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In the age of Warped Tour, Hot Topic, and MySpace,
sounds of “independent,” and “underground”
music, especially punk, metal, and hardcore, are
as prevalent as ever. With the advent of this popularity
comes a new set of politically correct guidelines
that inevitably follow, which most bands seem apt
to conform to, if not packaged that way already.
Enter Avenged Sevenfold; who,
after two records on the Hopeless/Sub-City imprint,
have unleashed their major label debut on Warner
Bros. Records entitled City of Evil.
The band has proudly garnered a reputation for
their epic party nights and backstage debauchery.
Tales of drug-induced tour bus orgies and strip
club odysseys have reached mythical proportions,
conjuring up endless amounts of antic riddled
stories associated with legends such as Led Zeppelin,
Metallica, Motley Crue, and Guns and Roses.
Although A7X (the increasingly popular way to
shorten their name) display their penchant for
light speed drumming, howling vocals, and over-the-top
chops on City of Evil, its not surprising
to hear their influences more evidently this time
around, “It’s a vibe like you used
to hear on Guns and Roses, Metallica, and Megadeth
records when those bands ruled the world. You
know it when you hear it. It makes you go, ‘Fuck
You!’ when you put it on,” suggests
M. Shadows, front man of A7X.
With some of the songs clocking in around 7 minutes,
the material might not be radio ready just yet,
which should please the hearth of rabid A7X fans
that helped propel the band to major-label-land,
but the fact that it sounds primed more for the
arena than the mosh-pit, it might not.
www.avengedsevenfold.com
www.warnerbrosrecords.com
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