The first time I heard of Avenged Sevenfold was when they came to Iraq in 2010. They said that Jimmy always wanted to do a concert for the soldiers. Out of respect to him they did it and they put on one hell of a concert in Baghdad, and I was personally introduced to their music and loved it.
The drummer is Mike Portnoy. He had just left his band Dream Theater around this point in time and Avenged Sevenfold asked him to play drums on the album because he was one of the Rev's biggest influences. Mike Portnoy is considered one of the best drummers in rock/metal of all time. This was the only album Mike Portnoy played on though.
My recollection is Portnoy played with A7X on this album while still technically in DT and was about to tour when DT decided to record their next album. When he refused to skip the tour he was essentially pushed out of DT
Most of the drumming on the album was still written by the rev, portnoy did do some original stuff but Rev left a lot of stuff that needed to be recorded and mike was honored to do it and tour with them.
The So Far Away video is an emotional tribute to their original drummer. Also - have you done a reaction yet to The Petty Reckless and their song 25? Seems a suitable band name for you!
Nightmare is also their first album without The Rev, following his death in december 2009, it was also dedicated to him, hence the capitalized ''rev'' on the tombstone.
The original drummer for Avenged was Jimmy Sullivan better known as the The Rev, he sadly died in 2009, we wrote this song just days before his body was found, they dedicated the whole Nightmare album to him, they brought on Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater to play the drums for this album
Fun fact, I still have an Avenged Sevenfold poster up in my room from when I was 14. My fave avenged sevenfold song is probably Afterlife. But Mike Portnoy played the drums on this album. He's from the band Dream Theater
Afterlife A little piece of heaven Almost easy Bat country Beast and the harlot Buried alive Critical acclaim live LBC God hates us live rock am ring 2011
Okay huge Avenged Sevenfold freak here! My absolute favs are: Burid Alive Bat Country Afterlife Betrayed M.I.A Strength of the World Sidewinder Unholy Confessions 4 AM Dear God The Wicked End Critical Acclaim Save Me Second Heartbeat Eternal Rest Chapter Four Thats just from the top of my head. All BANGERS!
Everything about this song is great. The title, the lyrics, the video, the voice, drums, guitar… everything makes you feel like you’re in a nightmare. It should get more recognition. 🎸 🔥
The cool thing about this video is the different rooms are throwbacks to their older videos from the perception that it was all just a figment of his imagination. For example, dude dancing with the skeleton was dancing with a woman in Afterlife. Other dude with the big hand that was crawling on the top of the hallway had the same big hand in Bat Country, etc.
This was there first single that was turned into video, after their drummer passed away. That's why the drummer is not in the video and why it showed a drum set. That was was in honor to the Rev. RIP Rev.
If you want to see a crazy, interesting, well made video by these guys, then May I recommend, The Stage. It’s off their most recent album, also titled The Stage, with their newest drummer, Brooks Wackerman.
To make this clear the rev ( the drummer) was the one that made like 60% the song himself and he did write the drums and mike was the one who played it for him when he passed away
After their formation in California in the 90's from the Orange County scene, Avenged Sevenfold built their base from touring... they scored a major record deal and saw their 3rd album 'City of evil' reach gold sales in the US (half million copies) in 2005, and then the 4th self-titled album went platinum (1 million copies) in 2007. The band released a live/rarities CD/DVD in 2008 'Live in the LBC' and then began writing a new album in 2009... According to vocalist M. Shadows, drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan had rehearsed and demoed the new album and was very excited about returning to the studio... Tragically, he passed away late in 2009 from a drug overdose 😪 Avenged Sevenfold were devastated, but they wanted to respect The Rev's wishes and record the new album 'Nightmare'... They approached Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy in 2010 about playing The Rev's drum parts in the studio... Having met The Rev before, and knowing that the late drummer was a huge Portnoy fan, he agreed. So, Mike Portnoy recorded drums for the new album 'Nightmare'... and then announced he was leaving Dream Theater that year (He wanted to focus on other musical endeavors) and offered to tour w/ Avenged Sevenfold for the record. Portnoy played drums on tour for Avenged Sevenfold until the end of 2010. The album hit #1 on the US charts and went platinum again. Ultimately, Avenged Sevenfold decided to recruit a new drummer in 2011, because after Mike Portnoy had quit Dream Theater, the band found themselves being blamed for his exit... They thanked Portnoy and carried on w/ new drummer Arin Ilejay until 2015... Veteran drummer Brooks Wackerman joined Avenged Sevenfold after, and has been w/ them since.
The Drummer you're listening to here is Mike Portnoy. Mike rose to fame and prominence with his work with the Progressive Metal band called 'Dream Theater'. They are often regarded (and for good reason) as one of the best bands in Metal and especially in Progressive Metal (which is a sub-genre of metal music known for odd-time signatures and advanced musicianship). Mike decided to depart from Dream Theater in 2010 due to him just generally being burnt out from that type of drumming. Around this same time, the Drummer for Avenged Sevenfold (Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan) had passed away. Jimmy's role model growing up was Portnoy. He stated in an interview once that the only person he would be okay sitting behind his kit would be Mike Portnoy. So, when the Rev had passed away, Avenged Sevenfold approached Mike and asked him to play the drums on this album and the ensuing tour. Hope that helped :) Definitely need to do some reactions to Dream Theater! You both will be BLOWN away
Just letting y’all know avenged sevenfold has so many different styles over the years. Each album sounds different from the other. I’m so excited to see you guys go down the A7X rabbit hole
Now that you guys know this song you may want to check out "Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare, 2021 Halloween Light Show" not saying you need to react to it but in your spare time. If you like house decorations well this is decorations on steroids. One of the coolest light shows set to AS Nightmare. I'm sure the neighborhood loves this guy😁
Great reaction as always! This is one of my favorite Avenged 7X songs. The guitars especially in the middle of the song are great. Shepherd of Fire and This Means War are also worth a look!
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"afterlife" is a must listen for sure, but "Bat country" is a classic
Live version of it from 2011 rock am ring too !
Don’t forget shepherd of fire !
bat country foshure
Beast And The Harlot too
Unholy confessions & almost easy are the 2 better of these 4 songs and you know it lol
I can't wait to see Crys' face when they eventually get to "A Little Piece of Heaven"
She already looks disturbed at this one
Lol me too!!! But they gotta do it!!
I recommend the lbc version ,feels rock
The first time I heard of Avenged Sevenfold was when they came to Iraq in 2010. They said that Jimmy always wanted to do a concert for the soldiers. Out of respect to him they did it and they put on one hell of a concert in Baghdad, and I was personally introduced to their music and loved it.
The drummer is Mike Portnoy. He had just left his band Dream Theater around this point in time and Avenged Sevenfold asked him to play drums on the album because he was one of the
Rev's biggest influences. Mike Portnoy is considered one of the best drummers in rock/metal of all time. This was the only album Mike Portnoy played on though.
My recollection is Portnoy played with A7X on this album while still technically in DT and was about to tour when DT decided to record their next album. When he refused to skip the tour he was essentially pushed out of DT
@@imopen2 That's correct. I forgot he was still in DT when he did this album.
Most of the drumming on the album was still written by the rev, portnoy did do some original stuff but Rev left a lot of stuff that needed to be recorded and mike was honored to do it and tour with them.
RIP to the Rev. Miss your music my dude.
"Seize the day" it's one of my favorite songs from Avenged Sevenfold
The So Far Away video is an emotional tribute to their original drummer.
Also - have you done a reaction yet to The Petty Reckless and their song 25? Seems a suitable band name for you!
Try So far Away if you want to know more about the original drummer of this band!
Or watch interviews. The Rev had some funny ones and like backstage type videos just goofing around
Nightmare is also their first album without The Rev, following his death in december 2009, it was also dedicated to him, hence the capitalized ''rev'' on the tombstone.
The original drummer for Avenged was Jimmy Sullivan better known as the The Rev, he sadly died in 2009, we wrote this song just days before his body was found, they dedicated the whole Nightmare album to him, they brought on Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater to play the drums for this album
all of syns guitar solos are fire tbh.. dudes the goat of the last 20 yrs
"Afterlife" live at The LBC is a must watch (one of the best live performances ever) and "Buried Alive" their masterpiece in my opinion
afterlife at the LBC was their best performance imo
Buried alive is indeed a masterpiece, imo such an underrated song as i think it is their best
Fun fact, I still have an Avenged Sevenfold poster up in my room from when I was 14. My fave avenged sevenfold song is probably Afterlife. But Mike Portnoy played the drums on this album. He's from the band Dream Theater
Nope
@@kepler9121 What do you mean nope?
The smile on your faces, love it!
They have so many great songs afterlife, bat country, beast and the harlet are just a few. Rip to the Rev the drummer
Song inspired by the passing of their drummer, and losing his bandmate/best friend. RIP Rev! Have to check out “So Far Away” off the same album
Afterlife
A little piece of heaven
Almost easy
Bat country
Beast and the harlot
Buried alive
Critical acclaim live LBC
God hates us live rock am ring 2011
Was going to say all of these and Unholy Confessions!
Scream?
Blinded in chains
Okay huge Avenged Sevenfold freak here!
My absolute favs are:
Burid Alive
Bat Country
Afterlife
Betrayed
M.I.A
Strength of the World
Sidewinder
Unholy Confessions
4 AM
Dear God
The Wicked End
Critical Acclaim
Save Me
Second Heartbeat
Eternal Rest
Chapter Four
Thats just from the top of my head. All BANGERS!
This song is about their late drummer the rev he told the band of the dreams he was having before he passed
Avenged sevenfold was my first concert I ever attended , my Junior year (2010) I believe. It was AVENGED, 3 days grace and Bullet for my Valentine.
‘Save Me’ and ‘Exist’ are life changing songs
Agree
Two masterpiece of A7X ❤️
Beast & the Harlot, Seize the Day, Afterlife or A Little Piece of Heaven “LIVE in LBC” 🔥
Keep the Avenged Sevenfold reactions coming 😁
That whole Album is straight 🔥👌💯! So anything of theirs is good but that album and newest 1 The Stage are Astonishingly good!
Avenged sevenfold is my favorite band! You gotta see them live! Best experience ever!
Buried Alive is a must
Buried alive by them will surprise you too...great song
Everything about this song is great. The title, the lyrics, the video, the voice, drums, guitar… everything makes you feel like you’re in a nightmare. It should get more recognition. 🎸 🔥
Saw them live! ❤️🔥 it was a great concert!!
Got to see Jimmy perform live just once before he passed, like a month before
all these years later and still an enjoyable band to listen to 🥰🎶
The cool thing about this video is the different rooms are throwbacks to their older videos from the perception that it was all just a figment of his imagination. For example, dude dancing with the skeleton was dancing with a woman in Afterlife. Other dude with the big hand that was crawling on the top of the hallway had the same big hand in Bat Country, etc.
This was there first single that was turned into video, after their drummer passed away. That's why the drummer is not in the video and why it showed a drum set. That was was in honor to the Rev. RIP Rev.
If you want to see a crazy, interesting, well made video by these guys, then May I recommend, The Stage. It’s off their most recent album, also titled The Stage, with their newest drummer, Brooks Wackerman.
And yes Rev was the drummer!
Try their live performance from LBC especially "Afterlife" and "A little piece of heaven"
I'VE SEEN THESE GUY 2 X ..THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY 💯..WONDERING WHEN YOU WAS GETTING TO THESE GUYS..
Avenged Sevenfold - Live at LBC!
To make this clear the rev ( the drummer) was the one that made like 60% the song himself and he did write the drums and mike was the one who played it for him when he passed away
So Far Away is a tribute to Rev, the drummer that unfortunately passed away. makes me cry every time.
*Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country" and "Afterlife"*
Afterlife is one of their best songs imo. Synister Gates is absolutely one of the best guitarists of this generation!!!
two drummers played that song one was James Sullivan "the Rev" and the other was Mike Portnoy
Nightmare was the firsg ever metal song i ever heard and appreciated
I've been to so many of their concerts _ they love fire
After their formation in California in the 90's from the Orange County scene, Avenged Sevenfold built their base from touring... they scored a major record deal and saw their 3rd album 'City of evil' reach gold sales in the US (half million copies) in 2005, and then the 4th self-titled album went platinum (1 million copies) in 2007. The band released a live/rarities CD/DVD in 2008 'Live in the LBC' and then began writing a new album in 2009... According to vocalist M. Shadows, drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan had rehearsed and demoed the new album and was very excited about returning to the studio... Tragically, he passed away late in 2009 from a drug overdose 😪
Avenged Sevenfold were devastated, but they wanted to respect The Rev's wishes and record the new album 'Nightmare'... They approached Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy in 2010 about playing The Rev's drum parts in the studio... Having met The Rev before, and knowing that the late drummer was a huge Portnoy fan, he agreed.
So, Mike Portnoy recorded drums for the new album 'Nightmare'... and then announced he was leaving Dream Theater that year (He wanted to focus on other musical endeavors) and offered to tour w/ Avenged Sevenfold for the record. Portnoy played drums on tour for Avenged Sevenfold until the end of 2010. The album hit #1 on the US charts and went platinum again.
Ultimately, Avenged Sevenfold decided to recruit a new drummer in 2011, because after Mike Portnoy had quit Dream Theater, the band found themselves being blamed for his exit... They thanked Portnoy and carried on w/ new drummer Arin Ilejay until 2015... Veteran drummer Brooks Wackerman joined Avenged Sevenfold after, and has been w/ them since.
"Afterlife" is by far my favorite Avenged 7X song!!!
Rabbithole.. My fav band.. can't wait.
If you like the Rock/rap mix you should check out About That Life by Attila, their vocalist Fronz scream raps.
The drummer here is Mike Portnoy, who is a friggin beast! And man.......the empty drumkit at the end gets me every time......
Seize the day, beast and the harlot and Almost Easy are my favorite
I just started following you guys I love your videos they're great keep them coming your reactions are priceless!!!
The video for this song was inspired by the Hell scene from the movie Jacob’s Ladder. Great movie.
love when people recognize the drummer!! so rare nowadays. try out bat country!
I still rock out to this song from when it was released!! 🤘🤘
Afterlife next please. But do the lyric video. And Rest In Peace to Jimmy, the greatest influence I could ask for.
So far away....it tells u about the revs life and all of their relationships with each other
Miss you Rev❤😪
yes more avenged sevenfold. after life. or buried alive
Gunslinger and afterlife are my two faves
Remember hearing this on radio,& saying Metallica's back! Let's go Lars! Bfmvalentine "your betrayal" popular back then too
The Drummer you're listening to here is Mike Portnoy. Mike rose to fame and prominence with his work with the Progressive Metal band called 'Dream Theater'. They are often regarded (and for good reason) as one of the best bands in Metal and especially in Progressive Metal (which is a sub-genre of metal music known for odd-time signatures and advanced musicianship).
Mike decided to depart from Dream Theater in 2010 due to him just generally being burnt out from that type of drumming. Around this same time, the Drummer for Avenged Sevenfold (Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan) had passed away. Jimmy's role model growing up was Portnoy. He stated in an interview once that the only person he would be okay sitting behind his kit would be Mike Portnoy.
So, when the Rev had passed away, Avenged Sevenfold approached Mike and asked him to play the drums on this album and the ensuing tour.
Hope that helped :)
Definitely need to do some reactions to Dream Theater! You both will be BLOWN away
Seen this tour live this song slaps
Yall are ready to check out "slaughter to prevail: baba yaga" it's the mist russian video yall will ever see
Love this band! ❤️
Love Avenged Sevenfold.
Fiction is the last song made by the Rev 3 days before he took his own life
Just letting y’all know avenged sevenfold has so many different styles over the years. Each album sounds different from the other. I’m so excited to see you guys go down the A7X rabbit hole
Now that you guys know this song you may want to check out "Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare, 2021 Halloween Light Show" not saying you need to react to it but in your spare time. If you like house decorations well this is decorations on steroids. One of the coolest light shows set to AS Nightmare. I'm sure the neighborhood loves this guy😁
You gotta check out So Far Away. Tribute to The Rev
Synyster Gates is an amazing guitar player. I'm a guitar player and teacher and he's just incredible. Thx for reacting to mt favorite band.
You guys gotta do A little piece of heaven next. Make sure it's the video too. It was written by The Rev.
“Hail to the King.”
You gotta check out A Little Piece of Heaven, Dear God, Critical Acclaim live and everything else Avenged Sevenfold! Their range and talent is unreal!
'Save Me' is my favorite
This album Nightmare, was somewhat dedicated in The Rev’s memory. The rev, was their drummer who passed away in 2009. James O. Sullivan 🖤🔥
Critical Acclaim LBC should be one of the best performance from Avenged sevenfold , you guys will know the first drummer before he died
“Scream” is a good one! So many though…
"Save Me" is the best masterpiece in my opinion, its on Album "Nightmare"
You should check out "God Hates Us" Live from Rock am Ring 2011
I'd suggest Buried Alive off the same album.
Drummers from Avenged Sevenfold after the song was made died that's the reason why you don't see him in the video and his name was The Rev
Check out vocalist’s of A7X Matt and Soad’s drummer song - Street Spirit These Grey Men
Little piece of heaven ❤
You guys gotta, gotta, gotta do more Avenged 🤘
The original drummer was the Rev. After he passed, Mike Portnoy played for a short moment. The Rev was the man!
Avenged sevenfold a little piece of heaven
Top 5 best A7X song imo. Enjoyed your reactions. Keep up the good work.
Yo u both rbmy fav bless u 2 and ur baby ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GOD bless ur family ❤️
🤯🎸🤯🎸🤯🥁🤯🥁. Nice 👍
Beast and the harlot is a must
listen to So Far Away to get some of the drummer
do burried alive by them next
For this song it was Mike Portnoy. You want to see an amazing drummer,,check out Danny Carey drum cam.
You guys should do a classic like- Bat country- or unholy confessions.
Great reaction!!
Buried alive
Great reaction as always! This is one of my favorite Avenged 7X songs. The guitars especially in the middle of the song are great. Shepherd of Fire and This Means War are also worth a look!
I really like the one named Save me Avenged Sevenfold
React to Unholy confessions by A7x🔥🔥👀
Alittle piece of heaven is a good one to do
Hail to the King
A Little Piece of Heaven