Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream ( Album Review )

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1) Game Over

Very Spanish intro

When it goes into major it feels like a classical piece

Intro feels like it was cut short, doesn't feel like it was over

But it helps with leaving us wanting more

But I'm sure they don't want it to be 8 minutes

Guitar tone sounds really nice, evil and heavy

First part of the verse, fast delivery I really like It

Backing vocal hitting some odd notes which makes it interesting

When the vocal layer comes in the lyrics " as it may " it reminds me of Queen, can also hear some dissonant notes in there

During the snare march chorus it also has odd notes in the melody which is good

The little moments of double ride and the whammy tricks in the solo is cool

You can obviously hear the classical influence by the intro but also the sudden shift from loud to soft

It feels like this was originally 8 minutes but they cut it to make it digestible , which I always appreciate

There are 2 cool dissonant chords before the soft bridge

The bridge melody sounds very familiar

Like a sound of music or Disney kind of song

Even though it feels like it cut a lot of parts , no time for developing anything

It doesn't overstay its welcome and that's the most important thing you should do

10/10

2) Mattel

Straight into the zeros, which sounds very cool

The guitar slide that acts like a riff is also cool

0:42 that vocal effect reminds me of Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots , with his iconic megaphone

1:04 this is something new from them, they hold on to stuff way longer, it's not like the predictable 4 equal bars, it's very free flowing and has no tempo

Soft piano chorus part is very dramatic and catchy with his vocal delivery

Going back to the intro was cool

2:53 adding the constant rides on the 2nd scream was cool

Synth type solo makes it sound like you're in an evil church

Syncopated rides in the bridge, I always appreciate stuff like that

The bridge doesn't make me feel anything, I didn't like the first part only the 2 bars, The bridge could be cut

Good entrance at 4:21, the drum fill was long and dragged which makes the chorus more impactful

4:50 drum loop sample kind of feeling

Like a lofi beats to chill and study type of thing happening because of the drum sound and piano

9/10

3) Nobody

Cool intro with the synth, even when it's only 2 notes

The whole synth and drum beat reminds me of Rush's Tom Sawyer

At first I didn't like the verse, didn't make me feel anything, but now I get it