<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Iowa @ Nov 1 2006, 12:36 AM) [snapback]264704[/snapback]</div>
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I downloaded "Beast and the Harlot" by Avenged Sevenfold and I love the riff at the beginning...but the vocals make me lose respect for that band entirely. Rule number one of metal: you do NOT put in soft vocals at innapropriate times.
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I liked Avenged Sevenfold when they played metalcore, but I hate their newest album (the one with Beast and the Harlot on it). The musicianship is good and there's some great riffs, but the vocals are absolutely terrible. And the band completely changed their style of music from metalcore with prog elements, to basically something that sounds like a rip off of Guns 'n' Roses (who were awful to start with).
I don't mind bands changing their style a bit from time to time, in fact I like it generally, but in Sevenfold's case they changed their style to a more mainstream sound upon signing to a major record label (which just screams 'sell-out'), and in the process they completely alienated most of their original fanbase (you might notice most fans of the old stuff hate the new stuff, and vice versa).
I'm also getting sick of seeing them trying to look tough in their videos and in photos in magazines all the time. To me they have become a band that is very much 'style over substance'.
But if you want to hear something good by the band, listen to 'I Won't See You Tonight' parts 1 and 2, from the 'Waking the Fallen' album. Part 1 is softer, with lots of piano and soft vocals (his singing was never very good, but he did used to be a bit better than he is now), and part 2 is harder with lots of screaming. It's a great song.