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Band
Avenged Sevenfold
Title
The Stage
Type
LP/EP
Company
Capitol
YOR
2016
Style
Traditional
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1/19/2017 - Review by: Eric Compton
A good album, but something is just amiss
I've messed around with this album for months and just can't put a finger on what's wrong with it. It could be the record label issues for the band at the time or the sixteen session musicians that appear sporadically throughout. The band deems it aggro and I feel it is more progressive than any other AS record. The heaviest cut is "God Damn" which sounds like earlier records in terms of intensity. Horn and symphonic arrangements ground a majority of the record. I dunno, today it's a 3.5. Tomorrow it could be a 4 or a 2.
Recommended for fans of: Iron Maiden, Bullet for my Valentine, Guns 'N Roses
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
3
MUSIC
3
VOCALS
4.5
PRODUCTION
3.5
ARTWORK
3
LYRICS
4


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    3.5 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: AVENGED SEVENFOLD
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
City of Evil
2005
Warner Brothers
Frank Hill12/15/2005
4
The Stage
2016
Capitol
Eric Compton1/19/2017
3.5

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