Listen To Previews Of “Nightmare” Now!
July 20, 2010, 3:31 pm
Filed under: Avenged Sevenfold, News

If you would like to listen to previews of the songs off of “Nightmare” then you’re in luck. Barnes And Noble have put up 30 second clips of each song off of the new album. You can check them all out here. You will have to have Windows Media Player to listen. If you’re having trouble listening to a few of the samples just give them time to load or wait a few minutes before trying again. Also, try clicking “Launch Standalone Player” and see if that helps.

Listing On Youtube Samples (Thanks TheBear59):
- Welcome To The Family
- Danger Line
- Natural Born Killer
- So Far Away
- God Hates Us
- Victim
- Tonight The World Dies
- Fiction
- Save Me

Thanks Neil & Ryan for sending this in.


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idk if i should ahhhh but i cnt wait

Comment by ahh

Don’t use language like that on here this is a family website.

Comment by Relly

I cant listen to any of them FML.

Comment by Rya7Xn

Awesome…. I have Windows Media Player but it still wont play… It tells me I dont have it.. Figures.

Comment by lollololol

I have a Mac, Im screwed anyway! Hah.

Comment by deathbatnews

Well you still heard the whole album… Lucky :)

Comment by lollololol

hah, trueee xD

Comment by Drun

I right there with you DBN! lol Fuck me

Comment by Kyle

I have a mac too, but i’m gonna make this work.

Comment by :)

I have a Mac too >.> works perfectly fine

Comment by Jeremy

Hi boy, why do i always see your comments lmao

Comment by WillBokos

Macs are still better anyways :)

Comment by Alec R.

I’m having this same issue. Maybe it’s meant to be like that? I’ve yet to see any comments from people who’ve actually heard them.

Comment by Renee

I got the same thing.

Comment by Heidi

I SHALL NOT RUIN IT FOR MYSELF!!

Comment by Brett C

and for the first time being a mac user has thwarted me… damn.

Comment by kayla

All I can hear is Welcome to the Family. It sounds….different. In a good way though.

Comment by Bob

it won’t even let me

Comment by jax

Thank god my parents have a PC. :)

Comment by Ryan McFly

its ok Mac users….its not working for me either or any of my friends.

Comment by Rya7Xn

OMG NATURAL BORN KILLER IS AWESOME

Comment by Bob

Ya it is! All of them are amazing. Fiction is going to be tough to listen to. foREVer

Comment by Dalon

It reminds me a little bit of Almost Easy. That drums… >.<

Comment by Polay

It reminds me ALOT of almost easy!
But I’ll have to hear the whole song before I judge.

Comment by Courtney

So far it will only stream 3 songs for me “fiction” “natural born killers” and “god hates us.” Try those ones guys!

Comment by Armyoftigers

It says that it´s not installed in my computer.
I am trying not to listen to them before july 27

Comment by RuiA7X

mines working and guys you wont be disapointed

Comment by Lewis

AGREED!

Comment by C-Vengz

Yeah ill try again later, so far no luck at getting it to say anything more than “connecting to media” then it just kinda stops and doesnt play anything.

Comment by Terrance Phifer

Fiction sounds absolutely beautiful

Comment by Jim C

if youre having trouble, click where it says open in standalone msuic player

Comment by deen

Um, I’m trying to listen, but shit doesn’t work.

Comment by Tabatha

its not working for me either. and i have the latest version of windows media player.

ugh. oh well. i think i can handle waiting a week until the release. :)

Comment by christine

I can only listen to about half of them but Natural Born Killer sounds AMAZING.

Comment by Kayla

Yes, that crazy blast beat with the shred riffage is amazing.

Comment by Armyoftigers

I have a PC w/ Windows Media Player installed and I still can’t get them to work. iTunes needs to release some previews now.

Comment by Dane H.

I don’t have a mac and it still isn’t working for me xD Hah. I have Windows Media Player too.. the site for me is just not working.

Comment by Alaina

VICTIM SOUNDS SO FUCKING COOL

Comment by Anonymous

All it would let me play was Fiction, and now I’m numb and feel like at any moment I’m going to start crying, in a little 30 second preview of just music, no vocals. Wow, that’s powerful.

Comment by Katie Plague

cool story bro

Comment by Relly

It’s not even attempting to load. Must be flooded with users

Comment by Emily

just keep clicking it over and over, it’ll work eventually.

Comment by Brian

OMG welcome To the Family is SO FREAKIN AWESOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Gabe

agree :D

Comment by Drun

agreed :D

Comment by Carlos A7X

I agree with you. Welcome to the family is thee best song I heard, well right next to fiction but I didn’t hear the lyrics to that song.

Comment by Courtney

I have Windows Media Player, but it won’t load and I’m not on Mac.

Comment by Synester00

I got Welcome to the Family and God Hates Us (just music no vocals)… AHHH! I Hate myself for even having listened to them already. I’m not going to listen to Fiction… The others I’ll preview, and regret for 6 days.

Comment by Anonymous

If You Have Trouble Listening To It Just Keep Pushing Play Until It Plays

Comment by Gabe

This works. If it says ‘connecting to media…’ and then ‘ready’ just keep hitting play until it buffers and it will play.

Comment by Deanna S

Freaking stupid website, can’t listen to any of the previews because they want us to have fckin WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
PS: I have it, but as always, there are some issues with windows than won’t recognize it

Comment by Hacker

They all worked for me, but I had to try a few times for some of them. I think the server is overloaded.

Fiction sounds absolutely epic!

Comment by ChelseaG

i have a mac and i have it :)

Comment by Anonymous

It’s not working for me..

Comment by Elise

I was able to have a few of the previews work on my computer. Mostly instrumental snippets of the songs, some vocals. Still they sound amazing, I am definitely excited for the whole album!

Comment by Deanna S

So it says I don’t have WMP installed (even though I do) and when I try to open the standalone player, WMP can’t play the file type. WHAT THE HELL!?!?

Comment by Dane H.

You might need a plugin and the most recent version of WMP?

Comment by Marlz

some other ppl put it on youtube also…the same thing happened to me so I just clicked another vid…
hope that helped

Comment by C-Vengz

Natural Born Killer sounds alot like Almost Easy.

Comment by Jake

And the God hates us preview is not giving much away lol.

Comment by Jake

Just previewed them all. Some i’m not sure about, but i wasn’t sure on Buried alive at first! :P I can totally see what they mean about the piano in fiction as well!

Comment by Jake

holy crap! natural born killer is like a cross of unholy confessions with almost easy! <3

Comment by Brian

Sounds like it’s going to be epic :D

Comment by Jacob

The drums in Natural Born Killer reminds me of Almost Easy. 1 more week!

Comment by April

thanks but no thanks DBN. i REFUSE to listen to them, only a week till the real time to listen to it

Comment by noel

Well I got it to work sorta. Heard Save me only, so far. Not bad. Sounds Avenged. Seemed like Nightmare a bit.

Comment by lollololol

Okay, got in God Hates us. Total tease they played like the intro or whatever so no screaming.. lame

Comment by lollololol

Woooow Got em all in now cept Victim. So pumped for this.

Comment by lollololol

And finally got victim in. Thats a sick sounding track. Fiction is insane too.

Comment by lollololol

Can’t be the intro. Read DBN review of the song. I think it starts with Screaming.

Comment by chandler fyfe

The review doesn’t say he screams at the beginning of the song, it just says you’ve never heard him scream like this in a song before.

Comment by deathbatnews

The last three won’t buffer..

Comment by JIK

But I’m afraid danger line is gonna be a definite future favorite

Comment by JIK

I absolutely love the clip of Danger Line. It sounds like it came straight off of City Of Evil, which is my favorite album of all time… for now ;)

Comment by Sam

Yep, it has that weird symphony orchestra kinda feel to it even thouhg this preview was one of the few that didn’t even have any additional elements (or atleast you couldn’t notice them from the low quality preview). And that’s what I’ve always loved about A7x, they have that incredible ability to paint a picture in your head and create chilling atmospheres with just the melodies played with the main instruments

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Oh my god “victim” is beautiful. I just got chills. Hey by the way, all of the songs are starting to load now, you guys should try again!

Comment by Armyoftigers

can somebody rip these? because it hasn’t been working for me

Comment by Austin

This

Comment by Ryan McFly

whoa…fiction…i see all the haunting stuff is true, only 30 seconds but its maddening

Comment by Anonymous

Give it a couple tries… Some songs took five or six button mashes to get them to work. Everything sounds amazing and different!

fat

Comment by fatboy

Is it me or Natural Born Killer got something of the “Octopus thing” from the Rev?

Comment by Marco

yup mike used the revs “double-riding” technique from almost easy :D

Comment by Carlos A7X

..he doesnt hit the ride on Natural Born Killler..

Comment by Sam

im not going to listen to them i want to experience it with fresh ears with the exception of nightmare and buried alive i can wait a week

Comment by Anonymous

Those are really shitty previews. The songs sound good, but there are only vocals on 3 of them. Welcome to the Family is….very differnt but I like it. Natural Born Killer almost made me get up and jump out the window, ITS AWESOME. So Far Away is outstanding. Everything else is hard to judge because there are no vocals.

Comment by Ricky Bobby

Holy crap Fiction is dark

Comment by Sam

keep clicking on them. or exit out of the pop up window & try again. heard all but save me.

Comment by d6661

finally got it too

Comment by d6661

You got to just keep clicking it and it eventually works, probably is overloaded with people trying at the same time, it took a minute or two but I got them all to work

Comment by Colin

Thanks for the youtube video!

Comment by Dane H.

Also, if anyone would like I have all the samples in an audio file for those who want it! Just reply to this with your email.

Comment by Armyoftigers

I cried at the PREVIEW of Fiction, how am I gonna handle the song?! It sounds absolutely beautiful, oh so typical of Jimmy :)

foREVer ♥

Comment by EmilyVengeance

It’s incredibly beautiful. The vocals, though hard to listen to, make the song though.

Comment by deathbatnews

So far what’s more beautiful is Victim…The gospel singer is amazing.

Comment by Armyoftigers

I LOVE that.

Comment by deathbatnews

Geez, I don’t know if I can handle it, I love Jimmy’s voice more than any other voice in the world, I can see this song giving me goosebumps for sure.

Comment by EmilyVengeance

I know how you feel. I got endless shivers and started bawling like baby. :( It’s going to be so hard to listen to Fiction.

Comment by Cassie

for anyone using Firefox who has windows media but its telling you you dont:
i searched for the firefox add on for windows media and then restarted firefox, the previews then work if you keep clicking play.

Comment by JBob

oh im late arent i, sorry

Comment by deen

NATURAL BORN KILLER. :DDD

Comment by beto

I was having the same problem at first they wouldn’t play and then i just waited a few mins and tried them again, now they all work!

Comment by Nichole

omg!
i couldnt resist clicking the video…
they all sound so amazing
it brought tears to my eyes
its gonna a one rough album to listen too

Comment by emilya7x

be*

Comment by emilya7x

OH MY GAWD….these last few days have been the biggest cock tease of my life!

Comment by TonyT

Ahahahahah I listened to half of it, got slightly disappointed in what I heard because they were only like 30 seconds each so I turned it off:(
FML! I need to wait for the entire thing.
Will power needs to kick in right about now!

Comment by Courtney

THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE! sounds great, highlights being danger line, welcome to the family, natural born killer, and fiction

Comment by nicky

AWESOME!!!

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

i didnt wanna listen at first, but i gave in. But actually Im relieved that almost half the songs were just instrumentals anyway. It just got me even more excited for this allbum!

Comment by Alec R.

NBK sounds so good i cant wait only 6 more days HELL YEAH!. i shouldnt have listened to these previews….Fiction almost sounds like Halloween music and then i think of the picture of The Rev and his wife on halloween its so sad. foREVer!

Comment by Rya7Xn

i teared up just from the perveiws what got me started was so far away just hearing the words hurt me cause i still don’t want it to be true is gone. I want it all to be a cruel cruel joke and him pop out from somewhere.

Comment by Rachel

i’m not ready to listen to this album, maybe i’m still too close to the old stuff.
:(

Comment by matt V

All these people trying to get it to work, they obv dont realise the video is below the article lmao

Comment by Josh

I don’t know what to think right now… They just sound so different. Loved Fiction though.

Comment by Alex

from what i heard i like all of them but i love danger line, buried alive, god hates us, tonight the world dies, fiction, and save me! :) i really HOPE the solo of the rev and syn joined by zack and johnny is in on of em, i’d say “Save me” just sounds similar KINDA. but yeah i love that solo<3 im so happy for this.

Comment by unknown

I Love Avenged Sevenfold to death, but i have to say Tonight the World Dies sounds like David Bowie, big time

Comment by Anonymous

These previews are mostly instrumental and start reeeeally early in the song, it sounds like. *sigh* I guess it’s for the best. Didn’t spoil too much for me. lol I liked getting a taste of what the songs will be like, though. I am now more excited to hear Welcome To The Family, really into the preview. And Fiction… someone hold me. BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH.

Cockteases.

Comment by Paige

Just click play ’till it played ‘em, worked for me.

I can’t wait to hear the rest of the songs… Fiction sounded so amazingly beautiful<3

Comment by Alexandra

Oh my god, THIS IS SO EPIC. :D
Fiction brought tears to my eyes. Didn’t The Rev also do the piano on that track too?

Comment by Taryn

sorry had to add, lol that before listening to fiction i was sooo?? whats the word, excited? that i was scared! lol

Comment by unknown

Oh, Fiction is just so typical Jimmy! It was so strong, and I could hear that it was made of Jimmy!
He was a true Avenged Sevenfold hero, just as much as he was a hero for the rest of the world!

Comment by Elise

this is amazing Fiction is a masterpiece

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

agreed cant wait to hear that and Welcome To The Family

Comment by Gabe

I just listened to Welcome to the Family. He sings it weird but it’s stuck in my head already! Not listening to anything else until the 27th!

Comment by mesa

welcome to my family is one of my favourites out of the lot there as well as fiction,natural born killer and save me

Comment by Lewis

Natural born killer has very similar drums to the intro to almost easy.

The same drums that made me fall in love with The Rev.

Comment by Owen.C

so true. the double bass

Comment by korey

I’m speechless at how amazing that 30 seconds of Fiction was.

Comment by John

GOD HATES US IS AWESOME

Comment by Ryan

IDK what to think about this >.<

i guess ill have to wait for my BON

Comment by Jeremy

I loved the previews. When I heard Fiction Pinkly Smooth came to mind. Maybe it will take a trip down that dark road. Either way, I can’t wait for a week from today for the album. I’ll be on youtube on the 26th checking to see if anyone got video of the show from the 25th. I can’t wait until August 24th when I get to see them. I can’t wait to hear Fiction and God Hates Us! That screaming made me want to hear it NOW.

Comment by Nikki

I have a mac and it works fine :]

Comment by Anonymous

They all sound so amazing!! If your having trouble playing the songs, and the player is showing, just click play and wait about a second until it plays, and keep doing that like 8 to 10 times, and it should start playing! It worked for me!!

Comment by Zaq

or just watch the video that is on this page.. you could always just do that…

Comment by derp

There really are no words.

Comment by Cassie

Fiction is fucking chilling. I need by CD now!

Comment by Chase

WOW!
all of it amazing
so far away brought tears to my eyes from a 30 second preview.can’t imagine the rest of the song
fiction is powerful can’t wait to hear it,it’s gonna be a hard one to listen to!
man i can’t wait for this album

Comment by amy

not gonna listen:) im going to wait!

Comment by nick

just….go ahead and get it over with…..the previews are disappointing…..

Comment by Jose

Meh. Needs more cowbell. :P

Comment by Jon

This. Long live the cowbell!

Comment by Paige

The cows agree…;)

Comment by Marlz

Natural Born Killer sounds epic :D and Fiction also :D cant wait for the album =)

Comment by Carlos A7X

Besides Fiction & God Hates Us, the two I’m obviously looking forward the most to, from these previews it looks like I’ll also LOVE Save Me & Welcome To The Family. I wish we had more to go on with Victim, Tonight The World Dies, & Danger Line. So Far Away is gonna be so gorgeous. Natural Born Killer is gonna kick my ass as well.

Comment by Paige

Not sure if the two previews on barnes&noble and the youtube video are th same, im guessing they are but for those not happy about it…..have no fear most arent enough to spoil much besides Welcome to the Family you get a pretty good idea in that preview of what that song offers. As for the others….more waiting.

Comment by Terrance Phifer

The ones from youtube were taken from the B&N site.

Comment by deathbatnews

OMG it sounds like the greatest album ever so far away and victim are amazing i like cried when i heard fiction too

Comment by stevevalles

I honestly loved every single preview. This is so much better than the S/T its not even real lol

Comment by Sam

i love all of them. though i have to say welcome to the family was my favorite. i got shivers down my back from listening to them. can’t wait till next tuesday!

Comment by Emz

Fiction sounded a lot like Pinkly Smooth, really dark and unusual. I love it.

Comment by Adam

I thought the same thing. I really like the Pinkly stuff, so when I heard that I knew what it was instantly. That’s all Jimmy and I can’t wait to hear the whole song!

Comment by Nikki

WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
im about to self combust of excitment!!!

Comment by WARNERVE6661

No way in hell i’m listening to this and ruining the album for myself!! July 27 will the day no matter what!

Comment by amanda

Natural Born Killer sounds wayyyyyy too much like Almost Easy during the main riff its like dun dununununu crazy drums dun dununununu crazy drums lol. It started out awesome though im pretty sure thats a solo and shadows is like AHHHHHHH! lol.

Comment by Terrance Phifer

OMG enough with the crying please. Nothing from these 30 second clips should cause even the most affected, emo tween to shed a tear. Fucking grow a pair.

Comment by revenant

Hey, I took your advice and took some Extense to help with the development of my lower regions. After five minutes of taking the pills, I felt all of my emotions drain out of me. Then, I felt the urge to be an asshole and insult people who have big hearts and who clearly love and cherish music.

I’m such a hard ass tough guy now. Thanks so much for the advice, honestly.

Comment by Cassie

*high five* haha

Comment by bailey

Epic comment nice

Comment by Gabe

I LOVE your comment!
Atleast someone feels the same way as I do.

Comment by Courtney

Lol, nice one. I’m with you…I’m sick and tired of hearing “OMG!!!1!! I cried when I heard the Rev’s name in that interview!”

Get over it…or, at least, don’t feel obligated to share your feelings (for the thousandth time) with people who couldn’t care less.

Comment by Drew

I don’t think I can Listen…. I wanna wait!! EEEEPPPP

Comment by Jessica

I felt haunted by Fiction. It’s just a piano part, but it just sounds so amazing. I’m actually glad they didn’t show any vocals. I don’t want to hear them before next Tuesday.

Comment by OmegaRS

I hate to say it but I agree with you

Comment by Aaron

So Far Away is so heartfelt, Fiction made me tear up and was totally epic. Tonight the World dies is like a very dark grungy Alice in chains song (haha DBN its veryy Alice in chains-y take it from someone who listen to them ;)

and I love all the fucking thrashers at the beginning of the record. victim is very soulful/awesome and Save Me sounds veryy epic and progressive

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

Theres almost a melancholy psychedelic influence on his record

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

Fiction makes me feel sleepy. Not in a bored way, it’s just so hypnotic

Comment by JIK

yeahh. it is very hypnotic. the lil clip gave me chills

Comment by Chazzy Vengeance

God, Fiction sounds beautifully haunting! And Natural Born Killer sounds freaking awesome! and all the others! :D
Omg, I cant wait!!

Comment by Rianna

the beginning of god hates us is actually surprising, it’s beautiful.

Comment by (;

It’s a trap!

Comment by JIK

lol Exactly! Leads you into a false sense of security with a beautiful melody, then…….. *nuclear explosion*

Comment by Paige

Fiction sounds so ominious and I can’t get it out of my head!! XD

Comment by Ken

yeah it didnt strike me like the others but i cant get it out of my head for some reason. lol

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I battled it out with myself and opted to wait. I think I’ll be glad I did.

Comment by Johnnie

Amazing. “Fiction” sounds so… Wow.

Comment by Ava

OMG. they all sound so amazing! i cant wait fer the 27th..

Fiction sounds very eerie. i cant wait to hear the whole sone. i have to admit though i was really nervouse to listen to the clip of it for fear that they had a clip of Jimmy singing. I’m glad that they didnt though cause i wanna listen to Fiction all together at once and hear him singing.. <333.. I know that im going to cry..

Comment by Chazzy Vengeance

Oh man I was feeling the same exact way. I was super paranoid and worried that it would have a clip of Jimmy singing, but thank goodness it doesnt. I don’t mind previews, but I know that the first time I hear the album, it has to be the entire thing from start to finish!

Comment by ArcadianWarrior

I don’t think these previews ruin anything, they are not like the ones released for the ST album … mostly music and few vocals.

Welcome to the Family and Fiction sound amazing, they all sound great, I can’t wait to hear more!!!! LONGEST WEEK OF MY LIFE.

Comment by Anonymous

Wow that was not what i was expecting but in a good way. When i heard Fiction chills ran down my back i cannot wait utter amazement as The Rev said “this shit is going to change the world”

Comment by Alex

WOW the first five had me reaching for my lube. if it sounds that good with 30 seconds then i cant imagine how good its gonna be. the 2nd half of the album will have to be listened to fully to really undertand it i think.

Comment by james

GAH… I don’t wanna listen to the the samples because once I hear them I will want to hear the full songs… oh the sweet torture

Comment by Morgan

so far away sounds incredible

Comment by drew

of course on god hates us and fiction it doesnt play the parts we all want to hear :(

Comment by connor

I really like Tonight the World Dies i like the bluesy dark feel it almost feels like a Danzig song like from 1990-era its awesome this album is different but very roots-y as well

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

A bit disappointed with the choice of which 30 seconds they wanted for each preview, but I like what I hear anyway.

Comment by [NE]Fobby[GEN]

Fiction sounds so damn haunting :)
I love it.

Comment by Garrick

THESE SONGS ARE GONNA BE AMAZING LIVE ! can’t wait till the 1st uk show in glasgow !

WITH THIS INK IN OUR SKIN WE’VE SEALED OUR FATE !

DEATHBATS FOR LIFE

Comment by jamba_a7xforlife

Hmm…not sure if I really want to listen to the preivews. As long as they aren’t giving too much away, then I guess I will!

Comment by Anonymous

I wonder when iTunes will release their previews

Comment by Hef

When they release the album.

Comment by Tanner

The previews didn’t give a whole lot away, but that is good. So far, I am really liking Natural Born Killer, and So Far Away! But I haven’t listened to the Fiction preview yet…

Comment by Alyssa

Thats the greatest one! the temptation was a bitch so I listened.. and i cant get it out of my head<3 it says THE REV in every note.. its so him

Comment by Sevenfoldable

I teared up just with those few vocals on “So Far Away,” and the melody of the piano combined with the beat of the drums on “Fiction” is beyond amazing! It sounds like the theme to some twisted circus show, or maybe it’s the theme for the afterlife. Only the Rev knows now.
Can’t wait to hear it all.
foREVer

Comment by Sarah

Victim, Fiction and Welcome to the Family. OMG.

Comment by Mike Gee

matt’s vocals and lyrics in so far away started to give me tears. the song sounds absolutely beautiful. also, i find the choir/gospel singing in (i think god hates us or victim) amazing. this will be a very amazing album, i have no doubts.

Comment by Bre

Actually Syn wrote the lyrics for that song!

Comment by Ken

All I can say is simply WOW!
This is truly amazing and while listing to the 30 seconds of Fiction it honestly scared the crap out of me, Victim and Tonight the world dies sound like perfect build ups to a song thats going to be so haunting!

Comment by luke

Welcome to the family sounds fucking insane!!!!!It sounds like its going to be a great album cant wait to hear it 6 more days

Comment by zack

i can withstand this! i will NOT listen to any of it until the album is released…i shouldn’t of listened to buried alive…but my finger slipped onto the play button haha

Comment by steve

i liked fiction and welcome to the family

Comment by Kaylee

welcome to the family is stuck in my head alreadyD:

Comment by John

I’m seeing all these good things about the previews
I don’t wanna listen to them but I might just have to. The suspense of holding out to not listen until the album is killing me

Comment by Hef

So Far Away and Fiction sounded beyond amazing!<33

Comment by Carriebelle.

omg whos vocals are those in victim ?! its a beautiful fuckin song and natural born killer sounds vicious, this album is gonna be goooood :)

Comment by Kyle C.

Victim sounds unbelievable!

Comment by Anonymous

I listened to them all but it doesnt give me any idea what direction the song is going in. I mean, based on past songs, you could listen to half the song and still have no idea whats coming next lol. That is why Avenged kicks more ass than any band that ever lived. Or ever will.

Comment by Sarah

hey DBN, in your opinion, would it be better to listen to the new songs and samples or wait.

i’m torn. i want it to be special but i REALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY wanna hear it….

please, honest opinion DBN.

Comment by Ryan

Wait and listen to the album from start to finish.

Comment by deathbatnews

thankyou.. its gonna be tough lol. its RIGHT UP THERE……

i kinda wish i hadnt listened to buried alive but thats ok.

it doesnt give much away does it?

Comment by Ryan

yeah I would wait and listen to the full album buts its not like the previews are giving much away.

Comment by Anonymous

a7x has literally saved me from dying and this album is going to be fucking amazing!!!

Comment by Me

My god… listening to Tonight the World Dies it sounds like a modern day Pink Floyd… so fucking amazing how they can fluctuate their sound not only from album to album… but song to song.

Comment by Brian

totally agreed!

pink floyd came to mind when i heard it straight away.

Comment by Anonymous

So Far Away gave me the chills, then God Hates Us blew me away (reminded me of Grace by Lamb of God), then Fiction… So beautiful. Going to be there best album.

Comment by Luke

man! wow. first thing i thought of was the intro to grace. beautiful guitar playing

Comment by nolan

Natural Born Killer and Tonight The World Dies (and of course Fiction) are my top 3 this far :D (of the previews xD)Buried Alive is the best A7x song right after Critical Acclaim (my opinion :P)

Comment by RaZoR

Omg fiction sounds……so epic, dark and just amazing. You can tell jimmy wrote this without even knowing. It has that Pinkly Smooth feel also.

Comment by Anonymous

lol all this “im gonna wait so it will be special” talk is funny as fuck. kinda sounds like we are all losing our virginity again (unless you still are)!

Comment by adam

LMAO!!! omg dude thats fucking hilarious!!

Comment by Karina

This is off topic…But does anyone know how The Rev actually used the 3 bass drums live? Just wondering if there was a distinct reason he used 3

Comment by Damien

He only uses the ones in the middle and on the left. the one on the right was to hold his floor toms and a cymbal, mostly for show he said.

Comment by Mike Gee

he actually used two. he only had the third for look cuz otherwise there would be a huge hole in his kit. he didnt even have a pedal or proper drumhead from Evans on that 3rd bass drum. he just put it therefor aesthetics

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

DBN, I didn’t want to listen to the previews cause I want to wait but..
How much do the previews compare to the album as a whole?
Cause I’m reading that a couple persons said they were ”disappointed” with this, and I don’t get if they meant that the 30 seconds of each song aren’t what they wanted to hear, or just didn’t like it…

Comment by Danniel

A lot of these previews were just instrumentals so it didn’t ruin much for me. You can’t really judge the songs based on this

Comment by Anonymous

they said they were dissapointed cuz they were no vocals in most of the previews. but the songs sound FUCKNIG LEGIT

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

imagine if for the nightmare preview all you heard were the keyboard parts in the intro. thats basically most of the previews. im especially pissed at the god hates us preview i mean why couldnt they just use the one from the site and make it non static.

Comment by Anonymous

I’m especially lovin the previews to “Welcome to the family” and “God hates us”

I’m actually feelin all the previews but these two more so.

Comment by Bishop

that is like some crazy stuff :D cant wait till the album comes out :X

Comment by A7x914

barnes and noble arranged this really shitty.
there’s barely any vocals..

really digging Danger Line, Natural Born Killer, WTTF, and Victim.
Danger Line sounds like something off of …And Justice for All.

Fiction kinda goes without saying, so

Comment by synystersam

Im pretty sure the samples of each song have to be approved before any website (B&N, Amazon, iTunes, etc) can stream them.

Comment by deathbatnews

well i mean, for Nightmare the song.. they previewed like the xylophone intro.

i just don’t understand why they did like intros instead of choruses.

Comment by synystersam

ahh
im soo excited its almost here
sounds fucking awesome so far!

Comment by zach

Im suprised not many people are saying anything about “Save Me” i mean i know the preview didnt do it much justice but just that little part makes me think it will be the most genius song ever written by A7X

Comment by Jacob H.

So Far Away and Tonight the World Dies sound like pentatonic-ridden radio rock ballads or something. Victim also sounds questionable, but holds much promise.

Save Me and Fiction are going to be pure gold though.

Comment by A7XEric

Just the thirty second preview of So Far Away…Syn’s lyrics make me want to cry.

Comment by Scratch

OMG Fiction remind me of another piece of art, a music from Battlestar Galatica, the Cylon Song!! So powerfull.

Comment by Paulo Grilo

It doesn’t sound like them. Idk why they kept saying it’s gonna e like the waking the fallen album. This album sounds like is gonna be very dark, sad, and filled with anger. I Don’t know what to think about this album. Hopefully it’ll turn out as good as they described it.

Comment by GEORGE

I listened to the previews once and thats how itll stay. I dont wanna spoil it.

Comment by Juan

I’m a little pissed off to be honest, I mean, they make us wait all this time to hear the album just to release all this stuff a week before we could have heard the whole album with brand new ears. I know I didn’t HAVE to listen to the previews, but really, how could I not?

Comment by icebone

The previews don’t give much away at all.

Comment by deathbatnews

Even though i just listened to about 5 mins.of the 67 mins. album, I’m already loving it…which makes me wonder wtf those people with the fucked up review were on…
I mean I get it, thats why God gave u an opinion..but seriously what were they on…

This album fucking rules!!
foREVer!! \m/

Comment by Karina

Hey DBN, it is driving me insane that i can’t here the full fiction…. does the rev sing like he did on critical acclaim or almost easy? Please just at least tell us that!

Comment by Anonymous

My lips are sealed.

Comment by deathbatnews

I’m not gonna listen to them. this is gonna be the most challenging thing in my life, but i’m not gonna listen to them

Comment by Private Donut

i couldnt possibly listen :S

Comment by Luy

That blast beat in natural born killer….dang!

Comment by noobpotato

So Far away is a beautiful song

Comment by Hef

The previews make me put my finger in my butt =)

Comment by Anonymous

Why in the world would you do this :’(

Comment by Moshiz

at least it wasnt a remote

Comment by Kaylee

I love the song So Far Away and I love Shadows’ voice in this song. This album is gonna be just awesome.

Comment by ChrisA7X

would A7X really want samples out there after so much work making sure theres no leaks, and the huge build up…?

Comment by Luy

Considering they’re allowing KROQ to stream new songs each day until the album release I don’t think they care about samples.

Comment by deathbatnews

I think they just really want people to hear the album

Comment by luke

They kind of need that, since their first show or two is before the album release date so it’ll be good if people heard some of the songs first.

Comment by Anonymous

I´m thinking if a hear them now or if i wait to the whole album
For the people that have listen so far, do you think that spoils to much if i hear it now?

Comment by RuiA7X

You can listen to it, but not a lot. Listen to the whole thing about 1-2 times and it wont kill songs, but if you over-listen, it murders them

Comment by FretMuppet

Not really… i mean if you isten to how much buried alive changed throughout the song im thinking you’ll be fine..

Comment by iHurricaneA7x

i like what i hear but the drums sound soo dull

Comment by joe7x

Here’s the thing, Fiction does sound cool, but people need to just sit back and take a deep breath because I feel like everyone is hyping it up to be this timeless legendary track off a 30 second piano riff. I know I’m going to get flamed for this but I’m just being realistic here – there are better 30 second clips than Fiction. Not saying the songs are better because I don’t know, but the clip is just so so. I feel like everyone crying and writing forREVer all over the comments is way overhyping this album and I’m afraid it will let me down now so I’m avoiding this site. I’m sure I’ll love the album.

Comment by Andrew

I actually heard another set of previews on YouTube (that also got taken down by WB…go figure) that had a clip of the chorus. Just that little clip started welling me up. It’s a really emotionally heavy song and I think it might live up to the hype.

Comment by Mullet

evrey song is so epic and each one is a fucking masterpiece.holly shit i cant wait!!!!!

Comment by a7xblood

“Just the thirty second preview of So Far Away…Syn’s lyrics make me want to cry.”

“So Far Away gave me the chills, then God Hates Us blew me away (reminded me of Grace by Lamb of God), then Fiction… So beautiful. Going to be there best album.”

“So Far Away is so heartfelt, Fiction made me tear up and was totally epic. Tonight the World dies is like a very dark grungy Alice in chains song (haha DBN its veryy Alice in chains-y take it from someone who listen to them ;) ”

EXACTLY what I was going to say – directed to comment above about people overhyping. I copied a few quotes people put on here.

Seriously people, it’s like being in grade school again. everyone is jumping on this “album is going to be epic” bandwagon. Let’s just wait and see. Fiction I’m sure will be good, but just because it has the Rev’s stamp of approval on it doesn’t mean it’s going to be the best song avenged ever wrote. I mean, think clearly people. It sucks he died, but people are treating Fiction like it’s the next Stairway to Heaven or something. Jesus Christ, it’s just a song.

Comment by Scott

Who knows yet though? Maybe it might be the next Stairway to Heaven, but we should remain open minded about it, we shouldn’t judge now whether its good or bad. But we have to remain positive about it.

Comment by FretMuppet

Yep a bit

Comment by Charley Fiction

People are talking about the tracks as if they heard the whole thing. Calm down. It’s just another album in the grand scheme of things. I’m sure it will be good, but it’s not the next “White Album” or something.

I’m treating it as an introspective piece of work that will be entertaining and worth hearing out, but the people that keep saying Fiction is so “epic” and “legendary” need to think clearly because a 30 second clip won’t tell you that.

I hate to say this but if the Rev hadn’t died I bet half of you would complain about Fiction. I’m just giving my honest take.

I’m sure the album will rock, and that’s what it intends to do so hopefully mission accomplished, right? WE WILL SEE.

Comment by Andrew

i agree with you on about 95% of what you said, but you’re kinda contradicting yourself.

you said you can’t call the album epic just by 30 second previews, and you’re saying it won’t be the “white album” or whatever. you can’t know the album WON’T be epic just by 30 second previews, just like you can’t know that it WILL be by 30 second previews.

Comment by synystersam

holy crap these songs are so dark… i love it :)

Comment by iHurricaneA7x

Hey! There’s something missin’!
The only time you’re lost in your visions
Never in question, lethal injection
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!

Not long ago you found the answers so crystal clear..
Within a day you’ll find yourself living in CONSTANT FEAR!
Can you look at yourself now? CAN YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF!?

Comment by Brandon

Im glad im not the only one feeling so sad after listening to some of the songs..

Comment by SavageTosh

I liked what i heard, but it don´t revels much

Comment by RuiA7X

One thing that’s starting to piss me off a lil bit is both Metal Hammer and Kerrang reviews still just put two bands that influenced this album : Metallic and Guns N roses. Now Metallica influenced parts of this record but Guns N Roses?? The last Guns N Roses influence I heard was on COE and on this record I didn’t hear them talk about GN’R or have any GN”R sounding songs. GN’R was American Hard Rock almost with a lil southern vibe. Nightmare is a dark, gothic, progressive epic. It seems like A7X get pigeonholed with the guns n roses influence all the time.

And also for everyone arguing over weeping and not weeping – its everyone’s OWN PERCEPTION who gives a fuck whether the person above wants to weep and the person below wants to punch something. STOP ARGUING OVER PEOPLE”S PERCEPTIONS OF THIS ALBUM

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

i hear gnr influence, actually. more in syn’s guitar solos and shadz vocals in some songs. but from what i’ve heard(which is the 3 full songs and all the previews) it sounds about 90% metallica and 10% gnr. but nobody can say anything yet besides DBN and everyone else that has heard the CD, because you can’t judge an album or influence based off of some 30sec previews and 3 songs.

Comment by synystersam

haha well yeah i mean like So Far Away is some GN’R influence but my point was that A7X is more than just Metallica+GN’R. And I feel them getting pigeonholed in reviews and stuff with those ONLY those two bands specifically influencing them.

Comment by a7xfreakdrummer

nahh AFI gets brought up a lot too

Comment by Anonymous

See I always go on this site on my iPod just because it’s easier and every time there’s a video up like an interview or any video I can’t click on it because apple doesn’t let me or whatever and I’m really surprised that I was able to play this straight from my iPod. Usually if I can’t play it here I have to pull out my laptop so this was kinda nice to not have to do that.

Comment by Courtney

“never in question, lethal injection”
I believe WTTF is lyrically meant for everyone who’s had suicidal thoughts after Jimmy’s passing. That’s the only thing that I can think of when I listen to it

Comment by JIK

No. Welcome to the Family was also part of the concept album. It has nothing to do with Jimmy.

Comment by Tanner

Actually, I just read the lyrics online. I don’t know if it’s about Jimmy or the “concept.”

Comment by Tanner

i think you’re right.
i feel like i know what it’s really about, but i can’t put it into words.. haha.

BY THE WAY, the second fiction preview makes me want to bawww.. it’s sad/beautiful/ and idk the word, but soothing? idk. i love it though.

Comment by synystersam

yeah i heard that. its amazing but do you know what the Rev is saying cuz i cant make it out lol

Comment by Anonymous

Not I can, or that I would, let it . . . ( Preview ends there)

Comment by Jarad Workman

i think the lethal injection could be like blood going into someone so that the have the blood of the family or something like that lol.

Comment by Kaylee

im just gonna wait till the album comes out. i dont want to hear any previews

Comment by Alex




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