Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare review
| Band: | Avenged Sevenfold |
| Album: | Nightmare |
| Style: | Alternative metal, Heavy metal |
| Release date: | July 27, 2010 |
| A review by: | BitterCOld |
01. Nightmare
02. Welcome To The Family
03. Danger Line
04. Buried Alive
05. Natural Born Killer
06. So Far Away
07. God Hates Us
08. Victim
09. Tonight The World Dies
10. Fiction
11. Save Me
Frankly, this album sucks. It really does. I had never listened to A7X before and going in to the review I had hoped it would at least be decent.
It's not.
I could list everything that I thought was wrong with this album, but apparently it'd be too long for most of your ADD-addled brains to handle. So here's the short version.
I figured out about three minutes in it's basically the same blueprint as Metallica, only modernized. Radio-friendly rock music with enough of a metal edge to convince angsty teenagers it's "dangerous" or something.
The album has more ballads than a "Best of Aerosmith Since '88" box set and even during aggressive songs the band still finds time to pop their testicles back in Warner Music's purse and wuss out. The closest thing this album has to an start-to-finish aggressive song is "God Hate's Us" ? outside of a useless breakdown in the middle... but even four minutes of distortion is too edgy for the accountants, so this otherwise pretty decent song has to close with a clean outro.
Hetfield-esq barking for verses, with an annoying almost nasal second vocal style used all too frequently, with catchy choruses. The dude at least has a decent voice when he doesn't switch to the annoying tone. The guitarist has some chops.
But ultimately the entire album feels more like a creation of what a Record Exec's idea of a (highly profitable) metal album should sound like, rather than what a metal enthusiast is likely to think a metal album should be. I guess the suits knew what they were doing, as apparently this was the top "purchased" album on iTunes last week.
But I imagine their target audience is certainly not the MetalStorm audience. I don't like it. And I imagine the vast majority of you won't either.
Avoid like the plague.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 7 |
| Songwriting: | 4 |
| Originality: | 4 |
| Production: | 9 |
 | Written on 31.07.2010 by BitterCOld has been officially reviewing albums for MetalStorm since 2009. |
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| Dani5050 Posts: 76  |
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| skrätte I Hate You Posts: 78  |
The only thing good about this album is this review.
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| Got Mayhem? Posts: 767  |
In all seriousness, I'm half-way expecting you to be blasted by at least one person for not being 'respectful' towards the band because they recently lost their drummer. Quote:  And therein lies the mantra of mainstream music. I give this review a thumbs up. If we could give reviews a thumbs up that is. (Has this idea ever been thrown around?)
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
A 4.1? How generous. I'd give this a flat-out 2/10. As marze pointed out, that one line would have been enough of a review. Too many of the kids I avoided back in high school worshiped this band.
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| Got Mayhem? Posts: 767 |
Written by [user id=101272] on 31.07.2010 at 06:35  Ok man, if we all went by Kerrang and Rolling Stones reviews here then we'd be seeing Billboard Top 40 hits in the Top 100 Albums section and bands like Summoning would be lucky to get an honorable mention. Of course I believe that the big industry names gave this album high scores. It's their job to do that. Big band, Big label, Big sales. It's a cash machine of an industry and they all know it. Now believe it or not it is actually very possible to dislike a band for no other reason other than that their music gives you a brain aneurysm every time they come on the radio. Sometimes a band is "cool to hate" because there is actually a lot to hate about them. Now, my high horse and I have some Blind Guardian to listen to so we'll be riding off now thank you very much.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
How can A7X release a new album? I thought Lou Perlman was in prison... Either way, no surprises here. The review is more entertaining than the album.
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| Got Mayhem? Posts: 767 |
Written by Doc G. on 31.07.2010 at 06:54
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by [user id=101272] on 31.07.2010 at 06:35 Wow, way to list credible metal sources. Rolling Stone rarely have any features on metal, because they know dick all about it. Kerrang and Metal Hammer both praise anything that can bring in cash. I'm not familiar with Metacritic.
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Lit. Metalhead
Account deleted Written by Got Mayhem? on 31.07.2010 at 06:47 Ride on, Clint Eastwood. 
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
Written by [user id=101272] on 31.07.2010 at 06:35 i'm sorry your experience in listening to this album was different than mine and you cannot accept the fact that i might have actually disliked the album thoroughly based upon it's own merits. (or rather lack thereof) as for whether or not i am a closet fanatic, and "don't want anyone to know", i can assure you i am not. i'd never listened to them before and have actually been yelled at by other users for deleting their votes when they hit this band with straight 1's (although their votes make more sense now...) as being a fanboi. i don't hide my musical preferences. i have no need to. a glance at my "collection" is testimony to that. i don't ride a high horse. i merely call albums as i see them. i WANTED to like this, knowing how much it would piss off the anti-a7x crowd to say nice things about them ... but i couldn't. the album was terrible. i don't ever want to listen to it again. the review is not bullshit. it's my HONEST opinion on the music. but nice detective work, you have unmasked me as Gene Shalit.  have a nice evening. p.s. - thanks for the riotous laughs in citing Rolling Fucking Stone as validation of this album. i think that proves my point...
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Lit. Metalhead
Account deleted Quote:Written by BitterCOld on 31.07.2010 at 07:28 ...And your humor.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287 |
Written by [user id=101272] on 31.07.2010 at 07:50 in the parlance of our times, l2quote, dude. why did i get it? simple. staff has made a decision to spend more time on reviewing bigger releases than having us spending the bulk of our (volunteer) time on unknown unsigned artists which most folks don't even bother to read. this was one of the larger bands on the list. i'd never listened to them before and don't really give a flying fuck at a rolling donut as to whether or not it's cool to like or dislike a band. i'm going to say what i feel regardless as to whether or not the majority will agree or disagree with me. seems that's a pretty good starting point for a review...
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| JCJen7 Posts: 423  |
Personally, I loved this album. I thought it had a good amount of aggression, and technicality in it. The guitars were crisp, the drums pounding, and the vocals were diversified and soaringly harsh. Songs like Nightmare and Welcome to the Family seem to be modernized Metallica throwbacks, while Buried Alive is a vocal masterpiece. So Far Away is a heart-wrenching ballad of their lost drummer, and God Hates Us is a punch in the face, and brings memories of early Avenged Sevenfold. Of course though, you are too proud to like a "teenage band" such as Avenged Sevenfold. Sure, nothing incredibly groundbreaking here, but a good collection of diverse, kickass songs.
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| silenius Posts: 531  |
Why does everyone who dont like a negative review use the frase''if you dont like it, dont review it´´, a review is another persons view of a certain album to get some insight in the album, therefore, if you dont like the review, DONT READ IT and complain afterwards
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| Marcus Doit Like Bernie Posts: 642  |
Why can't BitterCold simply not like a band cuz he don't like em? If you don't like A7x it's not necessarily because it's a cool thing to do or because you're a closet fanatic or can't like teenage bands. Maybe some people think A7x is bad simply because they're cringe inducing. Next let's all throw a shitstorm at Marcel the next time he positively reviews a doom band no one's heard of just because he wants to be edgy and different, and not cuz he actually likes it. Jesus, people like different music. Grow up.
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| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493  |
Totally agree with the review. BTW, The Rev never was a great drummer, just because he's dead doesn't mean we should suddenly pretend he was a legend.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Written by cam on 31.07.2010 at 09:59 Exactly. Its always amazed me how many people get up in arms just because someone disagrees with their opinion on music. Ive not heard the album, nor do I have any particular desire to... But I see A7X are still using their Derek The Skull ripoff as their logo? 
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| Derwood Posts: 511  |
Written by BitterCOld on 31.07.2010 at 08:02 Bloody hell, I certainly hope that's not true. I've discovered a lot of bands thanks to the reviews on this site. It's the biggest reason I check in here daily, hoping to find another undiscovered band that I'll come to love. I would likely have never found Process of Guilt, Obscura, Oranssi Pazuzu, most recently Neuromist or a host of other bands had it not been for the reviews posted here. I can find reviews of albums from the bigger name acts anywhere, including snooze fests like Nightmare. I come to MS for informed reviews of albums from bands I'm not familiar with.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Derwood on 31.07.2010 at 16:41 That's the spirit. I wholeheartedly agree with you.
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| Deadsoulman Elite Posts: 8004  |
Written by Derwood on 31.07.2010 at 16:41 That doesn't mean the flow of underground reviews will decrease. Underground releases are sent out to the reviewers by the labels, so the reviewers commit to reviewing them, while the more "mainstream" albums are just out there, up for grabs so to speak.
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| Thanntos Posts: 124  |
If you think to write a review about an album, you have to like the band...thats pure BS. Its the job of a reviewer to cover a wide variety of genres and styles to either widen their range or open the mind more. However doing this does not automatically mean youre going to like it. Bittercold gace a very generous rating although some parts of the review were little harsh. Quote: Just no. You will never hear any of these bands on the radio like you do A7X, save a couple KSE balls like Arms of Sorrow (good song...) All play completely different styles and are not 'watered down' for the sake of 13 y/o kids like A7X. BTW, these song titles are probably the worst I have seen on ANY album in a LONG time. Terrible.
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941  |
Written by [user id=101272] on 31.07.2010 at 06:35 It's not the first time I see you defending shitty stuff. You need to grow up and learn that some people have tastes and standards, so unlike you they won't praise any crap. And official reviews mean nothing. The reviewers are corrupted by the capitalist industry. They sold out their integrity long ago.
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 31.07.2010 at 16:46 I totally agree with you and Derwood. We don't need reviews about mainstream metal albums. We can find this everywhere on the net if we want. Add to this that I hate mainstream metal in general. What is interesting is to find new stuff that is pretty much unknown, and many times this stuff is much more interesting than mainstream metal.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
I dont want to download the album to listen to the full thing. But I decided to check out the title track which is on youtube. I had heard one A7X song years ago, and thought it was okay, and I dont let anyone else's opinions positive or negative to affect what I think. So I thought what the heck, I'll give it a go. lol The intro of the song was actually good, with a decent atmosphere, and good melodic guitars. But as soon as the singer screamed "Niiightmaare!" and the song proper started, it was like a different band had started playing, and it was downhill from there. It just sounded very artificial, and weak. Mike Portnoy is meant to be on drums, but I could never have guessed just by listening to this song.  Where was the imaginative fills and drumming flair? Its like he just phoned in the performance. I dunno what the rest of the album is like, but if the title track is a good indicator of what it's like, I think I'll give it a miss. :\
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| Reizenstein Posts: 59  |
It's always amusing to read the comments and see people who react like their mother is being donkeypunched every time someone dislikes an album they like. 
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