EQ Magazine - February 2008 - (Page 29) AX7 guitarist Synyster Gates (left) and vocalist M. Shadows listen to a playback. By MICHAEL MOLENDA SEIZING THE PRODUCTION REINS, AVENGED SEVENFOLD UNCORKS A STYLISTICALLY DIVERSE MODERN ROCK ALBUM Photography By RAFA ALCANTARA METAL I f first impressions are lasting, then we’re all pretty much screwed. While it has been proven time and time again that the brute who looks like a Hells Angel can have the heart and demeanor of a bunny rabbit, society tends to read the glossy billboard and avoid the small print of one’s deeper persona. As a “for example, consider the seemingly cartoon-ish visage of Avenged Sevenfold: ” five dudes bearing arms rife with tattoos, wearing clothes that could have been snatched from the wardrobe of a reality show stylist, and exhibiting perfect L.A. hair. Cynics could mouth off that the Huntington Beach, California, group is some major-label Smurf’s wet dream of a corporate-metal money-making machine, rather than an example of a www.eqmag.com MIXED FEBRUARY 2008 EQ 29 http://www.eqmag.com
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