Ok, I have an idea of what I think on this topic, but i would like to get dome feedback on others out there who Любовь A7X just as much as I do.
Throughout their carrer as a band, Avenged Sevenfold has changed their style as each album goes by and yet they still manage to stay true to the meaning of their band. Many, as it seems to me, have a hard time trying to figure that meaning out though it seems. Let's help out those people.
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet kicked off with To "The End of Rapture", a fast kickass in your face song, followed by many other hardcore punk driven fast гитара playing songs. At this point in their career, having Warmness of th Soul and The Seventh trumpet under their belt, they еще often than not were probably referred to as a punk band, which did at the time make sence.
With their video debut with "Unholy Confessions", a еще melodic side was shown in their music, still mainly screaming and fast гитара based, but with a few touches of harmonies such as in the songs "I Won't See Ты Tonight" или And "All Things Will End" and even in "Unholy Confessions" itself. with this, a еще alternative side was shown.
Following City of Evil, a hint of heavy metal influences were shown and added to the genre label дана to A7X, with songs like "Beast and the Harlot", "Bat Country", and even "Sidewinder" which has some interesting mixes of гитара in it are some of the songs to back up this new and evident influencing genre. Even the song "Betrayed", a tribute to the late and great Dimebag Darrell, shows this. By this time, the punk side of A7X had slowly made way for a new style of еще Пение with the screaming reduced to the background. Heavy metal/rock was the way to put it when describing this album.
With their self titled album came еще influences. As M.Shadows had stated, many of their influences for this album came from country, evident in "Dear God" and "Gunslinger", and a sort of hip hop groove oriented sound, giving a basis for how the song "Scream" sounds. But this album not only introduced new genre possiblities for A7X, but it introduced The Rev as a singer on it. Providing vocals for the chorus of "Critical Acclaim" and "A Little Piece of Heaven" as well as providing backing vocals for "Scream" and "Aferlife", The Rev gave us a little bit of the old A7X with his screaming and his melodies. Their fourth album gave a summed up collection of all of A7X's influences and great music.
Diamonds in th Rough, being a CD of unreleased songs and covers can't really be considered an album, but it can still be considered a great work of music. While it is a great departure from Waking the Fallen или even City of Evil или any of their past work, this CD gives a side of A7X that shows еще focus on the Музыка instead of focus on the speed или how hard the punch. songs like "Dancing Dead" или "The Fight" Показать a laid back side to their sound, while songs like "Demons" или their cover for the Pantera song "Walk" shows the heavier side to their sound.
Whether they are punk with their fast sounds and screaming, или they are heavy metal, или if they are alternative, i believe they are simply...AVENGED SEVENFOLD.