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Rating: Hello everyone! Today I'm here to write a review of the album Waking The Fallen by Avenged Sevenfold.
The music offered by the Orange County band in this album is quite hard to define precisely, encompassing a bit of Iron Maiden, choruses inspired by Bad Religion, and some inclinations towards A.F.I..
The cover is simply beautiful, depicting the Deathbat (the band's icon) on a black background, but let's not linger on the aesthetics and analyze the second masterpiece by A7X!
The first track is "Waking the Fallen", a brief INTRO, which then leads into "Unholy Confessions", the first and only single from this album, a fantastic song that already makes it clear that the band has technically improved from the past "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet". The third track is the beautiful and moving "Chapter Four", a well-crafted song, followed by the heavy "Remenissions". The fifth track is the aggressive "Desecrate Through Reverence", followed by the fast and furious "Eternal Rest". The seventh track is the beautiful and melodic "Second Heartbeat", one of the songs I appreciate most on this album. The eighth track is "Radiant Eclipse", and the final silences of this track lead to my favorite, "I Won't See You Tonight (Pt. 1)". This is simply a beautiful song with piano, divided into two parts - the first an emotional ballad, the second "I Won't See You Tonight (Pt. 2)", musically opposite to the first and full of ferocity. The eleventh track is "Clairvoyant Disease", and the last track is "And All Things Will End", a beautiful and lengthy song that seems to invite you not to abandon this great album.
In summary, 12 tracks for a total of about 68 minutes. In short, I recommend this A7X album to both metalheads and young people who listen to nu metal-emo-punk-rock, thanks to their style and skill...
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Eternal Rest (05:13)
Black enchanting eyes,
cut through my heart
with no regret or sign of life
They tear apart my pride
and cold runs through my veins
I feel their stare from miles, haunting every step
and they won't stop hunting me down
I know the time will come,
when all around me's burned
and you'll still see me there
Asking where you went to
and what person brought you here
And why you left the burning children
cold out in the night
and calling for you all alone...
Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Take these chains away that are holding me down
They'll find you alone,
and your desperate and villainous ways
turning their hearts into stone
they seek more then vengeance
Look in their eyes your pain is their satisfaction
Look in their eyes and see the darkness take hold
Burn for the rest of time
Hear the haunting words
lost children with no heart are crying
and you're the lost mother they're calling
I hear them crying at night
outside when the planets are falling
They want to feel and know you hear them
Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Take these chains away that are holding me down
Eternal Rest...in time
Eternal Rest...in time
02 Chapter Four (05:43)
(give me your hand,
blood is spilt and man will follow
infernal man, punishment too great to bear)
Conceived and born was one of light
Rain and dark, the other born black night
Raise your head and taste the courage
(the one of light)
Fall from grace, unholy night
I've come here to kill you,
won't leave until you've died
Murder born of vengeance,
I closed my brothers eyes tonight...
Its cold tonight as the clouds turn grey
and from my hands to my brothers grave
You took his side, you took his gift,
feel the power of a fallen man, crestfallen man...
Far away in this land I must go,
out of the site of the One.
A punishment sent from his hand
a hardship no one should know
Now go out of the site of the One,
away in this land you must go.
Where has he gone? What have you done?
A voice commands from high above this earth.
From the soil his blood cries out to me
Murder, liar, vengeance, deceit.
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By Tanzi
'Unholy Confession'... the true gem of this CD, a song that never tires.
The O.C. quintet has evolved compared to their previous work, producing a very appreciated and varied album.
