LIFE IS BUT A DREAM...

Avenged Sevenfold was a band I never went out of my way to dislike however I was never a personal fan and after hearing this I've grown a distaste for the band. This album is a collection of ideas that have been done before by better bands such as Mr Bungle, System Of A Down, Dream Theater and even Daft Punk. The intro track is an ok attempt at a Mr Bungle/SOAD type vocal performance for example, the album at times will have hilariously bad vocals 2000s buttrock esc riffs and song concepts that rip off other songs. Two tracks on here seem to rip off Radiohead and Muse songs (Fake Plastic Trees and Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist) The album has a lot of ideas but instead of utilizing them in any smart way they just rehash past ideas in a typical A7X fashion