AVENGED SEVENFOLD — Nightmare (review)

AVENGED SEVENFOLD — Nightmare album cover Album · 2010 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
siLLy puPPy
I was like many others who avoided this band simply because it seemed a little too teeny-bopper in appearance so I never thought much of it. However, after seeing this album in a thrift store for $1, I took a chance and tried it out and have to say I was quite surprised that it doesn't suck! Of course, after I brought it home I immediately checked it out on MMA to see if there were any reviews and lo and behold – many! I was unfortunate enough to get the censored version. Really? Kids these days don't already know that fucking word in question? Lame.

As for the music, it is quite a pleasant listen for the entire run. The ballads are my least favorite but I have to say that they're not as syrupy and cheesy as I would have expected and have some nice piano. I had no idea Mike Portnoy was on this one. The songwriting and musical performances are what make this as good as it is. Very melodic traditional metal going on here and not the metalcore or alternative metal I was expecting. Those influences are still here but everything is smoothed out with a crisp clear production as well. Aside from the lame censorship issue I find this a worthy release indeed. In protest I immediately put on the 2 Live Crew afterwards.
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