Thursday, December 31, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Death
CALIFORNIA-band Avenged Sevenfold Drummer from the United States (U.S.), James Owen Sullivan was found dead at his home in Southern California area.
Reporting from abcnews, Tuesday (29/12/2009), the departure of Sullivan who had the stage name The Rev is as expected due to natural causes.
Local police also said that if the death of a man who is also a backup vocalist 28-year-old is under investigation. Actually, now it metalcore band are working on their fifth album.
The management of any band in a statement, local time Monday to express their sorrow and consider Sullivan is "one of the best drummers in the world," and "our friends and brothers."
For information, Avenged Sevenfold was formed in Huntington Beach in 1999 and won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2006. They consist of M Shadow (vocals), Synyster Gates (lead guitar), Zacky Vingeance (guitar), Johnny Christ (bass), and The Reverend (drums).
Avenged Sevenfold have kicked themselves with their performance in Indonesia twice, one on October 23, 2008. They also have spawned the album Sounding The Seventh Trumpet (2002), Waking The Fallen (2003), City of Evil (2005), Avenged Sevenfold (2007), and Live In The LBC & Diamonds in the Rough. (uky)
Monday, December 14, 2009
AVENGED SEVENFOLD LYRICS - M.I.A.
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings cant be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight, on tonight.
Ooooo....
Stand up and fight.
Now fighting rages on and on, to challenge me you must be strong.
I'll walk your land but don't belong, two million soldiers can't be wrong.
It's no fun but I've been here before.
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war.
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Some are scared others killing for fun, I shot a mother in front of her son.
(Change this from my consciousness and please erase my dreams)
Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
You know we won but still we lose, until I make it home to you.
I see your mother still in tears we grew up so fast where did those years go.
Memories wont let you cry unless I don't return tonight.
So many soldiers on the other side, I take their live so they don't take mine.
(Scared to make it out alive now murders all I know.)
Nobody tells me all the reasons were here, I am a weapon so there's nothing to fear.
(Another day another life but nothing real to show for.)
Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
You know we won but still we lose, until I make it home to you.
I see your mother still in tears we grew up so fast where did those years go.
Memories won't let you cry unless I don't return tonight.
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings cant be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight.
Watching the death toll rise wondering how im alive.
Strangers blood on my hands, showed all I can.
There were no sunny nights watching your brothers all die
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me. (No thought of me)
No thought of me.
Ohhhhh.....
We'll walk the city lonely, memories that are not passing by.
A murderer walks your streets tonight.
Forgive me for my crimes.
Don't forget that I was so young, but so scared.
In the name of God and Country.
Friday, October 30, 2009
2009 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Avenged Sevenfold
New tour dates have just been announced for 2009! Here are the new dates:
1-28-09 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
1-30-09 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
1-31-09 Albuqurque, NM Tingley Coliseum
2-2-09 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena
2-3-09 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
2-5-09 Yakima, WA Yakima Valley SunDome
2-6-09 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum
2-7-09 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
2-9-09 Spokane, WA Star Theater at Spokane Arena
2-10-09 Great Falls, MT Four Seasons Arena
2-12-09 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
2-14-09 Council Bluffs, IA Mid America Center
2-17-09 St Louis, MO The Family Arena
2-19-09 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
2-20-09 Cleveland, OH The Wolstein Center
2-21-09 Battle Creek, MI Kellogg Arena
2-23-09 Highland Heights, KY The Bank of Kentucky Center
2-24-09 Pikeville, KY Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
2-25-09 Pittsburgh, PA The Peterson Events Center
Be sure to check www.avengedsevenfold.com/tours for more information
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold August 1st 2009 Marlay Park : Synyster forgetting old songs + Beast and the Harlot
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold (A7X) Live - Eternal Rest & Chapter Four - Marlay Park, Dublin 2009 [HQ]
Friday, July 31, 2009
Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold Live in the LBC
He who makes a beast out of himselfGets rid of the pain of being a manCaught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stayI tried to drive all through the nightThe heat stroke ridden weather, the barren empty sightsNo oasis here to seeThe sand is singing deathless words to meCan't you help me? As I'm startin' to burn(All alone)Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attractionMy confidence is leaving me on my own(All alone)No one can save me and you know I don't want the attentionAs I adjust to my new sightsThe rarely tired lights will take me to new heightsMy hand is on the trigger I'm ready to igniteTomorrow might not make it but everything's all rightMental fiction follow meShow me what it's like to be set freeCan't you help me? As I'm startin' to burn(All alone)Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attractionMy confidence is leaving me on my own(All alone)No one can save me and you know I don't want the attentionI'm sorry you're not hereI've been sane too long my vision's so unclearNow take a trip with meBut don't be surprised when things aren't what they seemCaught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stayThese eyes won't see the same, after I flip todaySometimes I don't know why we'd rather live than dieWe look up towards the sky for answers to our livesWe may get some solutions but most just pass us byDon't want your absolution 'cause I can't make it rightI'll make a beast out of myselfGets rid of all the pain of being a manCan't you help me? As I'm startin' to burn(All alone)Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attractionMy confidence is leaving me on my own(All alone)No one can save me and you know I don't want the attentionI'm sorry you're not hereI've been sane too long my vision's so unclearNow take a trip with meBut don't be surprised when things aren't what they seemI've known it from the startAll these good ideas will tear your brain apartScared but you, you follow meI'm too weird to live but much too rare to die
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Avenged Seven - Almost Easy (Live) *KERRANG! EXCLUSIVE*
I'm not insane, I'm not insaneI'm not insane, I'm not - not insane
(Mother)Come back to me, it's almost easy(Said it all)Come back again, it's almost easy
Shame pulses through my heartFrom the things I've done to youIt's hard to face, but the fact remainsThat this is nothing new
I left you bound and tied with suicidal memoriesSelfish beneath the skinBut deep inside I'm not insane.
I'm not insane, I'm not insane.I'm not insane, I'm not - not insane.
(Mother)Come back to me, it's almost easy(Said it all)Come back again, it's almost easy(You'll learn your lesson)Come back to me, it's almost easy(But first you fall)Come back again, it's almost easy
Now that I've lost you it kills me to say(Hurts to say)I've tried to hold on as you've slowly slipped away.I'm losing the fight.I've treated you so wrong, now let me make it right.(Make it all right)
I'm not insane, I'm not insane. Ha Ha Ha Ha HaI'm not insane, I'm not - not insane.
(Mother)Come back to me, it's almost easy(Said it all)Come back again, it's almost easy(You'll learn your lesson)Come back to me, it's almost easy(But still you fall)Come back again, it's almost easy
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold - Dancing Dead Video & Lyrics
Dead men, They celebrate As the final chapter Fades away Cuz they can't hide; We can see their flesh is rotten! The band plays a hopeful tune The champagne is poured As they socialize The look in their eyes Hide in the light! Everything is paid for tonight While at the party of the Dead dancin in their graves The drinks here are free So relax Enjoy the sight of all the Dead dancin in their graves And while the world that they built Told 'em to change Told 'em to listen They just kept it the same And now that midnight has come I'll get a room watchin the Dead dancin in their graves Bones covered up by suit As the visible scars, They multiply Kiss it good-bye Too stubborn and I'll destroy! Tick, tock The time bomb has been Recognized and pressurized Nowhere to hide Swallowing light! Everything is paid for tonight While at the party of the Dead dancin in their graves The drinks here are free So relax Enjoy the sight of all the Dead dancin in their graves And while the world that they built Told 'em to change Told 'em to listen They just kept it the same And now that midnight has come I'll get a room watchin the Dead dancin in their graves Feel a coming strength And now it's too late To change.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold-Strength of The World Lyrics
Friday, July 10, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece Of Heaven Lyrics
Monday, July 6, 2009
Avengend Sevenfold - Scream Lyrics
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold - Warmness On The Soul Lyrics
Your hazel green tint eyes watching every move I make.
And that feeling of doubt, it's erased.
I'll never feel alone again with you by my side.
You're the one, and in you I confide.
(oh-oh-oh)
And we have gone through good and bad times.
But your unconditional love was always on my mind.
You've been there from the start for me.
And your loves always been true as can be.
I give my heart to you.
I give my heart, cause nothing can compare in this world to you.
(Woh-oh-oh)
And we have gone through good and bad times.
But your unconditional love was always on my mind.
You've been there from the start for me.
And your loves always been true as can be.
I give my heart to you.
I give my heart, cause nothing can compare in this world to you.
(Woh-oh-oh)
I give my heart to you.
I give my heart, cause nothing can compare in this world to you.
(Woh-oh-oh)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold - Seize The Day Lyrics
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
I see my vision burn, I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
These's streets we traveled on will undergo our same lost past
I found you here, now please just stay for a while
I can move on with you around
I hand you my mortal life, but will it be forever?
I'll do anything for a smile, holding you 'til our time is done
We both know the day will come, but I don't want to leave you
I see my vision burn, I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
(a melody, a memory, or just one PICTURE)
Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
Newborn life replacing all of us, changing this fable we live in
No longer needed here so where do we go?
Will you take a journey tonight, follow me past the walls of death?
But girl, what if there is no eternal life?
I see my vision burn, I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
(a melody, a memory, or just one PICTURE)
Seize the day or die regretting the time You lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
Trials in life, questions of us existing here
Don't wanna die alone without you here
Please tell me what we have is real
(guitar solo)
So what if I never hold you, yeah, or kiss your lips again? Whooooah
So I never want to leave you and the memories OF us to see
I beg don't leave me
Seize the day or die regretting the time You lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over
Trials in life, questions of us existing here
Don't wanna die alone without you here
Please tell me what we have is real
(Silence, you lost me-- no chance for one more day)
(Silence, you lost me-- no chance for one more day)
(I stand here alone
Falling away from you, no chance to get back home) x2
(Silence, you lost me-- no chance for one more day)
(Silence, you lost me-- no chance for one more day)
Friday, June 26, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God Lyrics
A Lonely Road
Crossed Another
Cold State Line
Miles away
From those I Love
Purpose hard to Find
While I Ricall all the World
i Spoke to me
Can't help but wish that
i Was There
back Where I'd love to be..
oh yeah..
Dear God
The Only think I ask
of you is
to hold her when
i'm not around
When I'm Muck
too Far away
We all
Need the person
who Can be
True to you
But I left her when
I found Her
And Now i wish
i'd Stayed
'Cause i'm Lonely
and i'm Tired
i'm Missing You
again Oh No..
Once Again
There's Nothing
Her For Me on
The Barren Road
There's No One
Here While The
City Sleeps
and all the shops
Are closed
Can't Help but
think of the times
i've had With You
Pictures and some
Memories will have
to help me through
Oh Yeah..
Dear God
The Only think I ask
of you is
to hold her when
i'm not around
When I'm Muck
too Far away
We all
Need the person
who Can be
True to you
But I left her when
I found Her
And Now i wish
i'd Stayed
'Cause i'm Lonely
and i'm Tired
i'm Missing You
again Oh No..
Once Again
Some Search,
Never Finding away
Before Love They
Waste away
I found You
Something told Me
to stay
I gave in,
to selfish ways
and how i Miss
Some One to Hold
When hope Begins
to Fade
A Lonely Road
Crossed Another
Cold State Line
Miles away
From those I Love
Purpose hard to Find
Dear God
The Only think I ask
of you is
to hold her when
i'm not around
When I'm Muck
too Far away
We all
Need the person
who Can be
True to you
But I left her when
I found Her
And Now i wish
i'd Stayed
'Cause i'm Lonely
and i'm Tired
i'm Missing You
again Oh No..
Once Again
Ohhh...
Yeah..
Yeah..
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Avenged Sevenfold
Band history
Inception (1999-2004)
The band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev, and Matt Wendt. M Shadows came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from The Bible, although it is not a religious band.[1] Upon its formation, each member of the band also took on a pseudonym which were already nicknames of theirs from high school.[2] The band released two demos in the years 1999 and 2000. Avenged Sevenfold's debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, was recorded when the band members were just eighteen years old and in high school. It was originally released on their first label, Good Life Recordings in 2001. After lead guitarist Synyster Gates joined the band, the introductory track "To End The Rapture" was re-recorded featuring a full band element. The album was subsequently re-released on Hopeless Records in 2002.
The band started to receive recognition, sharing the stage with metal acts like Mushroomhead and Shadows Fall and playing on the Take Action Tour.[3][4] Having settled on their fourth bassist, Johnny Christ, they released Waking the Fallen on Hopeless Record in August 2003. The band received profiles in Billboard and The Boston Globe, and played in the Vans Warped Tour.[5][6][7] In 2004, Avenged Sevenfold toured again on the Vans Warped Tour and recorded a video for their song "Unholy Confessions" which went into rotation on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.[8] Shortly after the release of Waking the Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold was signed to Warner Bros. Records.
City of Evil (2005–2007)
City of Evil, the band's third album, was released on June 7, 2005 and debuted at #30 on the Billboard Top 200 selling over 30,000 copies.[9][10] It utilized a more epic, classic metal sound than Avenged Sevenfold's previous albums, which had been grouped into the metalcore genre.[11][12] The album is also notable for the absence of screaming vocals; M. Shadows worked with vocal coach Ron Anderson -- whose clients have included Axl Rose and Chris Cornell -- for months before the album's release to achieve a sound that had "grit while still having the tone.[13][11]
They returned to the Vans Warped Tour, this time headlining, and then continued on their own "Cities of Evil Tour."[14] In addition, their lead single "Bat Country" reached #2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Charts, #6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Charts, and the accompanying video made it to #1 on MTV's Total Request Live.[15] Propelled by this success, the album sold well and became Avenged Sevenfold's first gold record. They would go onto win "Best New Artist" at MTV's Video Music Awards, beating out artists like Rihanna, Panic at the Disco, and Chris Brown.[16]
Self-titled album (2007-2008)
Avenged Sevenfold's mainstream success got them an invitation to 2006's Ozzfest tour on the main stage, alongside other well known hard rock and heavy metal acts DragonForce, Lacuna Coil, Hatebreed, Disturbed, and System of a Down.[17] That same year they also completed a worldwide tour, including the US, The United Kingdom (as well as mainland Europe), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. After being on tour for sixteen months in promotion of City of Evil, the band announced that they were cancelling their Fall 2006 tour in favor of recording new music.[18] M. Shadows stated that their fourth studio album -- which the band self-titled and self-produced -- would not be a "City of Evil Part 2" or "Waking the Fallen Part 2," but would incorporate a new, grittier sound.[18][19] To tide the fans over in between albums, the band released their first DVD titled All Excess on July 17, 2007.[20] All Excess, which debuted as the #1 DVD in the USA, included live performances and backstage footage that spanned the band's eight year career. Two tribute albums, Strung Out on Avenged Sevenfold: Bat Wings and Broken Strings, and Strung Out on Avenged Sevenfold: The String Tribute were also released in October 2007.
Avenged Sevenfold, the band's fourth album, was released on October 30, 2007, debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200 with over 90,000 copies sold.[21] Two singles, "Critical Acclaim" and "Almost Easy" were released prior to the album's debut. In December 2007, an animated video was made for "A Little Piece of Heaven." Due to the song's controversial subject matter, however, Warner Brothers only released it to registered MVI users over the internet. The third single, "Afterlife" and its video was released in January 2008. Their fourth single, "Dear God", was released on September 30, 2008. The self-titled album went onto sell over 500,000 copies and was awarded "Album of the Year" at the Kerrang! Awards.[22]
Recent events (2008-present)
Avenged Sevenfold headlined the 2008 Taste of Chaos tour with Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine, Blessthefall and Idiot Pilot.[23] They used the footage from their last show in Long Beach for Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, a two-disc B-sides CD and live DVD which was released on September 16, 2008. They also recorded numerous covers, including Pantera's "Walk," Iron Maiden's "Flash of the Blade" and Black Sabbath's "Paranoid."[23][24][25] They will also be releasing a Guitar Tutorial DVD, which include the five tracks, Afterlife, Almost Easy, Bat Country, Beast and the Harlot, and Trashed And Scattered, breaking down the guitar solos and riffs in each song.[26]
During a sold-out festival performance in Leeds and Reading, the band were forced to shorten their Leeds performance and cancel their Reading performance due to a vocal strain sustained by M. Shadows.[27] A few days later, the band was forced to announce the cancellation of the remaining September shows, with the tour set to resume again on October 15.[28]
In January 2009, M. Shadows confirmed that the band is writing a follow up album to Avenged Sevenfold within the upcoming months.[29] They also announced that they will be playing at "Rock On The Range," from May 16-17, 2009.[30] In April, they performed a version of Guns N' Roses' "It's So Easy" onstage with Slash.[31]
Musical characteristics
The Deathbat
The band sports a logo known as the "Deathbat". It was originally designed by an artistic high school friend of Avenged Sevenfold, Micah Montague, as seen on the bands first DVD, All Excess. The Deathbat has appeared on all of the bands album covers many of which were done by Cameron Rackam, a close friend for the band. The deathbat has developed from not just being a skull with batwings, to sometimes appear as a full "man size" skeleton with batwings, as it can be seen at the cover of City of Evil. On Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, there are pictures of two people (Presumably Cain and Abel), another angel-like human, and a semi-opaque Deathbat below it. It is also on covers of a number of singles such as "Bat Country", "Warmness on the Soul" and "Critical Acclaim."
Genre
In general, Avenged Sevenfold is classified as an important and influential band in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal (NWOAHM)[32]. Their material spans multiple genres, and has evolved in the band's ten year career. Initially, Avenged Sevenfold's debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet consisted almost entirely of metalcore sound; however, there were several deviations to this genre, most notably in "Streets" which adopts a punk style, and "Warmness on the Soul," which is a piano-oriented ballad.[33] On Waking The Fallen, the band displayed a more refined and fluent metalcore album that was able to harness the rawness of the first album, and add more mature and intricate musical elements. In the band's DVD All Excess, producer Andrew Mudrock explained this transition: "When I met the band after Sounding the Seventh Trumpet had come out before they had recorded Waking the Fallen, M. Shadows said to me 'This record is screaming. The record we want to make is going to be half-screaming half-singing. I don't want to scream anymore. And the record after that is going to be all singing.'" On City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold's third album, the band has chosen to abandon the metalcore genre, developing a more punk metal/thrash style, very much like bands such as Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium. Also, the drumming on both these albums is played in a more thrash-influenced alternative metal style, similar to that of Slipknot. Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album, again, consists of several deviations to less consistent genres and styles from the album's main hard rock and heavy metal songs, most notably in "Dear God", which adopts a country style, and "A Little Piece of Heaven", which includes elements of Broadway show tunes, using primarily brass instruments and stringed orchestra to take over most of the role of the lead and rhythm guitar. The band has changed considerably since its first album, which since then they have been characterized as a heavy band with screams and growls combined with clean vocals that one can expect from the metalcore genre. Since the release of Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, the band has resumed screaming vocals during live shows.[34][35]
Band members
Current members
- M. Shadows — lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, synth, organ (1999 - present)
- Zacky Vengeance — rhythm guitar, acoustic guitars, backing vocals, piano (1999 - present)
- The Rev — drums, percussion, backing vocals, piano (1999 - present)
- Synyster Gates — lead guitar, backing vocals, piano, keys, synth, organ (2000 - present)
- Johnny Christ — bass, backing vocals (2002 - present)
Former members
- Dameon Ash — bass (2001 - 2002)
- Justin Sane — bass, piano (2000-2001)
- Matt Wendt - bass (1999-2000)
Discography
- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001)
- Waking the Fallen (2003)
- City of Evil (2005)
- Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
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