The Rev's passing hit the band really hard because they all grew up together too. So it wasn't just the band losing their drummer but it was them losing a childhood friend. Very heartbreaking.
The lyric “sleep tight, I’m not afraid” is made more heartwarming (and sad) with the fact that The Rev’s last song “Fiction” has the lyric “all this hurt can finally fade, promise me you’ll never feel afraid”. Btw don’t listen to “Fiction” unless you’re ready to burst into tears. Beautiful but heartbreaking song. The Rev recorded and wrote it 3 days before his death. Due to his heart condition, he knew he didn’t have long to live, and he overdosed to lessen the pain. The song’s lyrics are a goodbye message to the band, telling them to stay strong and keep going without him.
fun fact: the rev (the drummer) has an incurable heart condition (enlarged heart) and was told that he might live until 30. he actually wrote a song called "fiction" 3 days before he passed away, in the lyrics he wrote "promise me you'll never feel afraid" like a message for the rest of the band. and in this song "so far away", they said "sleep tight, i'm not afraid" in respond to the lyrics the rev wrote for them, their way of saying "its okay brother, rest in peace, we promise we're not going to feel afraid". 😭
Everyday I listen to this song and every day I cry. Never changes, time doesn't heal all wombs. We just learn to bare the weight of regret. Miss you little bro😢
RIP the Rev, this death hit me so hard back in the day when it happened, great great musician. These guys all grew up together since they were kids, the singer and the rev went to middle school together so you can imagine this death was extremely impactful for the band. One of the best tribute songs and videos out there. Nice reaction, definitely recommend checking out save me like someone else in the comments already mentioned, very special song.
So I’m 330 and the rev was and is my favourite drummer and maybe even person in music, he died a couple days before my 20th birthday and it killed me, this song is my all time favourite
I'm a new convert to Avenged Sevenfold...so far I love their music and RIP the Rev. I was so sad to hear but he was a great great drummer. Love this song
The comments about who the song is about and some of the band's history seems to have been addressed already quite a bit. Regarding the difference in sound: Matt has gotten a few surgeries over the years on his voice (I believe the most recent was 2018). This was recorded and released in 2010. Prior to City of Evil, he decided to work with the late Ron Anderson (vocal coach) to add a more "raspy" sound to his voice which differed in comparison to their first two albums which are much more aggressive.
The memorial song sung for the eternal jimmy sullivan 💔 You should dive deep into their entire disgography. They are a band with scores of depth and quality.
And a last song written by Avenged Sevenfold's "The Rev" before he died, entitled Fiction. 😢 You have to give a reaction from the last song "the rev" because this song quite shocked everyone who knows avenged sevenfold.
I have been listening to A7X since I was a teenager (early 2000s) 😳. They are so incredible, so talented and fearless. They write all their own lyrics and produce and write all the music and all the artwork. Their music is so versatile with many different sounds. Buried alive is my absolute favorite.
the drummer and the guitarist was in another band together called pinkly smooth where the rev is the main vocalist, you should check them out their sound is unique, well at least for me I've never heard any song like theirs before.
I don't know how much i watch their official video of So Far Away and YT reactions, my eyes is full of water and goosbump. so sad as a fans losing the Rev. Indonesian deathbats foREVer ❤️
Fiction say,.,...,promise me you'll never feel afraid and here it say's ,as soon as I'm done I'll be on my way.... this is so cool🥰 Jimmy they won't leave you alone there Rip Jimmy 🥺💔
The Rev was a God Made many songs for A7X and sadly passed during the making of the nightmare album. He wrote/co-wrote the songs welcome to the family, natural born killer, half of Save me and his song that he fully wrote for the band named Fiction (use to be called “death”) was his last song he did. M shadows changed the title to Fiction and adjusted lyrics because it was basically predicted his death in the song. Sadly you can’t find his version of the song but if you look at lyrics you can obviously tell what he wrote and what M shadows replaced.
I'm a little late to the party, but a good song to listen to after this one is St. James. It is from the album right after the one that So Far Away is from and described by the band as, "St. James is the light to So Far Away's dark." It's a celebration of Jimmy's life, rather than a song of mourning.
It’s very different, a different drummer (RIP Rev) but their new stuff is good! I suppose one of favourite songs is Bat Country cos it was the first I heard from them when my daughter introduced me to them when she was at Uni. Hugs 🤗🤗🤗
Its my favorite Band since im 14. I know the whole story, but you can read in the comments. Just best friends since childhood and he was the funniest in the band as well as the musical genius. Really lovely Person too. I cry anytime hardcore style when I see this video. Btw he overdosed on drugs and medicine, but its not clear whether it was purposely or not
so imma leave video up as i comment cause this is a hard hitting song for me, i lost my sis a while back and this was one of the first songs i played, its an emotional song about a difficult topic, hope i can see you react to more a7x in the future. R.I.P Rev
I understand 💜💜. I’m sorry to hear about your sister, thinking of you all. I understand a little, I lost my Mum a while back too 🫂 I really feel for you, please reach out if you’re struggling 💜💜
@@millennialmeetsmusic ty but im not struggling though sure it hurts when their gone but if its anything my sis taught me its never truly the end ill see her again one day
I would love for you react to their song "St. James". This song was a heartfelt song about The Rev's sad passing. But the sing "St. James" is a more happy song about The Rev. Sort of like a Ying and Yang thing going on.
M has matured personally more than his voice. He suffered a medical issue with his chords and besides taking proper measures to cure them. He also sought vocal coaching to prevent future isssues.
The band has changed their sound and evolved so much since their first album way back in 2001 (still cannot believe they have been around that long). They started off as a heavier Iron Maiden sound, mixed with a lot of harsh style vocals, but as they progressed they dropped those harsher vocals and then started dropping in slower tracks like Dear God on their 2007 self titled album, which was for all intents and purposes a country ballad. This song though was from their 2010 album Nightmare, and was a tribute to their drummer The Rev who died in 2009. The recent song Nobody is also a very different song to a lot of their catalogue, and will be interesting to hear what direction the new album takes as they have not released an album since 2016, and that album was probably one of their least well recieved. It wasn't a bad album, but certainly not on a par with most of their back catalogue.
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The Rev's passing hit the band really hard because they all grew up together too. So it wasn't just the band losing their drummer but it was them losing a childhood friend. Very heartbreaking.
Thank you for sharing, it’s so sad 💜💜
RIP The Rev. Absolute legend. Can't wait for more reactions. I think you would love their Live at the LBC "Afterlife" performance.
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… afterlife coming soon 😀💜
The lyric “sleep tight, I’m not afraid” is made more heartwarming (and sad) with the fact that The Rev’s last song “Fiction” has the lyric “all this hurt can finally fade, promise me you’ll never feel afraid”.
Btw don’t listen to “Fiction” unless you’re ready to burst into tears. Beautiful but heartbreaking song. The Rev recorded and wrote it 3 days before his death. Due to his heart condition, he knew he didn’t have long to live, and he overdosed to lessen the pain. The song’s lyrics are a goodbye message to the band, telling them to stay strong and keep going without him.
Thank you for sharing 💜💜
If you know the story Fiction is soulcrushing. Walks into studio, says "this is it, I'm done"
fun fact:
the rev (the drummer) has an incurable heart condition (enlarged heart) and was told that he might live until 30. he actually wrote a song called "fiction" 3 days before he passed away, in the lyrics he wrote "promise me you'll never feel afraid" like a message for the rest of the band. and in this song "so far away", they said "sleep tight, i'm not afraid" in respond to the lyrics the rev wrote for them, their way of saying "its okay brother, rest in peace, we promise we're not going to feel afraid". 😭
Everyday I listen to this song and every day I cry. Never changes, time doesn't heal all wombs. We just learn to bare the weight of regret. Miss you little bro😢
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You gotta do all their music. All their music is amazing. My favorite band of all time
Slowly discovering all of it 😊💜
Its allways my Favorit band too
You choose such a powerful song the revs passing was tough, this song is so beautiful
Hey Nikkat! Good to see you hehe!
It was so powerful, I did not expect this song to be about what it was tbh, emotional 💜
@@millennialmeetsmusic very emotional always get a lump in my throat when I listen to it and goosebumps near the end
never will get enough of the solo, Fates mae that guitar sing so beautifully
Its great 💜
Amazing drummer RIP Jimmy "the Rev" Sullivan ♥️
This is the best solo ever, because it came from the heart and it was for their childhood and lifelong friend
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RIP the Rev, this death hit me so hard back in the day when it happened, great great musician. These guys all grew up together since they were kids, the singer and the rev went to middle school together so you can imagine this death was extremely impactful for the band. One of the best tribute songs and videos out there. Nice reaction, definitely recommend checking out save me like someone else in the comments already mentioned, very special song.
Yeah, it is really sad 😞💜. Thank you for commenting 🥹💜💜
So I’m 330 and the rev was and is my favourite drummer and maybe even person in music, he died a couple days before my 20th birthday and it killed me, this song is my all time favourite
I'm a new convert to Avenged Sevenfold...so far I love their music and RIP the Rev. I was so sad to hear but he was a great great drummer. Love this song
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R.I.P THE REV ....YOU NEVER FORGOTTEN....THIS IS MY FAVORIT SONG OF THE BAND
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The comments about who the song is about and some of the band's history seems to have been addressed already quite a bit.
Regarding the difference in sound: Matt has gotten a few surgeries over the years on his voice (I believe the most recent was 2018). This was recorded and released in 2010.
Prior to City of Evil, he decided to work with the late Ron Anderson (vocal coach) to add a more "raspy" sound to his voice which differed in comparison to their first two albums which are much more aggressive.
Aaah I didn’t know this! Thank you for commenting 😀💜
The memorial song sung for the eternal jimmy sullivan 💔
You should dive deep into their entire disgography. They are a band with scores of depth and quality.
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And a last song written by Avenged Sevenfold's "The Rev" before he died, entitled Fiction. 😢
You have to give a reaction from the last song "the rev" because this song quite shocked everyone who knows avenged sevenfold.
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Awesome Drummer He Was 🕊️🕊️
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@@millennialmeetsmusic Please React To Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece Of Heaven Music Video 😬
Hugs to you, Chicklet. RIP The Rev.........
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can’t wait to see your reaction again !
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I have been listening to A7X since I was a teenager (early 2000s) 😳. They are so incredible, so talented and fearless. They write all their own lyrics and produce and write all the music and all the artwork. Their music is so versatile with many different sounds. Buried alive is my absolute favorite.
They’re pretty cool 😀💜
the drummer and the guitarist was in another band together called pinkly smooth where the rev is the main vocalist, you should check them out their sound is unique, well at least for me I've never heard any song like theirs before.
please please please do more avenged. They are an amazing band. My favorite since I was 13 and I'm now 28. Lovely video! Keep it up!
I don't know how much i watch their official video of So Far Away and YT reactions, my eyes is full of water and goosbump. so sad as a fans losing the Rev.
Indonesian deathbats foREVer ❤️
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Rest In Peace Jimmy "The REV" Sullivan We Love You foREVer 🥺❤️
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I have the bridge to this song tattooed on my forearm. It hits me very hard.
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RIP Rev 🤍
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Fiction say,.,...,promise me you'll never feel afraid and here it say's ,as soon as I'm done I'll be on my way.... this is so cool🥰 Jimmy they won't leave you alone there
Rip Jimmy 🥺💔
The Rev was a God Made many songs for A7X and sadly passed during the making of the nightmare album. He wrote/co-wrote the songs welcome to the family, natural born killer, half of Save me and his song that he fully wrote for the band named Fiction (use to be called “death”) was his last song he did. M shadows changed the title to Fiction and adjusted lyrics because it was basically predicted his death in the song. Sadly you can’t find his version of the song but if you look at lyrics you can obviously tell what he wrote and what M shadows replaced.
Highly recommend any one of those songs. Personally my fave song is critically acclaimed but it ain’t on the nightmare album lol
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R.I.P Rev they all grew up together u should watch the one where they do this for a small boy in the front grow at a live event it was so good.
I love that song! I'm also a recovering addict, so I remember when the Rev died because I was worried it would happen to me too.
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RIP jimmy REV sullivan ( original drummer avenged sevenfold)
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I'm a little late to the party, but a good song to listen to after this one is St. James. It is from the album right after the one that So Far Away is from and described by the band as, "St. James is the light to So Far Away's dark." It's a celebration of Jimmy's life, rather than a song of mourning.
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i love you becky for reacting my favourite band 💜
Next song is save me by avenged sevenfold definitely the best song they ever created🔥
Thank you 💜😀
@@millennialmeetsmusic I second this, save me is absolutely incredible.
It’s very different, a different drummer (RIP Rev) but their new stuff is good! I suppose one of favourite songs is Bat Country cos it was the first I heard from them when my daughter introduced me to them when she was at Uni.
Hugs 🤗🤗🤗
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My favorite song from them is the stage
You will blown away by The Stage ;)
Thank you for commenting 💜
First time for me seeing the video in a looooong while, and 'young Jimmy' (Reverend Tholomew Plague) in the robe. It gets me. 😥
OG's know 😅
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Its my favorite Band since im 14. I know the whole story, but you can read in the comments. Just best friends since childhood and he was the funniest in the band as well as the musical genius. Really lovely Person too. I cry anytime hardcore style when I see this video. Btw he overdosed on drugs and medicine, but its not clear whether it was purposely or not
Lost their drummer " The Rev". Its a heavy song for sure ❤
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Jimmy 🥺🕊️💙
so imma leave video up as i comment cause this is a hard hitting song for me, i lost my sis a while back and this was one of the first songs i played, its an emotional song about a difficult topic, hope i can see you react to more a7x in the future. R.I.P Rev
I understand 💜💜.
I’m sorry to hear about your sister, thinking of you all. I understand a little, I lost my Mum a while back too 🫂
I really feel for you, please reach out if you’re struggling 💜💜
@@millennialmeetsmusic ty but im not struggling though sure it hurts when their gone but if its anything my sis taught me its never truly the end ill see her again one day
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They did another tribute song about Rev called “St. James”, but it’s more of a grand remembrance of him rather than a beautiful ballad.
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Next Reaction Avenged Sevenfold size the day 👍👍
This solo is from the Rev best friend synsyter Gates
U should check out my heart is broken by evanescence. Or afterlife live in the lbc by avenged sevenfold
Afterlife is coming in a few days! Thank you for the comment 💜💜
I recommend "victim" in nightmare album. You can also react that song
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this song was dedicated to their late band member Jimmy Sullivan.
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Great reaction, amazing tune, but your sneeze was the highlight lmao jk glad you didn't edit out though, funny shit
Hahaa! Glad you liked it! The timing though right! 😅
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I would love for you react to their song "St. James". This song was a heartfelt song about The Rev's sad passing. But the sing "St. James" is a more happy song about The Rev. Sort of like a Ying and Yang thing going on.
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M has matured personally more than his voice. He suffered a medical issue with his chords and besides taking proper measures to cure them. He also sought vocal coaching to prevent future isssues.
Aww I didn’t know that. Thank you 💜💜
Welcome to the a7x family. foREVer
Nice to meet you 🥰
Please reaction avenged Sevenfold - a little piece of heaven live LBC
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It would be great if you reacted to
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Check out afterlife by avenged sevenfold!
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The band has changed their sound and evolved so much since their first album way back in 2001 (still cannot believe they have been around that long).
They started off as a heavier Iron Maiden sound, mixed with a lot of harsh style vocals, but as they progressed they dropped those harsher vocals and then started dropping in slower tracks like Dear God on their 2007 self titled album, which was for all intents and purposes a country ballad.
This song though was from their 2010 album Nightmare, and was a tribute to their drummer The Rev who died in 2009.
The recent song Nobody is also a very different song to a lot of their catalogue, and will be interesting to hear what direction the new album takes as they have not released an album since 2016, and that album was probably one of their least well recieved. It wasn't a bad album, but certainly not on a par with most of their back catalogue.
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next please react The Stage from Avenged Sevenfold
Pse see So Far Away A7Fold , Dimas Senopati (Acoustic cover) frm Indonesia
Great react sist next song A Little Piece Of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold live LBC the best perform
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Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife Live In The LBC
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Avenged sevenfold - critical acclaim live at LBC 🔥🔥
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Please react a7x a little piece of heaven
why do you stop so quick
their old songs (2003-2005-2007 albums) MUCH BETTER then Nobody