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Title: This band has no sense of identity.
Review: These guys aren't bad. They're a talented bunch of musicians, but they can't decide if they want to be a metal band, a hardcore band, or a punk band, so they throw elements of each in their songs. For a metal fan like myself, hearing an awesome opening riff and ripping guitar solo is awesome. I like the heavy Pantera-like breakdowns they do sometimes, but then they stick in punk choruses and punk sounding progressions and vocal harmonizations that just don't follow the form of the music. You might make a stretch and say that they are integrating melodic metal styles, but its very different. The clean vocalist doesnt have a powerful or deep enough voice for that and his voice actually reminds me of older Offspring.Avenged Sevenfold is NOT a metal band even if they have some metal sounding aspects of their music. If you want to hear current bands that are closer to real metal check out Shadows Fall, God Forbid, All That Remains, Lamb of God, and Unearth.
