New Avenged sevenfold album

[I ARE ESS]

liked the song. verses are fucking awesome. but good point, not having the Rev singing on this record will be a huge blow!

the rev is on it

i'll grab the quote


"In another interview, this time with The Pulse of Radio, M. Shadows said that not only did Portnoy replicate the drum patterns Sullivan had already written for the record, but Sullivan himself makes an appearance as well: "[...] Jimmy actually left a couple of vocals on the record. They're kind of like a goodbye. It just happens that he sang them in key, he sang the words very clearly, and there was no bleed in the mics or anything; And so, we used them on the record. Jimmy actually sings on the record. All of his drum fills are intact; It feels like Jimmy playing, like our last record with him"

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140059

[mooney]

great news!!

[I ARE ESS]

yeah, thought some people might like that

[CD06]

Thats great man, it'll be quite an emotional listen, there's so many lyrics already that you could apply to Jimmy. Have they done a specific tribute song for him or anything along those lines?

[I ARE ESS]

Thats great man, it'll be quite an emotional listen, there's so many lyrics already that you could apply to Jimmy. Have they done a specific tribute song for him or anything along those lines?

don't think so as theyw rote it as a concept record before he died

[CD06]

Just bought Kerrang magazine here in the UK, and they have an exclusive interview with M-Shadows and Syn.

Here are a couple of parts to do with the album:

"For a long time, they didn't think they could carry on with the band. Then, slowly, they realised that they had to release the music Jimmy had left them With half an album already written, they firther honed those songs in a way they knew he would approve. M took Jimmy's half-written lyrics ad completed them, forming new songs. The band wrote about their feelings for their friend and those went into further songs."

K!MAG- How hard was it to write lyrics about him?

M. SHADOWS: "I rewrote and rewrite and rewrote. I just wanted it to be perfect. Nothing seemed to satisfy what I wanted to get across. You just can't find enough words. You don't want to sound cliched. For one of the songs, I went back to the day we found out and thought about how we were feeling. There's also alot of stuff on the record we knew he really enjoyed because [during the early writing process] he would call me up and tell me when he thought there was a great lyric, so we kept all of those.

There's a whole side of the record- probably half of it- that is what it was always going to be. The other half is very much about why it can't be that way anymore. It's a very deep record, but musically its very Avenged Sevenfold."


SYN GATES: "I now just want people to hear this because people aren't going to believe the songs that Jimmy left"

[I ARE ESS]

ah thats cool, i was going off the interviews the tail end of last year before he died, i still don't like nightmare very much tbh

[Chase the Ace]

ah thats cool, i was going off the interviews the tail end of last year before he died, i still don't like nightmare very much tbh

Me either, it is alright then they change his voice and it all fucks it up.

[I ARE ESS]

yeah, i9 listenined again this morning, to me it just dsounds like its trying to be pantera, but never quite hits the mark

[I ARE ESS]

new song here

Avenged Sevenfold - Buried Alive Lyric Video

[Faxl]

Touring UK in October with Stone SOur....

[AxlRoseCalifornia]

It sounds a lot like Metallica in their Black album days!

I hope Stone Sour are opening for them, cause they're a much greater and bigger band than Stone Sour will ever be...

[I ARE ESS]

i agree, i thought burried alove really reminded me of fade to black off ride the lightning

[Faxl]

i agree, i thought burried alove really reminded me of fade to black off ride the lightning

+1. There's a vocal bit in there that sounds just like the chorus to Ride The Lightning itself, too.