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Friday, June 10, 2011

Some Favourites '

We all know by now that I'm in love with Avenged Sevenfold, so i've decided to write about some of my favourite songs. I honestly love every single song of theirs, and i dont find any of them boring or anything. Some of the screaming ones, like the ones in their one album ; Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet, are a little too much some times, but i still enjoy them. Some of my favourites are Beast and the Harlot, Bat Country, Demons, Unholy Confessions, Tension, M.I.A, Wicked End, and Seize the Day. But i really do love them all. I find their lyrics really inspiring at times, and most of them relate to a lot of the stuff that happens on a daily basis. I have written many of the lyrics down, usually they ones that make sense to me on that day or time of my life. But ill be writing about those later. These are pictures of the album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, and Nightmare.

Outside Article '

"A Little Piece of Heaven" redirects here. For the television film, see A Little Piece of Heaven (film).

During production the band had taken great freedom in exploring different genres and styles of rock and heavy metal music. A noticeable difference between Avenged Sevenfold and City of Evil is that some of the songs take a slower pace and tempo to suit a more hard rock approach, a decision that was met with mixed responses within the fan base.

"Critical Acclaim" is the opening track on the album and features a gothic style organ in the intro. During the band's tour this song was a very frequent opener. "Almost Easy" is the second song on the album and features a thrash metal style reminiscent of City of Evil. The song also contains a keyboard overdub played by Greg Kusten. Other songs on the album contained overdubs for extra detail such as "Unbound (The Wild Ride)", which featured a background choir (this song has never been performed live), String quartet orchestras are featured in "Afterlife" and "Brompton Cocktail", both of which were written by The Rev. "Scream" also contained overdubs in its bass line for extra detail. "Lost" made use of Auto-Tuned vocals and the song "Dear God" is a country rock ballad.

The most experimental song on the album is "A Little Piece of Heaven", which was originally written by The Rev while he took a break from the recording sessions. It is a hard rock song but is influenced by Broadway show tunes, using primarily brass and stringed instruments to take over most of the role of the lead and rhythm guitar. The animated video of the song tells the story of a man and woman, both unnamed; the man proposes to the woman, who declines and angers the man in doing so. The man kills her and has sex with her. Eventually, the woman comes back to life and the man realizes his mistake and the woman kills him before forgiving him. Once they are both dead, the man and woman invade a wedding and get married. It is one of the band's darker and more humorous songs lyrically and is a fan favorite. Although it has never been released as a single, the band released an unofficial animated video of the song, which plays during live performances. The band closed their concerts with the song since the release of Avenged Sevenfold through 2009.

3 comments:

  1. that last paragraph is weird!

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  2. i listen to screamo music before i go to bed, it helps me sleep. so peaceful.

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  3. sex with a dead body? cool, if your a complete psycho!

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