June 16, 2024 3:32 pm
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That some bands have stood the test of time in better condition than others is an obvious fact. The vocalist of avenged sevenfold, M. Shadowsin this sense he is quite clear, since he states that Metallica “It has aged really well.“, despite admitting that “maybe a few years ago they sounded a bit forced”.
The Huntington Beach frontman made these statements in an interview for the English magazine Kerrang!where he dedicated these words to the men in black: “I think Metallica has aged really well. I think they look like guys who are out there doing what they want to do. Maybe a few years ago they sounded a little more… (doubtful pause) forced, but they were going through increasing difficulties. But now you see them and there is James smoking a cigar before going on stage. Lars is Lars. They don’t try to fill their faces with Botox. They’re just guys getting older and playing thrash. I think there’s something really human and cool about that.”.
The relationship between avenged sevenfold and Metallica It doesn’t come from now, since both were tour partners during an entire North American tour seven years ago. An experience from which shadows I talk to Jason Bailey of Audacity Check In: “Well, that was definitely a little awkward, because you’re not in your environment, you’re in daylight, you don’t have your toys with you, and you’re playing a fast set. And you’re the opening band. So it’s a different thing. Because when you’re a headliner, the whole world is in the palm of your hand, before you even play”.
According to shadowsaccompanying an important band implied a certain responsibility: “When you’re opening for Metallica, the place fills up little by little, half the venue is full, you’re in broad daylight and the sun is shining, so you almost have to go out like a war. There may be people in the pit who like this, but there are a lot of skeptics with their arms crossed, as if to say, “I don’t like these new bands. I don’t want anything to do with this. “I’m waiting for the true metal gods to appear.” Therefore, it is much more like going to war”.
The truth is that previously they already offered M. Shadows and company to be opening acts for Metallicabut at first they rejected it. In addition to that detail, the frontman also criticized in the past to the public that usually fills the stadiums with those from San Francisco.
On the other hand, Californians avenged sevenfold They will download all their stylistic variety in our country in the summer of 2024, with the Resurrection Fest poster sporting the Huntington Beach logo in its upper area, next to Bruce Dickinson, Corey Taylor, Alice Cooper, Bring Me The Horizon, Babymetal or Machine Head. Tickets for the festival to be held on June 26 to 29 in its traditional location Viveiro are for sale in the Resurrection Fest official website.
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