The Stage CD by Avenged Sevenfold 1Disc

Rating

Album: The Stage CD by Avenged Sevenfold 1Disc
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Stage	More Info...	0:08
2)	Paradigm	More Info...	0:04
3)	Sunny Disposition	More Info...	0:06
4)	God Damn	More Info...	0:03
5)	Creating God	More Info...	0:05
6)	Angels	More Info...	0:05
7)	Simulation	More Info...	0:05
8)	Higher	More Info...	0:06
9)	Roman Sky	More Info...	0:05
10)	Fermi Paradox	More Info...	0:06
11)	Exist	More Info...	0:15

Album: The Stage CD by Avenged Sevenfold 1Disc
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Stage	More Info...	0:08
2)	Paradigm	More Info...	0:04
3)	Sunny Disposition	More Info...	0:06
4)	God Damn	More Info...	0:03
5)	Creating God	More Info...	0:05
6)	Angels	More Info...	0:05
7)	Simulation	More Info...	0:05
8)	Higher	More Info...	0:06
9)	Roman Sky	More Info...	0:05
10)	Fermi Paradox	More Info...	0:06
11)	Exist	More Info...	0:15

Performer Notes

The seventh studio long-player from the veteran California-based metal ensemble, and their first new collection of music to feature ex-Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman behind the kit, Stage sees Avenged Sevenfold rolling up their sleeves and delivering an ambitious concept LP. Dropped with little to no promotion -- WWE superstar and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho leaked the album's original title, Voltaic Oceans, via his Instagram account a month prior to the release -- the narrative concerns itself with the Orwellian consequences of a world struggling to adapt to the myriad complexities of artificial intelligence -- there's even a spoken word appearance by celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Despite some forays into Floyd-ian space rock -- the soloing in the orchestra-driven "Roman Sky" is positively Gilmour-esque -- the 11-track set mostly sticks to the kind of propulsive, melodic carnage that fans have come to expect from the group, albeit with a progressive metal twist. Avenged Sevenfold may have expanded their sonic horizons, but Stage is more Operation: Mindcrime-era Queensr?che than it is Muse, and for all its opining on nanotechnology and interstellar travel, it still feels rooted in heavy metal tradition. ~ James Christopher Monger

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Avenged Sevenfold's new album is compelling because the SoCal quintet unashamedly continue to embrace their larger-than-life arena-rock ambitions, while genuflecting at the altars of the gods of hard rock and metal before them -- on their own terms."

NME (Magazine) - "`Paradigm' is more lyrically sophisticated than they've been before as they imagine an AI world run by robots, while `God Damn' is all thrasshy double drum kicks and sleaze-rock choruses."