plagiarized.)
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