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Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage (2016)

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�   ARTiST......: Avenged Sevenfold                                       �
�   ALBUM.......: The Stage                                               �
�   TYPE........: Album                                                   �
�   LABEL.......: Capitol                                                 �
�   GENRE.......: Hard Rock                                               �
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�   LANGUAGE....: English       SOURCE.....: CDDA                         �
�   RiP.DATE....: 10-28-2016    GRABBER....: EAC 1.0beta3 (Secure Mode)   �
�   RETAiL.DATE.: 10-28-2016    ENCODER....: LAME3.98.4 with preset -V0   �
�   CATALOG.....: B002558602    QUALiTY....: 257kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo �
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�   URL.........: http://avengedsevenfold.com/                            �
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�   After 3 years of near silence, Avenged Sevenfold returned to our      �
�   conscience on October 13 with a comeback 8-and-a-half minute single,  �
�   ‘The Stage’, which to the surprise of absolutely no-one, divided      �
�   opinion in a big way. One striking feature, however, was that after   �
�   the uninspired Hail To The King album, the band were back to taking   �
�   chances. Musically, the song was a lot more sprawling and diverse,    �
�   the drumming in particular was much more accomplished and in keeping  �
�   with a more familiar Avenged Sevenfold sound. Soon thereafter came    �
�   news of a new record, albeit through no more than a very cryptic      �
�   marketing campaign (Chris Jericho’s soon-deleted tweet                �
�   notwithstanding). So no more Voltaic Oceans, no more December         �
�   release date, but straight to the point, unleashed at the nearest     �
�   available opportunity - quite the statement in itself, but does the   �
�   album follow suit?                                                    �
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�   Well, quite simply: yes. What Avenged Sevenfold have done here is     �
�   rediscovered the ambition that grew to shape earlier releases like    �
�   Waking The Fallen and City of Evil - not perfect albums by any        �
�   stretch, but fuelled by experimentation and grandiose ideas, things   �
�   that were lost entirely on 2013’s Hail To The King in favour of a     �
�   more straightforward sound-a-like of their influences which ended up  �
�   famously dull and contrived, with the strongest praise befalling      �
�   it’s bare-bones competence in delivery.                               �
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�   Avenged Sevenfold are treading new ground with new purpose, and       �
�   re-discovering their sense of fun. From the baffling, but strangely   �
�   welcome brass section on ‘Sunny Disposition’ to the System Of A       �
�   Down-ish opening riff to ‘God Damn’, and from the black metal styled  �
�   shredding and percussion that adorn the verses of ‘Fermi Paradox’ to  �
�   the almost ambient dub (come on, I said almost) closing to ‘Higher’,  �
�   the Avenged Sevenfold of 2016 are not even close to resting on their  �
�   laurels and re-hashing uninspired techniques. Where they do pick and  �
�   choose elements of their own back catalogue, it is only to the        �
�   benefit of the record: we revisit Waking The Fallen territory on the  �
�   post-chorus screams in ‘Paradigm’ and City of Evil-esque              �
�   string-infused balladry of ‘Roman Sky’ (but don’t worry, this isn’t   �
�   just a simple ‘Seize The Day’ rehash). By the time fifteen-minute,    �
�   mainly instrumental closer ‘Exist’ rolls around, one thing is         �
�   certain: everything about The Stage is covered in a welcome           �
�   pomposity and swagger that had been disconcertingly absent for far    �
�   too long. It is undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek in its delivery - and     �
�   we’re treated to the trademark Shadows sneering chuckle in the        �
�   opening track - but it all comes together so� convincingly. No, this  �
�   isn’t a return to their roots in the all-screaming, all-heavy sense,  �
�   but neither is it concerned with being radio-friendly hard rock.      �
�   This is a different beast entirely.                                   �
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�   Truth be told, if Nightmare and HTTK hadn’t been released, The Stage  �
�   absolutely feels like a natural progression from City of Evil. I      �
�   intentionally leave out the self-titled album from this list as       �
�   there are a few elements from it on show here, but the instrumental   �
�   twists and turns on Avenged Sevenfold served only to aid fleeting     �
�   ideas (such as ‘Brompton Cocktail’, ‘Lost’ and ‘Dear God’). On this   �
�   latest offering, however, we are presented with a magnum opus -       �
�   prepared to weave and shapeshift, prepared to embrace the unknown     �
�   with reckless abandon, utilising strings, keyboards, world            �
�   percussion, synthetic soundscapes - all of which amplify the          �
�   melodrama but the band also acknowledge their theatrics (something    �
�   that the video to the lead single attests to). In short, these songs  �
�   are absolutely massive and immaculately performed. The addition of    �
�   Brooks Wackerman on drums is also a huge boost to the record -        �
�   whether Arin Ilejay was dismissed as a result of the negative         �
�   reception to HTTK is a mystery, and it is definitely a shame that he  �
�   was not able to show his true potential on these songs (which         �
�   assuredly need a more advanced approach than on the predecessor) -    �
�   but Wackerman has shown himself to be a more than capable filler of   �
�   The Rev’s shoes.                                                      �
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�   The Stage is not without criticism, far from it, and nor is it an     �
�   album for the cynical - and Avenged Sevenfold have (probably quite    �
�   fairly) earned an abundance of that in their 17-year history. From    �
�   being painfully too high in the mix on Nightmare, Johnny Christ’s     �
�   bass is barely anywhere to be heard on this record, which is a shame  �
�   as the stomping riffs on ‘Creating God’ and ‘Simulation’ in           �
�   particular are crying out for just a little more low-end to really    �
�   growl as ferociously as intended. Furthermore, despite the            �
�   improvement to M Shadows’ voice - vocals are still verging on a       �
�   distraction. This is undoubtedly an improved performance by him in    �
�   comparison to previous efforts, but he does still possess the         �
�   off-putting nasal quality that has afflicted every single album       �
�   post-Waking The Fallen. On this record, he opts for strength over     �
�   layering, which is admirable and produces some of his strongest       �
�   output in some time, but as a result he does feel a little            �
�   under-produced in comparison to the rest of the record, which         �
�   doesn’t help when arguably he needs the biggest boost of all the      �
�   members. Finally, ‘Angels’ at the mid-point of the record serves      �
�   only to slow down the pace, and is a little unnecessarily dreary      �
�   given the energy of the rest of work on display here.                 �
�                                                                         �
�   To sum it up as succinctly as possible, The Stage is not likely to    �
�   gain Avenged Sevenfold any new fans, but it is liable to trigger a    �
�   collective thought of ‘ah yeah, I remember what these guys were       �
�   about’ - and for fans like myself, it is assuredly a return to form   �
�   that a lot of hope had waned for. It chooses progression over         �
�   stagnation, risks over comfort, and flair over ease. The real         �
�   problem that they face here is they’ve posed an almost impossible     �
�   question: why should anyone care about Avenged Sevenfold in 2016?     �
�   The Stage is far beyond a worthy answer, but whether it enables the   �
�   band to overcome the parody of themselves they became remains to be   �
�   seen. If they are capable of bodies of work like this, it makes Hail  �
�   To The King all the more of a baffling mis-step, and not everyone is  �
�   forgiving enough to afford them another chance.                       �
�                                                                         �
�   The Stage is however a fitting title. Avenged Sevenfold are once      �
�   more front and centre, keen again to prove what showmen they truly    �
�   are.                                                                  �
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�   01  The Stage                                           8:32          �
�   02  Paradigm                                            4:18          �
�   03  Sunny Disposition                                   6:41          �
�   04  God Damn                                            3:42          �
�   05  Creating God                                        5:34          �
�   06  Angels                                              5:40          �
�   07  Simulation                                          5:30          �
�   08  Higher                                              6:28          �
�   09  Roman Sky                                           5:00          �
�   10  Fermi Paradox                                       6:30          �
�   11  Exist                                              15:41          �
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�                            TOTAL SiZE.: 11 Files/142.7MB/73:36 min      �
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