THIS ONE is my NEW Favorite!! | AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "The Stage" (REACTION!!)
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THIS ONE is my NEW Favorite!! | AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "The Stage" (REACTION!!)
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People who say A7x is "commercialized" or "radio friendly" haven't listened to anything they write outside of the 5 or 6 songs that got major radio play. A7x are one of the few modern metal bands that will write 8, 9, heck, even 12 minute ballads, with many shifting musical styles contained in one song. They have quite the variety of sounds in their various albums, and are not for those with short attention spans.
FINALLY someone said it, THANK YOU totally agree with you
Finally!!! Thank you!
lol because a little piece of heaven is so radio friendly... as if haha
@TheFirstNobodyTheFirstNobody kinda hard to compare bands as being better than one another. It's like comparing potatoes and tomatoes. Both round, both full of goodness, but one is not necessarily better than the other. Each has its own place and tastes delicious in its own right. And a sprinkling of each in your diet is a good thing.
I 100% agrer with you! They are fucking gods!
The "problem" with The Stage is, that you can only fully appreciate it, if you hear all the different layers of the instruments. This song offers so much, you can't even hear half of it when you listen to it for the first time. It's a masterpiece.
I got REAL shook for a second. then I read the whole comment. thought you were about to legit say there was a SINGLE problem with this perfect song.
well said. I know this band probably better than anyone. and This is EASILY in the top 10 best songs they've ever written.
Well said. Liked it right away and over the years have grown to worship it lmao
The only part I’m kinda “meh” on is from 6:53-7:22. But legendary track regardless.
@@DonovanGG__ I genuinely believe that segment is the best part of the entire song, I love the different arpeggiated shapes and how they change in variance so slightly but just enough to build tension into the next chorus.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD is my favorite band
Mine too🤟
Miguel Veilleux same!
Oh fuck yes!
I don’t get why these kids parents are letting them listen to this modern day music when this is the music they should be growling up with heavy metal and rock
Me too brother
"This is a Crazy concept!?"
Actually no Alex, the crazy concept is that we've been lied into this for so long. Why do you think he's screaming Wake Up!?
I think he was referring to it being done with puppets but I may be wrong
Yes wake up but are you ready to see the truth, choose the right pil.
4:23 Alex: “that’s some game of thrones shit right there”
Me: “that was based on the Salem Witch Trials”
Thing is the song as we hear it in the video and how he hears it is like 35-40 off, so when he said that, it would've been 35 ish seconds after that WE see what he was talking about.
Band Man Licensing so is it the guillotine part that he was talking about then?
@@chromelambo3938 I can't be certain! All I know is that it's a considerable bit off. I never rewatched to check for sure.
Band Man Licensing if you listen when the guitar solo comes in I believe it’s about 10-15 seconds off.
No one accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials were burned at the stake. They were either hung, drowned, or beheaded but they were never burned. That only happened in Europe.
SECOND HEARTBEAT BY AVENGED SEVENFOLD
It's a banger
probably one of my favorite solos is from this song, love it love it!!
And later Live from LBC :D
@@WinXia111 no he should do the 2003 warped tour one to see og a7x
Great song, just the Van Helsing theme of the music video sucks.
@@Werewolf914 mmm that's tough between unholy confessions and second heartbeat
I believe you’re ready for “Exist” by Avenged Sevenfold.
Yeah.
That he is
Yes....yes he is...
I was just going to say the same thing. Yes he should. That one is my favorite of all time by A7X
I've been thinking about that since I rediscovered his channel
I'm so happy! I adore Avenged Sevenfold with all my heart.
I hope you've thought of Avenged Sevenfold Live In The LBC, I'd love to see you react to one of their best concerts with their drummer The Rev. I'm sure you're gonna enjoy it.
Have a dope ass day!
Yes! Live in the LBC is a great watch! Check it out!
@@LeglessWonder thanks for helping me out dude 🙏🏻
Critical Acclaim is amazing during The LBC
@@st528armassacre9 I totally agree, The Rev's vocals are PHENOMENAL on this song
Metalhead. issues6661 I really wished they would’ve made the studio version like that
I guess your reaction wasn't synchronous to the music video...
yeah that was the only thing that annoyed me about this
Yup you can even hear the audio of what he is actually listening to through the clip sometimes.
@@Thomazo17 during one of the slow solo
I wonder if he just synced it up wrong or something? I remember when he was listening to Smells Like Teen Spirit and This is the Time (the only two videos I saw it happen in) he sped them up to avoid copyright and stuff, but this time it seems totally normal speed. After reading the comment I realized his screen is flashing white before the bombs start falling, I guess I was too focused on watching the music video itself to notice!
@@Falkuzrules he`s voice is even pitched a bit higher so he sped up only his part (?)
Recommandation : Avenged Sevenfold's whole discography
You want a song by them that has a message: Critical Acclaim
This one hasnt. Poor soul.
Critical Acclaim is good and has a pretty good message. But The Stages Message is by far superior. Our entire species were fighting each other since day 1.
The wars never ended and many people suffered and died whether it was through War or just blatant killing.
Land has and always will be the key to everything. Land = resources and Resources = weaponry and stock.
This was and still is the main part of fighting between each other, Peace will never be an option and Control will always be there.
Our Leaders are only here to keep the things the way they are with no drastic change towards peace. We will fight one another on a constant basis for generations to come.
But even our leaders are being controlled by ones higher than them who clearly dont want to see change any time soon.
The more and longer we keep fighting the quicker we head backwards to the Ice Age. Everyone will Perish and the world will reset like it never happened for it all to repeat itself once more. And so goes the cycle of the Earth. Created as the higher beings playground and humans ever living nightmare.
We have become something and will eventually become nothing.
That's pretty much the Jist of the message anyway. 👌🏻
TLDR: If we keep fighting and starting wars we will be sent back to the Ice Age where the world will repeat itself in constant war.
@@daedrademonlord8941 Paradigm, Exist, Creating God, Simulation, The Stage, Angels, God Damn, Sunny Disposition. The Stage kicks ass! Theit best album, with a different message and a different tone from their other 6 albums.
@@gabrieldiaz8594 agreed. My second favourite of the lot. Self titled though has my heart. That album is so good!.
Not only was the message about war, killing, and politics, but I like how they sd showed a very "ignorant" crowd laughing and cheering. Its basically saying the majority of the world is a bunch of ignorant fucks. We will never learn from our mistakes
ALMOST EASY BY AVENGED SEVENFOLD!!!! IT WILL EASILY BECOME YOUR FAVORITE
sFrosTy fact!
Almost easily* will become...
Super easy, barely an inconvenience
Hes done that one
@@amermuscle no he has not
Love the verse "when did the walking ape decide, that nuclear war. Was the only way to keep the score."
Love the video. Based on a quote from A Einstein. "I don't know what weapons will be used in ww3. I do know what weapons will be used in ww4. Sticks and Stones."
Damon Bryan I like the line before too. It’s heavy.
@@jacob.calloway6833 At least, the entirety of The Stage and Exist are much more heavy than most people realize.
"keep away from political propaganda" is not the true message behind them, just the outer layer of meaning
A lot of meaning in the songs these guys make. No wonder I’m a fan.
I just hope it doesn't get to, "He was right".
I get chills every time I heard it
The composition and arrangement of this song is absolute brilliance. An true masterpiece!
Alex Hefner: “Hip Hop Head”
Me: sees Metallica poster in the background
MarioFilmsProductions gotta get those clicks, don’t blame him one bit
10:12 “You have to take control, you have to seize the day” you know that’s another song by Avenged Sevenfold, right? Seize The Day? 😂
"It's saying you have to carpe diem, seize the day"
So what you're saying is you'll be reacting to 'Seize the Day' by Avenged Sevenfold next?
I really would love to see you react to the song “Fiction” by our beloved Avenged Sevenfold. But when you do, don’t think about the fact that it’s the last The Rev recorded with the boys and don’t try to picture them hearing the tracks in the studio after Jimmy’s death. No I’m not crying you are
Gives me the chills everytime.. Rip the Rev
Also don't think about the fact that the working title was "Death", The Rev showed it to the band 3 days before his death, and the song reads like a damn suicide note (Yes, I fall into the "The Rev Killed Himself category, no it doesn't make his death any less tragic. Modern metal lost a hell of a drummer that day, and we'll never fully know what was going through his head, so all we can do is theorize. I just think the suicide theory has a lot backing it up)
No matter how many times I listen to this song the bridge lyrics are just so chilling and the sound of pain he puts into them is just so haunting. The message even more so. This song literally is telling us to wake up
Exist - Avenged Sevenfold. Its time for you to listen to this one
Agreed
YES
100% agree especially the latter half is just 🔥
YES !!
Would he be willing to do a video just listening to a 15-minute mostly instrumental song? I'm a huge fan of this band and even I would never listen to that again.
16 minutes of pure art? YES PLEASE!!!!
AFTER THE BURIAL - Lost in the Static
I was just thinking, “Has Alex reacted to Unholy Confessions yet?” Then I did a search and no, you have not. You should. Studio or Live in LBC.
Definitely studio
98izzark I agree. But from a creative standpoint, and Alex’s usual style, an actual video is better for production value than a lyric video. The official one is kinda meh. Plus, with a live version you get the awesome extended outro.
@@lukehanson126 my problem with the LBC (and most post WTF-era) performance(s) is that he changes the scream and his style on the first two albums are much better than the "I don't wanna scream but need to for this track" style he does now
@@nitsuA_LH They don't sucked live, they've definitely gotten better
@@nitsuA_LH Damn I'd love to see that 😂😂 which year was it? A think a lot of people have that reaction considering they later the shit out of his vocals in the studio and do a few other studio things to it to polish it up without completely changing them.
I love the message.....we constantly are fighting. Then when we think we find time for peace, we go right back into fighting. It's just an endless cycle
I hope he paid attention to the solos ...ALL OF THEM!
Avenged sevenfold ❤❤😍❤😍❤😍❤
The point of the video is that we've been killing eachother since the dawn of time, we're no better now than we were then, now we just have more excuses.
Avenged Sevenfold- Welcome to the family is a definite listen to
That’s actually what got me into metal
GM_Lightbringer same
Ice nine kills- Thank god it's Friday
Please react to "Save Me" by Avenged Sevenfold.
It's a 11 minutes song and i bet you will love every second of it. 🖤🤘
It's dedicated to THE REV.
Basically the entire album of Nightmare it's dedicated to him🤟🤟💀🦇
Yes
„Save Me“ is a great idea, it‘s my 2nd most liked song after „Buried alive“ from that Album
I love the fact Mike Portnoy played the drums on every "Nightmare" track (for recording at least) and even sang some lines in "Welcome to the Family". Of course I like "Save me" a lot...
One of my favourite songs
Avenged Sevenfold has so much in to their songs, one of the few bands that actually can make me cry with their songs👌 I've been listening them since higschool
The stage is about world events that revolves around violence and war and that we as humans can't find another solution
OH HELL YEAH
+ ALEX why can i hear 2 different audio tracks?!?!? lol
This song is in my top 5 from them, they just have so many good songs it's hard to choose. The drum and guitar in the intro always gives me goosebumps
This song and its video have sooooooo many undertones to them. It's honestly why I love it so much.
The whole song is both a metaphor for a human maturing from their birth (arriving naked and cold into the world) and the whole human race (no clothes and sleeping in the open).
The second verse talks about seeing the world with child eyes and phantasizing while looking at the world, signifying a single person's childhood, as well as the beginning of the most primitive forms of religions and science. The child follows its heart and feels true freedom and being able to do what it wants, but the early society feels that freedom and control in a sense that they can use the religion and science to control people.
In the third verse the boy becomes a man and in comes a calm sophistication. For a person, this means maturity, while for a society it's the forming of a hierarchy and a system. But this sophistication also leads to ego, making adolescents arrogant and egoistic because they think they know everything, while the society starts thinking they're the greatest and should rule over others because of it.
The mentioning of Jesus being born to die and leaving man to levitate his own to idolize can be seen as the young man understanding that he will eventually die and wanting to do whatever he can to be remembered and idolized, while for the society it's about how all religions with dieties that existed and exist always presented a humanoid figure with special changes as dieties, making gods in their own image. The next 2 lines can be taken as confirmation of that with the "different point of view" referring to the ideas of either man creating gods in his own image, or gods creating man in their own image. It's basically the start of atheism vs theism.
The first part of the bridge talks of the man going through a long and hard life and hoping he can still keep on living and not die soon, remembering his time as a child and when he was in his mother's arms. For the society this line has a much bigger meaning, being the desire to go back to the times when there were no divisions between humans, back to a time when it was simpler and happier. However, time goes in only one direction, leaving us with the next part of the bridge.
During this part, the man's thoughts and desire and the society's thoughts and desire are identical. They realize that it took less time for humans to start thinking about laws to prevent sin than it's taking them now to wake up. They want the walking apes, being all of us humans but mostly referring to those in charge, to wake up and realize that nuclear war (nor any war) is the only solution for them to "keep the score". It basically means that humans have been waging war on each other for longer than it took us to create the very first laws of society and everyone's becoming sick of it.
This is where the chorus really drives the final point home along with the video. We are all the crowd that's watching the stage and at the same time we're the ones performing on the stage. What this means is that we ourselves are the ones to blame for the situation that we're not happy with because we're just watching and not doing anything about it, which is shown by the crowd being just a crowd again when they got put on the stage, whereas every actor on the stage before was active and actively played a role in shaping history and humanity. It's basically all a message to us that we've come to a stand-still as a species in regards to social development. We're just letting ourselves be used like puppets on a stage by those in power, despite us being the ones who should have the power. And above those people is the looming shadow of death which controls all of them, leading them towards caring only about being remembered before they died, which was awakened in them after their adolescence. Or it can be seen as the representation of sin that's controlling them, because it's sins like lust, greed, wrath, envy, etc. that lead people to commit evil. But either way, we're being controlled and we're just sitting and watching instead of doing anything.
Commercial or not, they have the chops to write those progressions and those melodies & harmonies. Haters gonna hate, Avenged has massive talent that is undeniable.
Listen to "So far away". You can almost hear Syn's heart breaking through his guitar.
opfor509 Syn wrote the whole song for them... All their parts... Drums, vocals, bass, and guitar was all written by him and he did a wonderful job, the song is timeless.
I'm almost certain he has
He already did this one
He actually wrote it about his grandpa that had passed away and then jimmy ended up passing away so he dedicated it to jimmy
@@nickkduhh no one said he didn't...
This is one of their best songs IMO, very different from most of their work. If you want to see how much they've changed over the years you should watch Chapter Four or Unholy Confessions!
Best songs off that album
I've been an A7X fan forever and my son was born in 2016 when this came out. I totally didn't give this album the time of day. But just recently I remembered it because their new album is so excellent. I've been floored by this album and I feel extremely bad that I wasn't able to be a fan at that time. In my opinion it's a lost gem and I'm so thankful that I have the opportunity to listen to it now. I'm not worthy. \,,/
If you love avenged sevenfold and you love the "goosebumps" feeling you have to react to GUNSLINGER, it's one of their most underrated songs, there's almost no reaction to it I think you would definitely love hearing it
Please check out Fit For a King-"the price of agony" you'll love it man
Plzzzz ffak, maybe even broken frame or the resistance
Backbreaker is a better song by them
Yes!!! Been saying it for so long.
I agree. Seen you comment this on heaps of videos, listen to this man Alex!
You should react to “God Damn” or “Creating God” by Avenged Sevenfold next! They are off the same album as this.
Creating God is maybe the only weak song on the album. Of course it's a fricken amazing song album so that not such bad thing
Come on, do you guys really like that song? I think it's the worst song of The Stage Album, even I think that Dose should be in its place
@@Double9D9SAMP agreed. Sonically it's just a bit boring
How about Sunny Disposition
@@eviltoad746 great song
Yesssss, finally 🔥🔥🤘
Edit : am I the only one who hear the same music played advanced from the background during the mid solo.
We need to turn this man onto dream Theatre
More Avenged Sevenfold?
I recommend Unholy Confessions and Hail to the King.
Avenged sevenfold live at the LBC was amazing i wish you will react to any song by that concert
I love your channel man. You seem like such a genuine person and your reactions always make me laugh or just appreciate the music a little more
Spectacular, on every level. I was so enthralled watching the video I forgot to pay attention to the lyrics. Definitely need to hear this again.
Fit For A King - The Price of Agony
CrazyEightyEight - Nitroglycerin
Fit for a king - when everything means nothing
RwGold everyone keeps suggesting Price of Agony but this was my favorite song off their new album
Fit for a king - Backbreaker
@@Pierseus I know right! I wish everyone would upvote mine HE NEEDS TO SEE IT
RwGold I honestly think he like When Everything Means Nothing more too, it’s more his style
A7X started out on the hardcore SoCal scene. Sounding the 7th Trumpet is representative of that, but they didn't want to be trapped in one genre, nor did they want to be controlled.
The guitar technique at the end are arpeggios. Jimmy and Brian came up with a funky way of doing them that helped create their sound.
FINALLY! I've been waiting for this one. It's easily my favourite Avenged Sevenfold song.
As I Lay Dying: Nothing Left. Then a follow up reaction of As I Lay Dying: The Sound of Truth. The videos go together and are amazing!
OHHH YESSSSSSSS! This entire album is absolute fire! The closing song Exist contains a 3 minute speech from Neil DeGrasse Tyson, definitely worth a listen!
The Stage is written amazingly. Like a good METALLICA song
The song has a lot of themes. From the obvious wakeup call against violence, over political manipulation, up to the metaphysical structure of reality itself and how one might come to terms with the malevolence of reality. Really. Most people just don't realize the depth the song has at first, because the video - while really good - distracts from the text. As Alex said, you could write some great essays about this song. I think it is a modern classic.
React to Ice Nine Kills "The Silver Scream" album storyline and music videos.
One of my A7X favs!
One of my fav guitar solos,
One of the best Videos of All time cause its shows 100% the truth
SEIZE THE DAY PRETTY PLEASE 😭❤️
Live at the LBC
The impression I got from the video is about history, the death, destruction, and power struggles throughout, and how we will become a part of history.
With lyrics like "I arrived naked and cold," we enter the world with nothing. Then we get to "when did the walking apes decide that nuclear war was the only solution for 'em keeping the score," it questions the leadership of our world powers who leverage their power based on how much destruction it can do to humanity. The message ends with "WAKE UP," to recognize our history so we're not doomed to repeat it, to protect ourselves from injustice and tyranny.
Hey so uh... breaking benjamin, u gotta finish the red cold river trilogy with tourniquet my man, left us hangin!
10:12 seize the day, that's pretty cool that you said one of their songs
I love how everyone that reacts to this songs starts laughing and jamming and then you can see their demeanor change to “oh shit I see it”
Bro...you know I’ve been pushing for this...thanks! And awesome!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Great! Next is Avenged Sevenfold - Paradigm
Some songs to check out:
1) Make them suffer - Let me in
2) Breaking Benjamin - Feed the wolf
3) Discrepancies - Raising the bar
4) Linkin Park - No more sorrow
I love the song "You" by Breaking Benjamin. I think it's very underrated.
If you have to do Make Them Suffer, it's gotta be Neverbloom, Elegies or anything from their first album.
@@sarahknapp2530 One of their most underrated...
"Save me" is Avenged Sevenfold's best song! You have to do that one.
Thank you, Thank you!! Seize the Day is a BANGER, BANG BANG!!!!!! More, More Advenged Sevenfold!!!
YEEEEEEEESS YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS!!!
After Over one full year of asking finally!!
Can't wait to watch the reaction! Man i'll even grab some snacks before.
Alex do listens 🔥🔥🔥
Yaaaay A7X !
This track is, in my opinion, the greatest piece of songwriting this band has put out, hands down. Literally everything about this track is flawless.
I remember being in Newcastle when this was first released in January 2017. I got to be at one of the first performances that this got played at and it's a memory I won't forget
You were watching it like 2 seconds ahead of the video in the corner bro 😂
Glad you're back doing a7x though 👌
@@lukestark3 maybe because it was premiered it has a bit of lag
I only really noticed right at the end to be fair, just good to see others enjoy the music ✌😁
Shogun by Trivium man you gotta
You’re editing has gotten way better over time, I enjoy your videos man.
I was having a fkn bad day so thank you for cheering me up with one of my favorite songs!
Hi Alex!
Please react to Avantasia: the scarecrow or the wicked symphony or the ravenchild
Avantasia is a German supergroup metal opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy.
It has been characterized as a rock opera, as it features the contributions of various vocalists and musicians and it consists of concept albums.
Some of the guest that have been featured on Avantasia are: Michael Kiske (Helloween), Jørn Lande, Alice Cooper, Klaus Meine(Scorpions), Dee Snider(Twisted sisters), Marco Hietala(Nightwish), Sharon den Adel(Within Temptation), Hansi Kursch(Blind Guardian)
For sure you will love that band.
Hoping you will react to one of there songs one day.
Greetings from Germany.
Dominique Albrecht absolutely, he HAS to discover Avantasia, the Raven child is perfect
Ill have to look this up sound aswsome
Yeah!!!! Avantasia
Totally agree with that
Cassy Berry It’s as awesome as it sounds.
Was literally listening to this 20 mins ago what the *fricc* noise
This is just a really awesome song in general. Avenged will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for showing them some love man :)
Been listening to them from the start. F#cking love them and always will!!
Took u long enough to react to this masterpiece
React in avenged sevenfold Second heartbeat live lbc it's fire
Second Heartbeat(Live in the LBC)
Trust me, it's legit and has what is possibly my all-time favorite scream (and Syn Solo) I've ever heard!
Omg i'm a big Avenged Sevenfold fan and didn't know the meaning of this song until i watched your video, i love you and your videos so much Alex♥️
Finally!! This is a great song!! Glad you liked it
Now finish the Breaking Benjamin trilogy and go watch TOURNIQUET!! I have been waiting for it 🤘🏻
Dude you need to listen to songs from waking the fallen (their best and most iconic album imo) unholy confessions, second heartbeat, or chapter four are all good starting points
Yes and yes
I mean, everything AFTER that album and before Hail to the King is their most iconic, but maybe I just don't know what iconic means.
Avenged Sevenfold- The Day The World Died. Dude really shows the power in his voice.
the music kept playing when Alex started talking at the end of the video and when he said the audience was on stage it was way before the actual video got to that
Hey Alex, please do "Seize the day - Avenged Sevenfold" Next.
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Havent been on in a minute.. u never disappoint Alex. Not so far & I've been watching for awhile. Great song. You're funny and smart!! Mahalo for this man. Hope all is well with ya.
Man, I wish I was positive like you. You're awesome! And keep preaching positivity
react to unholy confession by avenged sevenfold
Bro we can hear the music from ur headset and it's not in sync!
yes, that's weird
Seen them
Love when this album dropped amazing song live, the drums give goosebumps
Everytime i'm depressed, i watch you videos for distract my mind, and somehow, you cheer me up.
Sorry for the bad english, i'm more like a spanish speaker kind of guy.
Please react to my chemical romance - The ghost of you 🖤
Is that pretty old school?
Yep fantastic video, movie quality
Bruh yes
Im really surprised he hasn't already. Ghost of you or at least black parade
The audio is a bit delayed. The guitar starts playing through your headphones before the video.
The storytelling is next level. Absolutely incredible!
This song is a masterpiece! Man, those emotional guitar solos Syn creates are just class
Love some avenged sevenfold. Try a reaction to highly suspect, bad flower or emery!
Also, any metal head who doesn’t like avenged, doesn’t like talent. I’ll put their musical talent up against any metal band, especially sinister gates!