He’s singing about the death of their drummer. Asking the gods if they did something wrong. If that’s the reason why they took him. It’s a deep album all in all
This song always makes me tear up. The emotions are so powerful These guys have been my favorite band and have quite literally saved me ❤thank you for doing reactions to them
I was hooked to this song the first time i heard it and listened to this song literally hundreds of time. Truly a masterpiece. The backstory also plays a huge role and its just so good
The first time I heard this song, I was caught by the drumming, until I heard the duets between the guitars and was blown away. As a more "old school" metalhead, I had a bias against AV7X, but this song changed that. The guitars sound like they are pleading, almost crying.
The great thing about good music is that you can take your own meaning from it and connect to it in different ways. Don’t feel bad about getting something different than what the band got from it, because as you said, it didn’t directly point towards it being about The Rev. There are lines that are much more powerful knowing the intentions the band had with it though. “So much to see tonight so why’d you close your eyes? Why can’t I shut mine?” Is the one that stood out to me more than any other. And as for the final chorus of the song, tonight we all die young was actually a line written by the rev himself. This song is a couple different songs they were working on put together and mixed up, but parts of it were written by the rev. To me, that line is saying that a piece of them died along with him. He died too young, and he was so loved and a part of their lives that part of them went as well. It’s beautiful when you think of it that way. I can see how not knowing the situation you could gather the thoughts that you did, and they make sense as well. Anyway, good reaction 🤙
@@MataramMeuBode He didn't write most of the song. He wrote drum parts used in the first few minutes, the synthesizer part, and demoed rough vocal melodies. The chorus was reworked and everything in the 2nd half of the song was written after he passed away. M. Shadows wrote all of the lyrics and the piano part at the end, Syn and Zacky wrote all of the guitar parts, Johnny wrote the bass part in the intro, and Portnoy completed the majority of the sparse drumming Jimmy had done. The songs Jimmy was more involved with are Nightmare, Buried Alive, Welcome to the Family, and Fiction, but he still wasn't part of the album's lineup. God Hates Us, Tonight the World Dies, So Far Away, and Victim didn't have any trace of his writing or playing on them.
Thanks dude for appreciating this favorite band.. i have watched a lot on your channel to reminisce for a moment, i know them since elementary school, and now i am 22
hey bro great reaction. i strongly recommend coming home from the jail to the king album. arguably the best guitar work on that song and great drums. my personal all time favorite song
@@infin8reactions it's great isn't it mate. I just want to thank you to because you were one of my inspirations to start my own channel being a northern brit an all.
@@AshReacts thanks ash and awesome!! That you found inspiration in my content, I'll sub to you to help you out mate!! Good luck on your journey and great to see another northern UK reactor 😁👌
This song is about James "The Rev" Sullivan. The dream that Matt was losing is being famous with all of the friends he loved since they were very young and enjoying the life of famous musicians together. Sadly, things happen, and that dream was stripped from the whole band when Jimmy died. You should react to a lyric video for Not Ready to Die from the same A7Xlyrics channel. It's an incredible song. Easily in my top 3.
Side note: "SKULL" at the beginning was one of The Rev's demo vocals. He partially composed this song before passing away, although it wasn't anywhere near finished. Mostly rough drum takes and vocal melodies.
Cheers Chris as usual mate, that's more interesting insight into this epic song and band for me to take!! I'll stick that song on my list mate, I'm loving the a7x rabbit hole 😁👌
It's also an honor if you react to a band from my country, namely Voice Of Baceprot (VoB), a metal band of 3 talented young women.. and I will call my friends to watch
Hi mate it steve again hope u ok merry xmas .thanks for doin my patreon requests.also did u get them messages bout the song id really love for you to react to .and the story that no one new at the time ?? And yes i love a7fold
If you're up to something Very different but you can still hear avenged in it, I recommend Synyster Gates & The Rev's side project, Pinkly Smooth. They called it goblin metal and they only ever released a six song EP back in 2002, when they were still really young things. You can clearly hear some of future Avenged sound in them, but it's different, with the Rev singing and Synyster Gates in guitar. I'd suggest starting with their song Mezmer, see what you think. :)
its about their drummer who passed away. is it something we said to you or did to u. too many years to walk this path alone. youre only here to die. pretty much everyone.
Not really, he contributed some to the song including some drums he recorded, Matt wrote all the lyrics Zacky/Syn guitars and Johnny on bass, portnoy put down what drums the Rev had recorded and then added his own stuff where needed. So Jimmy got a songwriting credit but it’s not like something like a little piece of heaven where he wrote the whole song.
He’s singing about the death of their drummer. Asking the gods if they did something wrong. If that’s the reason why they took him. It’s a deep album all in all
Thanks for the insight buddy, that makes a lot of sense now
This song always makes me tear up. The emotions are so powerful
These guys have been my favorite band and have quite literally saved me ❤thank you for doing reactions to them
I was hooked to this song the first time i heard it and listened to this song literally hundreds of time. Truly a masterpiece. The backstory also plays a huge role and its just so good
Even though this was dedicated to the death of their drummer (the REV) you really are creative with your thinking to the lyrics. I like it.
Thanks man, glad you enjoy my videos
The first time I heard this song, I was caught by the drumming, until I heard the duets between the guitars and was blown away. As a more "old school" metalhead, I had a bias against AV7X, but this song changed that. The guitars sound like they are pleading, almost crying.
The great thing about good music is that you can take your own meaning from it and connect to it in different ways. Don’t feel bad about getting something different than what the band got from it, because as you said, it didn’t directly point towards it being about The Rev. There are lines that are much more powerful knowing the intentions the band had with it though. “So much to see tonight so why’d you close your eyes? Why can’t I shut mine?” Is the one that stood out to me more than any other. And as for the final chorus of the song, tonight we all die young was actually a line written by the rev himself. This song is a couple different songs they were working on put together and mixed up, but parts of it were written by the rev. To me, that line is saying that a piece of them died along with him. He died too young, and he was so loved and a part of their lives that part of them went as well. It’s beautiful when you think of it that way. I can see how not knowing the situation you could gather the thoughts that you did, and they make sense as well. Anyway, good reaction 🤙
The band's lineup on Nightmare:
M. Shadows - vocals
Synyster Gates - guitar
Zacky Vengeance - guitar
Johnny Christ - bass guitar
Mike Portnoy - drums
Nice one buddy 😁👌
The Rev participated too.
@@MataramMeuBode Only a small percentage made it onto the album. On this song, the only part recorded by The Rev was the word "skull".
@@chrismeadows4216 actually he wroted the most of the song and sang some parts in the demo. and the drum line, of course
@@MataramMeuBode He didn't write most of the song. He wrote drum parts used in the first few minutes, the synthesizer part, and demoed rough vocal melodies. The chorus was reworked and everything in the 2nd half of the song was written after he passed away. M. Shadows wrote all of the lyrics and the piano part at the end, Syn and Zacky wrote all of the guitar parts, Johnny wrote the bass part in the intro, and Portnoy completed the majority of the sparse drumming Jimmy had done.
The songs Jimmy was more involved with are Nightmare, Buried Alive, Welcome to the Family, and Fiction, but he still wasn't part of the album's lineup. God Hates Us, Tonight the World Dies, So Far Away, and Victim didn't have any trace of his writing or playing on them.
Thanks dude for appreciating this favorite band.. i have watched a lot on your channel to reminisce for a moment, i know them since elementary school, and now i am 22
hey bro great reaction. i strongly recommend coming home from the jail to the king album. arguably the best guitar work on that song and great drums. my personal all time favorite song
This brought chills to me as listening to it on the 28th. Great reaction dude.
Cheers ash, this song is brilliant
@@infin8reactions it's great isn't it mate. I just want to thank you to because you were one of my inspirations to start my own channel being a northern brit an all.
I've been subbed to you for a long time on my personal account. Keep up the good work dude.
@@AshReacts thanks ash and awesome!! That you found inspiration in my content, I'll sub to you to help you out mate!! Good luck on your journey and great to see another northern UK reactor 😁👌
This song is about James "The Rev" Sullivan. The dream that Matt was losing is being famous with all of the friends he loved since they were very young and enjoying the life of famous musicians together. Sadly, things happen, and that dream was stripped from the whole band when Jimmy died.
You should react to a lyric video for Not Ready to Die from the same A7Xlyrics channel. It's an incredible song. Easily in my top 3.
Side note:
"SKULL" at the beginning was one of The Rev's demo vocals. He partially composed this song before passing away, although it wasn't anywhere near finished. Mostly rough drum takes and vocal melodies.
Cheers Chris as usual mate, that's more interesting insight into this epic song and band for me to take!!
I'll stick that song on my list mate, I'm loving the a7x rabbit hole 😁👌
Great reaction! Love seeing you react to A7X. Definitely suggest the song Fermi Paradox, the musicianship is extremely impressive
critically underrated track, definitely one of their best songs in terms of... well literally everything
Yep. These folks know what's up ☝️
It's also an honor if you react to a band from my country, namely Voice Of Baceprot (VoB), a metal band of 3 talented young women.. and I will call my friends to watch
Unbound (The wild ride) next? Or is it Strength of the World? Hope you do more Avenged Sevenfold.
Singing about their drummer jimmy the rev Sullivan who died
All I can do is😁Masterpiece😁
As most a7x are, they are an incredible band 😊
@@infin8reactions ☺
Hi mate it steve again hope u ok merry xmas .thanks for doin my patreon requests.also did u get them messages bout the song id really love for you to react to .and the story that no one new at the time ?? And yes i love a7fold
I did mate, I'm just very busy at the moment obviously with Xmas etc, so it's just getting round to it, cheers steve
If you're up to something Very different but you can still hear avenged in it, I recommend Synyster Gates & The Rev's side project, Pinkly Smooth. They called it goblin metal and they only ever released a six song EP back in 2002, when they were still really young things. You can clearly hear some of future Avenged sound in them, but it's different, with the Rev singing and Synyster Gates in guitar. I'd suggest starting with their song Mezmer, see what you think. :)
Nice I love your A7X songs reaction video
its about their drummer who passed away. is it something we said to you or did to u. too many years to walk this path alone. youre only here to die. pretty much everyone.
Thanks Alex, everytime I do an avenged sevenfold reaction I learn something new 😁
The rev wrote this as one of his last songs
Not really, he contributed some to the song including some drums he recorded, Matt wrote all the lyrics Zacky/Syn guitars and Johnny on bass, portnoy put down what drums the Rev had recorded and then added his own stuff where needed. So Jimmy got a songwriting credit but it’s not like something like a little piece of heaven where he wrote the whole song.
Can you please react to Peter Gabriel song called Darkness
Live performance 2003 please
Will u be able to react to it?
Please a7-x fermy paradox 🤘🇮🇩