AVENGED SEVENFOLD

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

By LUKE O'NEIL

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Another brutal collection of burners and (sort of) sexy grooves from the active rock radio heroes displays the requisite riff-chugging and double bass drum grooves. Standout track "Critical Acclaim" is an anti-war screed that rips with a righteous indignation and finds singer M. Shadows swinging between a (gasp!) sensitive croon and his balls-in-the-meat-grinder throat bombs. On "Almost Easy" we find out just how hard dude's heart-got-did-wrong in a solo-tastic sort-of pop song. Sounds good and everything, but unforch now we've gotten a peek inside the greasy domes of every American teenage dishwasher for the next sixth months. Not pretty.

GENRE | ACTIVE ROCK

VERDICT | EXTREMO!

RELEASE | 10.30.07

LABEL | WARNER BROTHERS

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