Both of you blew this out of the park! I took my son & his band mate to see AX7 in Colorado Springs. My son grew up on The "Rev". It was the Spring of 2009. The "Rev" was still alive then. We happened to stay at the same Hotel as they did the day/night before the concert. My son was only in the 8th grade. M Shadows & another band member ate dinner late at the restaurant in the hotel & we were the only people in there. I the almost 46 year old HS teacher sheepishly walked over to him and said there are two young boys over at the table that Love your music & if You don't mind, when you are done eating, could they come over & say Hello. M Shadows was so nice & said "sure". I let the boys go over after he ate dinner. Then I went into the connected bar to have a nightcap. The rest of the band was all in there. All except 1 were really partying. It was the "Rev". He was unusually sober & I just drank my drink & did not want to bother them. But the "Rev" ordered a bottle of wine - I wrote a quick note saying how grateful I was for them being such talented musicians & proving to the kids that you can sing Metal & still be wonderful artist! I bought his bottle of wine from the bartender & sent the note expecting nothing for it. I sent it over with my note. I saw him read the note & fold it back up & place it in his wallet. He must have ask the bartender who sent the note - He got up to leave & came & sat down by me to my surprise. He thanked me for the wine & mostly for the note. He really was a jewel & gentleman! My son started playing the drums at 5 guitar - 7 & sings & writes & was waiting with his other band mate in the 8th grade right outside & had his drumsticks with him. I finished my drink about the same time as Jimmy left & my son got him to sign those drumsticks. He is 28 & still has them today. Bought him the SYN Gates black & white guitar later, too. I accidentally found you when I played "So Far Away" & it took me to a short video & eventually there you were. You have a killer voice & both of you play the heck out of the guitar. Keep it up! I grew up with a piano teacher mother & know my stuff about music. My son now lives In Colorado Springs & works at "The Black Sheep" the hottest Metal club around there. He is in 4 bands now, so maybe if ya'll get down here contact me & he & his girlfriend - she runs the sound & lights & etc. there and can get you a gig there. Your voice is amazing!
Holy smokes. I can’t tell you how appreciative I am of your comment and ultimately the story here. Thank you for taking the time! That’s touching and so cool hear! They’re all really down to earth guys and a lot of musicians of their stature can have some pretty big egos; they clearly don’t. A7X is an inspiration to many of us, and I’m truly happy you and your son got that experience with them. Also appreciate the kind words about some of my videos! Means more than you know!
Hahaha dude the feeling is mutual. When I was going for walks and listening to this to make sure I didn’t mess the lyrics up, all I was thinking, “how the heck is Martin playing this cleaner than the original”. You NAILED this!
@@IHamDogghuh? No that guy is just that good at guitar. If you actually listened to A7X or the stage, you can hear the differences between him and syn. They are extremely similar but you can tell by his tone, is very slightly different and the speed of that tapping in the beginning isn’t the same. You can honestly easily hear the difference throughout the song, but that’s definitely him playing.
Nononono, Im not talking about the guitarist, dudes legit. this vocalist, is 100% translating the barebones vocals of The Stage to the Guitarists. Go sync the videos, all the peaks and lows are IDENTICAL. thats a 6minute vocal that was matched to the T to the very end.@@tonymejia5547
Ive seen about 3 or 4 covers of A7X by you and honestly, i dont know if M.Shadows was your inspiration but you sound exactly like him, your voice seem to have a little bit more high end but apart from that you are spot on, from tone all the way to words articulation its amazing.
Büyük bir A7X fanıyım ve şimdiye kadar gördüğüm en iyi coverlardan biri diyebilirim. Sesin shadowsa gerçekten çok benziyor. Gitarist zaten çok iyi. Türkiyeden sevgiler🇹🇷🇹🇷
Bro sick cover dude. It's a phenomenal song and i think you did it justice bro. Fantastic vocals dude. As a fellow singer, those gritty highs in the chorus are super impressive man
You’re so good man. Me being a die hard fan for a7x, and knowing their sound, you’ve got m. Shadows voice almost almost almost perfectly. You must be his brother, like there’s no way
Holly shit dude! This is INCREDIBLE! I wish I could find a vocalist that had half of your talent! If youre ever in Kansas look me up man. I'd love to collab with you 🤘. Youre going places. SUBSCRIBED
Just when I think I couldn't possibly like you anymore you go and blow my freaking mind again Justin that was absolutely amazing you're screaming on point hell yeah great job and that dude shredding on that guitar that was banging simply out of this world❤
@@martinronningyt If you tell me right now, you have seen this man Sing exactly like this either IN person, OR on a Phone call around 0 equipment. I'll believe you, YOU deff have skill, YOU are a killer guitarist, and is that an Original SynGuitar? BUT. i do NOT believe that This guy is doing these Vocals AT all.
Bro, your voice is incredible, I've been following your work for a while now through Martin Rooning, (I'm a guitarist and a fan of this guy). You two are awesome. I'm recording a full cover of Critical Acclaim. Would there be any possibility of putting your vocals on this song? How much do you charge for your incredible work? Hugs from Brazil!
Thank you very much for answering me, I became even more of a fan because of your humility! Someone of your talent would have to work really hard hahaha Thanks again.
@@IHamDogg haha, thanks, but not one thing on this track is from the original. Martin did EVERYTHING from scratch. The synth is totally different, and Martin recorded guitars, bass and programmed the drums.
@@justinbonfinimusic You can lie to everyone else, and try to say its the synths or whatever, but it isn't. Im not talking about the instruments at all, You took the Barebones vocals from the Stage Music Video by A7X, Layered Matts raw Vocals over this Impressive Guitarist and Lip Synced. I side by sided the videos on my Laptop and Phone. Its Matt.
@@IHamDogg Kind of blows my mind that this is even a discussion.. To think that these vocals are Matt's original vocals is beyond me. Aside from the obvious fact that his vocals (while nailing Matt's sound) are clearly different overall, he even added little things like the scream in the beginning and changed up the melody here and there like in the last chorus. To your other comment, yes, i've heard him sing like this over Discord. But again, there's really no greater compliment😅
This was as good as a cover can be! But i dont know how you got copyrighted on this cover and it seems that you did not use any of the original song tracks, instruments or back vocals.. Or am i wrong?
Yeah ever since i wanna say about 4 or so years ago, covers get flagged as well. I like to look at it as a little "good job, very close the original!" from RUclips.😂
Yeah I’m not too sure. But to Martin’s comment, maybe it’s just to close to the original, haha. I think you really gotta make a cover different in order to not get flagged (my No Doubt cover didn’t get flagged). I’d like to test this out on an A7X tune; completely change it up and see what happens, lol.
Duuuude you both knocked it out of the park. Excellent job. I am trying to become a better singer and I really want to learn to sing with rasp like you do, how did you go about learning that? What's the technique?
Thank you! It just sort of comes naturally has I go into the higher registers. I do compression so it sounds raspy. I don’t actually know how to do a clean high register lol
Both of you blew this out of the park! I took my son & his band mate to see AX7 in Colorado Springs. My son grew up on The "Rev". It was the Spring of 2009. The "Rev" was still alive then. We happened to stay at the same Hotel as they did the day/night before the concert. My son was only in the 8th grade. M Shadows & another band member ate dinner late at the restaurant in the hotel & we were the only people in there. I the almost 46 year old HS teacher sheepishly walked over to him and said there are two young boys over at the table that Love your music & if You don't mind, when you are done eating, could they come over & say Hello. M Shadows was so nice & said "sure". I let the boys go over after he ate dinner. Then I went into the connected bar to have a nightcap. The rest of the band was all in there. All except 1 were really partying. It was the "Rev". He was unusually sober & I just drank my drink & did not want to bother them. But the "Rev" ordered a bottle of wine - I wrote a quick note saying how grateful I was for them being such talented musicians & proving to the kids that you can sing Metal & still be wonderful artist! I bought his bottle of wine from the bartender & sent the note expecting nothing for it. I sent it over with my note. I saw him read the note & fold it back up & place it in his wallet. He must have ask the bartender who sent the note - He got up to leave & came & sat down by me to my surprise. He thanked me for the wine & mostly for the note. He really was a jewel & gentleman! My son started playing the drums at 5 guitar - 7 & sings & writes & was waiting with his other band mate in the 8th grade right outside & had his drumsticks with him. I finished my drink about the same time as Jimmy left & my son got him to sign those drumsticks. He is 28 & still has them today. Bought him the SYN Gates black & white guitar later, too. I accidentally found you when I played "So Far Away" & it took me to a short video & eventually there you were. You have a killer voice & both of you play the heck out of the guitar. Keep it up! I grew up with a piano teacher mother & know my stuff about music. My son now lives In Colorado Springs & works at "The Black Sheep" the hottest Metal club around there. He is in 4 bands now, so maybe if ya'll get down here contact me & he & his girlfriend - she runs the sound & lights & etc. there and can get you a gig there. Your voice is amazing!
Holy smokes. I can’t tell you how appreciative I am of your comment and ultimately the story here. Thank you for taking the time! That’s touching and so cool hear! They’re all really down to earth guys and a lot of musicians of their stature can have some pretty big egos; they clearly don’t. A7X is an inspiration to many of us, and I’m truly happy you and your son got that experience with them. Also appreciate the kind words about some of my videos! Means more than you know!
5.57 super impressive, the whole cover blows my mind! Amazing talent from both 🎉
Absolutely crushed it man!! Was simply grinning from ear to ear throughout the whole video haha!
Hahaha dude the feeling is mutual. When I was going for walks and listening to this to make sure I didn’t mess the lyrics up, all I was thinking, “how the heck is Martin playing this cleaner than the original”. You NAILED this!
@@justinbonfinimusic Haha too kind man!🙏🏻
Rock on, brother! Wish us smaller musicians got more love.
Thanks bud! Let's keep grinding!!
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
@@IHamDogghuh? No that guy is just that good at guitar. If you actually listened to A7X or the stage, you can hear the differences between him and syn. They are extremely similar but you can tell by his tone, is very slightly different and the speed of that tapping in the beginning isn’t the same. You can honestly easily hear the difference throughout the song, but that’s definitely him playing.
Nononono, Im not talking about the guitarist, dudes legit. this vocalist, is 100% translating the barebones vocals of The Stage to the Guitarists. Go sync the videos, all the peaks and lows are IDENTICAL. thats a 6minute vocal that was matched to the T to the very end.@@tonymejia5547
One of the best Avenged Sevenfold covers I've seen
Thanks so much. Glad ya dig! :)
Closest I’ve ever heard anyone ever come to m shadows. Hats off to you 👍🏼
Thanks buddy 🤟
Ive seen about 3 or 4 covers of A7X by you and honestly, i dont know if M.Shadows was your inspiration but you sound exactly like him, your voice seem to have a little bit more high end but apart from that you are spot on, from tone all the way to words articulation its amazing.
The section at 5:24 gave me goosebumps, great job as always!
Thanks so much for checking it out!! :)
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
It's like 2007 self-titled M. Shadows singing The Stage, absolutely perfect bro!
Keep up the amazing job!
Haha thank you!! I love that 2007 era!!!
What the hell is this amazing cover doing at only 8000 views?? We gotta pump those numbers up
Hahaha thanks pal!! That would be dope!
Büyük bir A7X fanıyım ve şimdiye kadar gördüğüm en iyi coverlardan biri diyebilirim. Sesin shadowsa gerçekten çok benziyor. Gitarist zaten çok iyi. Türkiyeden sevgiler🇹🇷🇹🇷
Jesus, the solo was flawless..🙆🙆🙆
Martin is a beast!!
I listen to your Versions More than the Originals. That Guitarist is amazing too
Wow thanks so much! Yeah, Martin is amazing! You should check out his channel (Martin Rønning).
Unreal how good
Thanks!
Your voice is unbelievable! Awesome job!! It’s incredibly hard to sing M Shadows high notes.
Cheers from Brazil!
Thanks bud!! Appreciate you checking it out. Cheers from Canada!
Bro sick cover dude. It's a phenomenal song and i think you did it justice bro. Fantastic vocals dude. As a fellow singer, those gritty highs in the chorus are super impressive man
Thanks pal! Appreciate your comment and checking out the video. Definitely pretty hard to sing!
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
Unbelievable 🤍🤍🤘🤘🤘
❤️❤️❤️
Gave me goosebumps. Amazing performance 🫶
Thank you!! ☺️☺️☺️
You’re so good man. Me being a die hard fan for a7x, and knowing their sound, you’ve got m. Shadows voice almost almost almost perfectly. You must be his brother, like there’s no way
Likewise! Love A7X!! Thanks for the comment bud
Definitely one of the best songs they’ve written. It was nominated for a Grammy.
Your vocals are top tier man. Well done 👍
Thanks bud!
This was awesome I was fist pumping everytime you guys nailed a part and singing along
Haha thanks so much! Happy ya dig!!
Shout out to both of you guys! Terrific job! Precise notes and awesome vocal range with a brilliant tone. keep the good work on!
Thank you!! Appreciate you checking it out :)
Wow, that’s a amazing . Blown away 🤟🏻
Thank you!!
6:56 - 7:00 is outrageous! The entire cover is perfect, but that part is special.
Thank you! Actually added that at the last minute because I felt I wanted to do a slight change, lol.
@@justinbonfinimusic I'm jealous of that run. That is A+.
the only lacking on this video is holding an invisible watermelon
Oh my god 🔥🔥 this is Very good
Thank you!!
i would love than all your a7x cover was on spotify theres are so great
Thanks so much! Some of them are :)
Absolutely AMAZING, brother 💚🤘🏻
Thank you!!
Impressive work. Keep it up.
Thank you!!!
Bro was become shadow voice in city of evil era
Okay bro u got my respect , i subscribe 🫡🫡❤️
Thanks buddy!
MIND-BLOWN! Right in the feelz 🔥
Thanks!!
Best cover , you have amazing voice bro!
Thanks so much!
🔥🖤
man , i need to learn the shadows vocal technique to you , because u're voice is so amazing 🤩
Amazing! This has got to be one of your best works yet, you guys are incredible!
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
Goddamn! A few minutes in and I forgot this was a cover. Sounds like the original song!
Haha thanks Anthony! Martin and I get rather granular with things😂
Holy shit. Martin killed it!
He definitely did!! His playing is unreal.
Perfect cover bro
Thank you!
MA FUCKINGOD MAN. PROUD OF YOU❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks buddy!!!
why doesn't this man have more subscribers. Absolut best covers of A7X i have ever heard!!
Hahah thanks bud! I’m slowly getting there! Thanks for your support!
This was Epic! I have listened to it a ton. First time watching the video. You both Rock so hard. Your voice bro!!!!!
Thanks so much!!
Amazing🔥❤️ 🇧🇷
Thankkk you!
This songs help me a lot years ago. Thanks for covering this guys. ❤
Such a wonderful song. Thanks for watching it!!
hat of to both of you!!
amazing cover,wont get any better than this!!
Thanks pal!!!
It's difficult for me hear this song without try to sing it.
I like a lot your voice
Such a great song. Thanks bud!
Wow fantastic ❤❤
Sem dúvidas a música mais difícil de cantar do Avenged Sevenfold... Está de parabéns irmão!!
WOW !!! One of the toughest song to sing ! amazing job to both of you !
It was very hard for me!! Thanks for checking it out!
Wow! Amazing video, great job guys. Keep it coming!!!!
Thank you!!
make a scream tutorial like matt shadows please greetings from indonesia🇮🇩
Bro. You are a legend!! Fucking amazing
Haha thanks for checking it out buddy
Awesome job Justin! Banger song, banger cover, as always!
Thanks so much!!
@@justinbonfinimusicMuch love man!!
Holly shit dude! This is INCREDIBLE! I wish I could find a vocalist that had half of your talent! If youre ever in Kansas look me up man. I'd love to collab with you 🤘. Youre going places. SUBSCRIBED
Awesome man, absolutely amazing!
Thanks!!
Amazing tapping🔥 Fantastic voice as always🖤
Thank you!! Martin played this flawlessly!
Just when I think I couldn't possibly like you anymore you go and blow my freaking mind again Justin that was absolutely amazing you're screaming on point hell yeah great job and that dude shredding on that guitar that was banging simply out of this world❤
Thanks Josie!!! Appreciate you checking it out. Martin is wild at the guitar parts!!
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
caralho!!
That's amazing man. Greate cover, greate video.
Thank you!
Insane bro 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thanks bud!
Hell yeah! Great cover!
Thanks pal!
YES
Not even started the video but I've got to show some love to you and Martin, two insanely talented musicians. Keep up the fantastic work!
That was unreal, takes me back to my first listen back in 2016. Thank you for this Justin!
@@TheSmallJay thanks so much, bud! Appreciate you taking the time to watch it and comment :)
This is incredible! Your voice is so similar to Matt's! I have no idea how I didn't find you sooner
Haha thanks so much. Happy you found my channel! More to come!!
Show!🎙
Crushed it! 🔥
Ehhh dude! Thanks for checking it out!!
justin ur insane.
I know 😢
Просто потрясающее исполнение, я закрываю глаза и мне кажется что я слушаю оригинал!❤👍
Привет из мирной России.😁
Awesome bro, you definitely rocks
Thanks!!
awesome as always
😮😮😮😮top
❤️❤️❤️
Yes dude! Great job!
Thanks!!
nice you vocal
Pure fire
Incredible stuff! Love how your tone sounds with this song, very unique compared to the original!
Thanks bud! Changed a few things around and incorporated some stuff Shadows does live.
....This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
@@IHamDogg Well damn, we couldn't really ask for a better compliment than that, ey Justin?
@@martinronningyt If you tell me right now, you have seen this man Sing exactly like this either IN person, OR on a Phone call around 0 equipment. I'll believe you, YOU deff have skill, YOU are a killer guitarist, and is that an Original SynGuitar? BUT. i do NOT believe that This guy is doing these Vocals AT all.
Top top top 💪💪💪💪🙌
Bro, your voice is incredible, I've been following your work for a while now through Martin Rooning, (I'm a guitarist and a fan of this guy). You two are awesome. I'm recording a full cover of Critical Acclaim. Would there be any possibility of putting your vocals on this song? How much do you charge for your incredible work? Hugs from Brazil!
Thanks so much!! Appreciate your support. That song is a beast. I’m really swamped with work, but appreciate you thinking of me!
Thank you very much for answering me, I became even more of a fan because of your humility! Someone of your talent would have to work really hard hahaha Thanks again.
Mailed it! Love your videos. Keep the A7X Videos coming. You sound more like MShadows than he does now.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate you watching them and commenting :)
Fvcking cool !!! 👊👍
Thanks!
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
@@IHamDogg haha, thanks, but not one thing on this track is from the original. Martin did EVERYTHING from scratch. The synth is totally different, and Martin recorded guitars, bass and programmed the drums.
@@justinbonfinimusic You can lie to everyone else, and try to say its the synths or whatever, but it isn't. Im not talking about the instruments at all, You took the Barebones vocals from the Stage Music Video by A7X, Layered Matts raw Vocals over this Impressive Guitarist and Lip Synced. I side by sided the videos on my Laptop and Phone. Its Matt.
@@IHamDogg Kind of blows my mind that this is even a discussion.. To think that these vocals are Matt's original vocals is beyond me. Aside from the obvious fact that his vocals (while nailing Matt's sound) are clearly different overall, he even added little things like the scream in the beginning and changed up the melody here and there like in the last chorus. To your other comment, yes, i've heard him sing like this over Discord. But again, there's really no greater compliment😅
very solid!!!
great job!!!
comparable to the original...hope m.shadow & avenged sevenfold team watch your video!!!😎
Thanks bud!!
@@justinbonfinimusic welcome.. 😎
This is A7X. This guy aint covering anything. Go Side by side the Original Video with this.
This was as good as a cover can be! But i dont know how you got copyrighted on this cover and it seems that you did not use any of the original song tracks, instruments or back vocals.. Or am i wrong?
Yeah ever since i wanna say about 4 or so years ago, covers get flagged as well. I like to look at it as a little "good job, very close the original!" from RUclips.😂
Yeah I’m not too sure. But to Martin’s comment, maybe it’s just to close to the original, haha. I think you really gotta make a cover different in order to not get flagged (my No Doubt cover didn’t get flagged). I’d like to test this out on an A7X tune; completely change it up and see what happens, lol.
I checked against the OG... You want me to tell these folks or are you gonna do it?
😂😂😂 feel free to message them, haha. Would love to get some A7X love!
Can you Please stop with AutoTune? It makes me feel like shit 😫
There is 0% autotune on this.
@@justinbonfinimusic I was just testing, you. I didn’t mean that 😏.
@@justinbonfinimusic Really? Zero AutoTune. Ok, Ok.
Duuuude you both knocked it out of the park. Excellent job. I am trying to become a better singer and I really want to learn to sing with rasp like you do, how did you go about learning that? What's the technique?
Thank you! It just sort of comes naturally has I go into the higher registers. I do compression so it sounds raspy. I don’t actually know how to do a clean high register lol