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Universal acclaim- based on 77 Ratings
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Positive: 68 out of 77
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Mixed: 6 out of 77
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Negative: 3 out of 77
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Mar 21, 2023By far the best Avenged Sevenfold album to date. The band peaks artistically and the compositions of the songs are just next level compared to previous albums.
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Apr 29, 2020This is why I listen to music. This is art! This is what Metal can accomplish! It will be hard for A7X to top this one off.
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Dec 18, 2019This music is no longer creative, it's just distortion, like it's Mao's distortion. This music is too sane in how it scams listeners into compliance. These songs have terrible choruses, like any moron could write a better one. These ballads are quite bad, too. This music fails to make a leap forward.
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Oct 7, 2019Brilliant and beautiful, this is my favorite avenged's album. They are so brave talking about those things that we usually ignore. Totally loved it
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Aug 26, 2017I Love This Album. This Is One Of There Best Works No THERE BEST ALBUM EVER! I love The Theme of The Album Which Is Nuclear Annihilation, Space travel, Religion, How The Universe Is Made And A Lot More. I Do Recommend The Stage.
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Feb 13, 2017Avenged Sevenfold manages to fit in all the best parts of previous albums while still exploring new regions of music craft never seen before "The Stage". It has it all really, from roaring vocals of M. Shadows in Paradigm to the soft spoken violins of "Roman Sky". The album tells a story of the entirety of the Universe and compacts it into 70 minutes of beautiful metal goodness.
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Nov 27, 2016Great Album. It really stands out from their other albums. Avenged Sevenfold having no strings attached, being able to do work with capitol records gave them this great opportunity. I enjoyed this album all the way though. With Brooks Wackerman on the drums makes the album better. I dont believe the previous drummer would do as good as the new one. This is standout album and it needs to be bought.
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Q MagazineDec 13, 2016Even if Avenged Sevenfold are guilty of occasionally overreaching in places here, it's undoubtedly made them more interesting. [Feb 2017, p.117]
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Dec 9, 2016It’s evident the band have begun a new chapter where they appreciate rather than become their influences. They’ve truly arrived.
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Dec 8, 2016They have blown the creative doors off, cramming an insane amount of ideas into 74 minutes of prog-metal bombast. Their knack for a chorus is as apparent on the shorter, sharper likes of Paradigm and God Damn, but it’s the outrageous opulence of towering ballads Higher and Roman Sky, and the overblown, starry-eyed Muse-ings of 16-minute closer Exist, that make this such a satisfying forward leap.