Oh, and including a bonus, spoken-word narrative outro by everyone’s favourite American astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson? Oh, go on, then. A 15-minute long, sci-fi concept mini-opera designed to replicate the Big Bang and the very beginnings of Earth in musical form? Sure. Not bad, lads.Īvenged Sevenfold were making long songs cool again back when their peers were bashing out cookie-cutter five-minute metalcore tunes, but few would have predicted a song like Exist ever entering their canon. Despite the unexpected direction, the song proved to be a monstrous success as of 2019, it’s their most streamed song ever, racking in well over 200 million listens on Spotify.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD SO FAR AWAY 16 SONG FULL
Hail To The King is a methodical, driving headbanger full of menace, packing lyrics straight out of the Manowar playbook and carried along by a relentless, marching drum beat that sounds nothing less than colossal. “We wanted this groove, this energy throughout,” added Syn, and it was certainly an ambition they saw through to fruition. “We stripped everything down,” confirmed Zacky later of the album’s titanic title track. “There’s definitely more Sabbath in what we’re writing.” Many scoffed at the comparison, refusing to believe that Avenged would be able to leave their wild, experimental nature behind them. “The new album has a lot more of a Black Sabbath/ Led Zeppelin feel to it,” suggested the singer. Back in November 2012, M Shadows hinted to Metal Hammer that the band were looking to fully channel the more straight-ahead, rock-the-fuck-out vibe of some of their heroes. The clues on Avenged’s simplistic new direction were there months before. Avenged Sevenfold: writers of the best pure, classic, no-nonsense heavy metal anthem of 2013. Avenged Sevenfold: a band for whom the term ‘restraint’ was pretty much limited to seatbelts and handcuffs. Avenged Sevenfold: a band who had made a career out of shoving every single idea they thought they could get away with into every crevice of their music.
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