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Classic Rock MagazineOct 23, 2013It has power, darkness and bucketloads of testosterone. [Sep 2013, p.92]
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Q MagazineOct 11, 2013The next crossover metal band has arrived. [Nov 2013, p.101]
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Kerrang!Sep 18, 2013It's a brave album and, once the dust settles, it'll be remembered as a great one. [24 Aug 2013, p.52]
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Aug 29, 2013Hail swiftly turns its old-school preoccupation into a virtue via a stirring, muscular batch of songs.
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Aug 29, 2013It’s a big, shiny, shamelessly indulgent affair played by talented musicians, and when it comes down to it, it’s just a lot of fun.
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Aug 29, 2013Fusing elements of goth, screamo and what was once called nu metal with the late-Seventies new wave of British metal-metal, their sixth LP piles clarion solos atop clean, sludge-chug riffs.
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Aug 29, 2013By the album's second half, Avenged Sevenfold can't help but let loose their guitar shredding theatrics a bit, and their personality starts to shine through as the tempo quickens and tracks take flight to unabashed height
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Aug 29, 2013Leery fans will find the uninspired drumming to be the least of their problems, as it fits perfectly with a far more glaring issue: uninspired songwriting.
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Sep 9, 2013It’s as if Metallica decided to try and court the 16 year old post-mall goth crowd with a bunch of inane Black Veil Bride like lyrics, while adding in a bit of Avenged Sevenfold-lite songwriting.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 110 out of 147
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Mixed: 20 out of 147
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Negative: 17 out of 147
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Sep 1, 2013
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