When all is said and done and when A7X retires (which I hope won't be anytime soon lol), I hope Syn can appreciate his work because this solo is a masterpiece and it's one of my favorite A7X solos. I could understand him hating to play it for the time being, but it doesn't take Syn a very long time to get used to playing stuff like this live
@@Flufflebuffthis is metal, they've always been purely metal tbh, but in this album and this song especially they incorporate so many sounds and styles into it that it pushes boundaries... so yes it's still just A7X and simply metal at the end of the day, but it's what makes metal amazing... they prove you can have any genre in a metal song, but you can't just have metal in just any genre... and i believe that's what makes metal amazing
Not a big a7x fan but i have to admit this album was so fun to listen to. Im happy that they are challenging the listener.It's a weird album and i love how it fully embraces that.
more i listen to it more i get addicted to it, but first time hearing it was so weird and mixed emotions that i instantly started listening to it on repeat. it has so many layers that it's imposiible to catch everything at once, every more listen reveals every little secret they put in this song. it's gonna be long three months before we get album (especially after teasing us with this "controversial" song) but god damn this song will get me throu that time quickly. i am greatful to be fan of a band that isn't scared of changes and doing "unpopular" stuff.
You hit it on the head. The first time I heard it, I was like "hmm" but 20 or so times later, I just can't get this out of my head. It's almost like listening to a piece of history.
My favorite band of all time is Zeppelin while A7X is my favorite modern band. If you are familiar with all of Zeppelins discography, can you apply a genre to them?
@@swansong425 i am not familiar with Zeppelin, like i only know Stairway To Heaven and it's amazing overall it's hard to judge on one song, i am that kinda person who doesn't check out unfamiliar bands or songs often so most of the times i listen to the same stuff i knew already
12:01 yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one to hear pink floyd influences in the solo and also during the song imo. The main riff reminds me of "welcome to the machine".
yes! loving it now... since I recorded this I listened to it maybe twice more trying to learn some bits but then had other stuff to do so thought little else of it, but then it just kept popping into my head when I was just walking to the shops or whatever or I'd just wake up in the morning and it'd be in my head, it's a persistent little tune for sure!
synyster gates is a huge sweeper, and picks most of his runs. He does do legato and tapping stuff as well tho. Also throws alot of dimished and chromatics into things as well, but is known for arpeggios.
Funny that in the past, Syn said that he wasnt a fan of the tapping techinique, since he prefered to pick everything, but since The Stage he started incorporating it more to the music of the band
@@guiaugusto9162 yea probably a wanting to be different thing early on since most guitarists were probably eating up the eruption lick when he was growing up, as he got older probably started letting that kind of stuff go. who knows tho would have to ask him to really find out. what we do know tho is that he picks 90% of everything he does almost no legato and the mans can sweep.
Since the stage album he got away from sweeping and does more economy picking. It’s kind of like a natural progression from sweeping since you can articulate more notes in the run
I haven’t heard any of their newest songs until i went to their concert a month ago. What a way to introduce their new stuff huh. I didn’t know how to feel about it at first but now I’m playing these songs on the daily.
Love your take on this and the way you did your video. Refreshing to just watch a natural reaction from a guitarist that truly appreciates music. You can tell you expand your mind while being honest with what hits you first. Sometimes we don’t like songs out the gate, sometimes we love songs at first listen. This is the kind of approach we need to take. We can judge and it’s okay. We are all different. What I love is the common reaction from everyone that it’s a song that hits you different when first tuning in, yet it grows on you.
I would consider this to be progressive metal or "prog metal" for short . Lots of the phrasing in the solo was very jazz influenced since Syn is big into fusion jazz
Just discovered this song a couple days ago, and man this song is amazing. Syn to me just became this ages Gavid Gilmour with that solo and you can't change my mind.
I think what you meant to say about the solo is that every note has its place and purpose. Every idea moves flawlessly to another, both rhythmically, harmonically, and thematically. This speaks to how much Syn has evolved as a guitar player and a musician. IMHO it is one of his best solos, ever.
You're the only person I've seen so far that's picked up on the arpeggiation being tapped. It didn't sound right to me for it to be a sweep. I agree with you. Also YES! My first thought was Pink Floyd as well!
Speaking of the album, Life is but a Dream, if you have not heard it yet, the style descends through the ages as you listen from start to finish. My first impression of the album occurred while I was shifting through my grandfather’s penny collection. The beginning of the album was as expected of A7X, heavy and intuitive, yet familiar and invigorating. Towards the midway point, they start shifting gears in order to create a timely transition into a less is more theme. But as I heard the transition unfolding, I was drawn to the hundreds of 1960s and 1970s pennies I was sorting. I was held in a state of disbelief that the songs of the album had traveled back through time just as I was admiring the effect of time in the present with the penny dates trailing back to the early 1930s. The experience I had with the album was highly unique in the environment and setting I had chosen to listen. Which brings me to my point; if you haven’t listened to the full album, you should definitely record a long video reaction of the album in its entirety! This way the album is viewed as its intended whole and we, your current and new audience members, get to see a brand new perspective of this wonderful Avenged Sevenfold album. Fair warning, there are some songs with some explicit lyrics and themes, and I am unaware of any PA versions of the tracks in question, so some post editing maybe required. Either way, Synyster Gates is a genius on guitar and his hand is relevant throughout most of the album. Another song I’d like to see you react to and dissect would have to be Solitaire Unraveling by Mushroomhead. The band states that it’s a song that will carry a different meaning each time you listen to it. I’d say that in terms of music videos, Solitaire Unraveling and Nobody share very similar themes. Keep on rocking! Composing! And sharing your talent and experience with us! From a fellow former marching band bass drummer to a teacher; Mark Time, March! We’re doing the time warp… Again!
so excited for this album 🤟🎶 speaking of things that remind you of pink floyd...."epilogue" by opeth is just an instrumental that would make you think it could actually have been pink floyd lol, you should check it sometime to see what I mean
I feel like this track could be the anthem for a new Terminator movie or something. The trumpets strike me as being a little too loud in the mix to be honest.
Jimmy the Rev actual composed and wrote a lot of their music before he died including a lot of the songs on the nightmare album. He put together all the instruments and everything in a lot of the music.
Syn is probably the best ive ever seen at economy picking, which is how hes so precise on those faster arpeggios, its like hes half sweeping it and half alternate picking and hes just so smooth and knows exactly how much or how little plucking he can get away with
Funny cause the first time I listened to this album I felt the Pink Floyd vibes in it. What I love about this album. It brings together people that have quite an extensive list of different bands of all parts of music genres. Most people I’ve see and discussed in his album with really have a taste for everything without being a snob.
take my basic guitar player opinion, in the solo the guitar act like a first violin. Thats why all the string and the solo is more of a classical piece than metal.
Really cool song that grows on you, very much appreciate and respects A7Xs experimentation even if it’s obviously not best for their mainstream popularity and radio play, they don’t give a shit and just wanna make whatever they want. Syn’s solo was fantastic on this, can’t wait to hear the rest of the album, should be really cool and original. Anyway nice reaction man, hope to see some more for A7X once another song or the record fully releases
Fun fact. From Syn Gates' mouth in their latest podcast... this written to be a violin solo and he ended up playing it and hated it for a while.
that's interesting!
It's one of my favorite a7x solos and I was so mad when syn said he hates that part lol
When all is said and done and when A7X retires (which I hope won't be anytime soon lol), I hope Syn can appreciate his work because this solo is a masterpiece and it's one of my favorite A7X solos. I could understand him hating to play it for the time being, but it doesn't take Syn a very long time to get used to playing stuff like this live
10:18 not gonna lie, this is my reaction to the solo as well, pure eargasm.
Nice reaction!
that solo got me 🪨 hard 😅
@@deminybs 😂😂
The solo is perfect. I love só much
Syn is an actual musical genius and matt is unmatched when it comes to lyricism and song writing and pulling inspiration from other artists and life.
And Jimmy was even more of a virtuoso in comparison…. They are a mind blowing group of individuals.
And Jimmy was even more of a virtuoso in comparison…. They are a mind blowing group of individuals.
This is a new genre. I hear progressive, industrial, hip hop & trap, and jazz in this track all at once.
It’s Greek tragedy
I hear metal. This is metal.
@@Flufflebuffthis is metal, they've always been purely metal tbh, but in this album and this song especially they incorporate so many sounds and styles into it that it pushes boundaries... so yes it's still just A7X and simply metal at the end of the day, but it's what makes metal amazing... they prove you can have any genre in a metal song, but you can't just have metal in just any genre...
and i believe that's what makes metal amazing
They get mocked and called crazy, but they might be one of the only bands willing to take risks nowadays and god, is it a risk worth taking.
Not a big a7x fan but i have to admit this album was so fun to listen to.
Im happy that they are challenging the listener.It's a weird album and i love how it fully embraces that.
more i listen to it more i get addicted to it, but first time hearing it was so weird and mixed emotions that i instantly started listening to it on repeat. it has so many layers that it's imposiible to catch everything at once, every more listen reveals every little secret they put in this song. it's gonna be long three months before we get album (especially after teasing us with this "controversial" song) but god damn this song will get me throu that time quickly. i am greatful to be fan of a band that isn't scared of changes and doing "unpopular" stuff.
You hit it on the head. The first time I heard it, I was like "hmm" but 20 or so times later, I just can't get this out of my head. It's almost like listening to a piece of history.
Yeah, I can't wait to see what's next - I have no idea what to expect! exciting times! 😁
My favorite band of all time is Zeppelin while A7X is my favorite modern band. If you are familiar with all of Zeppelins discography, can you apply a genre to them?
@@swansong425 i am not familiar with Zeppelin, like i only know Stairway To Heaven and it's amazing overall it's hard to judge on one song, i am that kinda person who doesn't check out unfamiliar bands or songs often so most of the times i listen to the same stuff i knew already
12:01 yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one to hear pink floyd influences in the solo and also during the song imo.
The main riff reminds me of "welcome to the machine".
You keep saying "This is a weird one". I just wanna say it gets better each time you hear it. It's one of those songs.
yes! loving it now... since I recorded this I listened to it maybe twice more trying to learn some bits but then had other stuff to do so thought little else of it, but then it just kept popping into my head when I was just walking to the shops or whatever or I'd just wake up in the morning and it'd be in my head, it's a persistent little tune for sure!
Genius solo man. .
I fucking love this song.
synyster gates is a huge sweeper, and picks most of his runs. He does do legato and tapping stuff as well tho. Also throws alot of dimished and chromatics into things as well, but is known for arpeggios.
Funny that in the past, Syn said that he wasnt a fan of the tapping techinique, since he prefered to pick everything, but since The Stage he started incorporating it more to the music of the band
@@guiaugusto9162 yea probably a wanting to be different thing early on since most guitarists were probably eating up the eruption lick when he was growing up, as he got older probably started letting that kind of stuff go. who knows tho would have to ask him to really find out. what we do know tho is that he picks 90% of everything he does almost no legato and the mans can sweep.
Since the stage album he got away from sweeping and does more economy picking. It’s kind of like a natural progression from sweeping since you can articulate more notes in the run
I loved your reaction to the solo. I was the same. The drums are so awesome during the solo. Its like a drum solo at the same time.
I haven’t heard any of their newest songs until i went to their concert a month ago. What a way to introduce their new stuff huh. I didn’t know how to feel about it at first but now I’m playing these songs on the daily.
Love your take on this and the way you did your video. Refreshing to just watch a natural reaction from a guitarist that truly appreciates music. You can tell you expand your mind while being honest with what hits you first.
Sometimes we don’t like songs out the gate, sometimes we love songs at first listen. This is the kind of approach we need to take. We can judge and it’s okay. We are all different.
What I love is the common reaction from everyone that it’s a song that hits you different when first tuning in, yet it grows on you.
I would consider this to be progressive metal or "prog metal" for short . Lots of the phrasing in the solo was very jazz influenced since Syn is big into fusion jazz
Absolutely.
Just discovered this song a couple days ago, and man this song is amazing. Syn to me just became this ages Gavid Gilmour with that solo and you can't change my mind.
Song and video of the fucking year! alright!
The "don't stop" ahahah, gets me too
Synyster plays the chorus with tap ons, and pull offs. Man Brooks Wackerman kills it on the drums. This is absolutely awesome.
Johnny’s bass during the solo is phenomenal.
The album is a genre-defying musical symphony. It could, and should be the score to a movie or broadway production
Great reaction!
You gotta check out their live acoustic performance of So Far Away at the Grammys museum!
I think what you meant to say about the solo is that every note has its place and purpose. Every idea moves flawlessly to another, both rhythmically, harmonically, and thematically. This speaks to how much Syn has evolved as a guitar player and a musician. IMHO it is one of his best solos, ever.
the entire album/song is all natural sounds, the main riff is a heavily effected guitar tone, its in E with the low note tuned down to A or B
This song give me Porcupine Tree vibes (Steven Wilson), Love the solo af
You're the only person I've seen so far that's picked up on the arpeggiation being tapped. It didn't sound right to me for it to be a sweep. I agree with you. Also YES! My first thought was Pink Floyd as well!
Ah cool! can't wait to see a live take to see him actually play it. 🎸
The solo finishes out of nowhere. I think it is on purpose.
The band are Pink Floyd fans. They do a great Wish you was Here cover.
I like how you went to listen to the solo one more time. I did the same...100 times.
Can’t lie this song has grown on me since my first listen, but I still can’t get over the vocals. 🤷♂️
You got yourself a new subscriber ✌️
thanks mate! ❤
"Jarring" is certainly one way to describe it...
Have you ever heard or reacted to Nevermore’s “The River Dragon has Come”? Some amazing guitar playing in that one! 🤘
That's new to me, I'll check it out! Thanks 😃
Speaking of the album, Life is but a Dream, if you have not heard it yet, the style descends through the ages as you listen from start to finish. My first impression of the album occurred while I was shifting through my grandfather’s penny collection. The beginning of the album was as expected of A7X, heavy and intuitive, yet familiar and invigorating. Towards the midway point, they start shifting gears in order to create a timely transition into a less is more theme. But as I heard the transition unfolding, I was drawn to the hundreds of 1960s and 1970s pennies I was sorting. I was held in a state of disbelief that the songs of the album had traveled back through time just as I was admiring the effect of time in the present with the penny dates trailing back to the early 1930s. The experience I had with the album was highly unique in the environment and setting I had chosen to listen. Which brings me to my point; if you haven’t listened to the full album, you should definitely record a long video reaction of the album in its entirety! This way the album is viewed as its intended whole and we, your current and new audience members, get to see a brand new perspective of this wonderful Avenged Sevenfold album.
Fair warning, there are some songs with some explicit lyrics and themes, and I am unaware of any PA versions of the tracks in question, so some post editing maybe required. Either way, Synyster Gates is a genius on guitar and his hand is relevant throughout most of the album.
Another song I’d like to see you react to and dissect would have to be Solitaire Unraveling by Mushroomhead. The band states that it’s a song that will carry a different meaning each time you listen to it. I’d say that in terms of music videos, Solitaire Unraveling and Nobody share very similar themes.
Keep on rocking! Composing! And sharing your talent and experience with us! From a fellow former marching band bass drummer to a teacher; Mark Time, March! We’re doing the time warp… Again!
Amazing reaction!
Gilmour is the best of all time, he’s solo is like a soul thing
It make me feel haunted, beautiful and I can kick someone a$$
so excited for this album 🤟🎶
speaking of things that remind you of pink floyd...."epilogue" by opeth is just an instrumental that would make you think it could actually have been pink floyd lol, you should check it sometime to see what I mean
oooh, interesting, will check it out 👍
Watch the song live, he’s sweeping
It sounds like sweep picking, but it's actually tapping.
I feel like this track could be the anthem for a new Terminator movie or something. The trumpets strike me as being a little too loud in the mix to be honest.
Jimmy the Rev actual composed and wrote a lot of their music before he died including a lot of the songs on the nightmare album. He put together all the instruments and everything in a lot of the music.
Youre a good one, fella
Syn is probably the best ive ever seen at economy picking, which is how hes so precise on those faster arpeggios, its like hes half sweeping it and half alternate picking and hes just so smooth and knows exactly how much or how little plucking he can get away with
The abrupt end to the solo instantly reminded me of the end to Pull Me Under by Dream Theater. It didn’t feel resolved and I love that about this song
That's gotta be low brass like a trombone or a tuba there is no way a trumpet can get that low
Yes, you're absolutely right - dunno what I was thinking! 😅
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"controversial opinion, sounds like pink floyd" no you're good.
Funny cause the first time I listened to this album I felt the Pink Floyd vibes in it. What I love about this album. It brings together people that have quite an extensive list of different bands of all parts of music genres. Most people I’ve see and discussed in his album with really have a taste for everything without being a snob.
take my basic guitar player opinion, in the solo the guitar act like a first violin. Thats why all the string and the solo is more of a classical piece than metal.
A7X best of the best
Funny accent..
Really cool song that grows on you, very much appreciate and respects A7Xs experimentation even if it’s obviously not best for their mainstream popularity and radio play, they don’t give a shit and just wanna make whatever they want. Syn’s solo was fantastic on this, can’t wait to hear the rest of the album, should be really cool and original. Anyway nice reaction man, hope to see some more for A7X once another song or the record fully releases
A7X and mainstream are polar opposites.
They’ve moved to progressive metal
right, I love how they experiment with stuff, I shouldn't really try to pigeon-hole them - I just put it in a part of my brain labelled 'good stuff'.
@@theguitarexplorium their constant genre flipping (even within the album, granted the albums blended together have a specific flow )
It’s tapped