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11-15-2008, 09:48 PM
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A7X fans?
Not exactly a goth band, but my favorite by far!
I was wondering if there were any other fans on this board...
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11-15-2008, 09:55 PM
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Good, but overrated. I especially like "Seize the Day".
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11-15-2008, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Albert Mond
Good, but overrated. I especially like "Seize the Day".
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To say that us fans are devoted is an understatement!!! lol! 
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11-15-2008, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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There are so many bands that do what they do so much better. :[
They're like Metal-Lite or Introductional Metal for the Live at Home Mom.
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11-15-2008, 10:16 PM
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A7X is pretty good!
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11-15-2008, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Eclipsing the Son
There are so many bands that do what they do so much better. :[
They're like Metal-Lite or Introductional Metal for the Live at Home Mom.
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I don't even think of them as Metal. I think they're emo. Mostly because emos flock to them. Maybe some odd emo-metal hybrid. Sort of like metal lyrics set to emo music. Or the other way around.
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11-15-2008, 10:55 PM
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You shouldn't have put a grin face with this thread. It should have been a face of shame.
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People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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11-15-2008, 11:00 PM
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I recommend you start listening to Vader, Opeth and Marduk immediately.
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11-16-2008, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Albert Mond
I don't even think of them as Metal. I think they're emo. Mostly because emos flock to them. Maybe some odd emo-metal hybrid. Sort of like metal lyrics set to emo music. Or the other way around.
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I kind of think of them as more "shock rock," though not quite to the extreme that Marilyn Manson is. If you listen to their older stuff, you would find that they used to have quite a bit of a harder sound. However between the albums "Waking the Fallen" and "City of Evil" the lead singer blew his vocal cords and pretty much can't do the screaming he did on previous albums. He almost blew them again this year and had to cancel a bunch of tour dates in September.
I'm going to see them on Friday btw!!!
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11-16-2008, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
You shouldn't have put a grin face with this thread. It should have been a face of shame.
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Well no one asked you. And furthermore if I wanted your opinion I'd give it to you.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
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11-16-2008, 10:03 AM
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I don't consider them to be metal and I don't consider them to be good. Plus they aren't really original.
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11-16-2008, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Eclipsing the Son
There are so many bands that do what they do so much better. :[
They're like Metal-Lite or Introductional Metal for the Live at Home Mom.
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The lead guitarist won the guitarist of the year award last year. He is one of the few that can make the instrument "fly."
I guess introductional metal or metal for people like me is a perspective. Being raised on the father of heavy metal, I don't consider it introductional, neither are the fans all stay at home moms. We tend to be neurotically devoted and come from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions.
If you don't like them, that's cool. Don't post a whole shitload of stuff because you don't like them.
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11-16-2008, 10:24 AM
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Avenged Sevenfold makes up approximately 0.075% of music on my computer. Therefore i didn't even realize they were even on my computer. Must have come from one of the times i "borrowed" music from someone's computer i was repairing.
After listening to those few songs i wasn't exactly impressed. Thanks to last.fm i'm fairly certain my opinion won't be swayed.
But to each their own.
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11-16-2008, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ~~Auriel~~
The lead guitarist won the guitarist of the year award last year. He is one of the few that can make the instrument "fly."
I guess introductional metal or metal for people like me is a perspective. Being raised on the father of heavy metal, I don't consider it introductional, neither are the fans all stay at home moms. We tend to be neurotically devoted and come from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions.
If you don't like them, that's cool. Don't post a whole shitload of stuff because you don't like them.
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The lead guitarist's dad plays guitar better.
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11-16-2008, 10:33 AM
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Isn't the lead guitarist's father a blues guitarist?
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11-16-2008, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ~~Auriel~~
The lead guitarist won the guitarist of the year award last year. He is one of the few that can make the instrument "fly."
I guess introductional metal or metal for people like me is a perspective. Being raised on the father of heavy metal, I don't consider it introductional, neither are the fans all stay at home moms. We tend to be neurotically devoted and come from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions.
If you don't like them, that's cool. Don't post a whole shitload of stuff because you don't like them.
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That award means nothing. It doesn't matter how fast you can play pentatonic scales; the most influential guitarists have always been the ones with a distinct playing style. No one's ever gotten famous for wanking off at a local guitar shop.
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11-16-2008, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Duane
Isn't the lead guitarist's father a blues guitarist?
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He also plays rock.
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11-16-2008, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Draconysius
That award means nothing. It doesn't matter how fast you can play pentatonic scales; the most influential guitarists have always been the ones with a distinct playing style. No one's ever gotten famous for wanking off at a local guitar shop.
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Dire Straits or whatever A7X's guitarist's name is is famous. Really, he sounds more like a combination of Dharma, Gilmour and Slash than a straight-up shredder to me.
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11-16-2008, 01:02 PM
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AX7 is rubbish, even bmth is better.
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11-16-2008, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Necrophagist
AX7 is rubbish, even bmth is better.
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Bullshit. A7X beats BMTH any day. By lesser of two sucks, of course.
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11-16-2008, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ~~Auriel~~
if I wanted your opinion I'd give it to you.
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Read that again. Tell me why it's stupid and I'll cut you off some slack.
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I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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11-16-2008, 01:22 PM
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Hate hate hate hate Avenged Sevenfold.
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11-16-2008, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by a morbid curiosity
Hate hate hate hate Avenged Sevenfold.
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Do you just parrot the majority when it comes to having an opinion?
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11-16-2008, 01:31 PM
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Yeah, Avenged Sevenfold suck.
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11-16-2008, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Draconysius
That award means nothing. It doesn't matter how fast you can play pentatonic scales; the most influential guitarists have always been the ones with a distinct playing style. No one's ever gotten famous for wanking off at a local guitar shop.
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Excellent point. The reason A7X is no good is that they have no personality of their own. They sound more like a band that formed because they wanted to get on MTV and party with other rock stars than a band that had anything to add to the art form. There is absolutely nothing groundbreaking or original about them and that's the main reason they'll fail the acid test with any true musical connoisseur.
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