Avenged Sevenfold‘s platinum selling 2005 release “City Of Evil” catapulted the band to stardom with the group willfully abandoning their metalcore past and evolving into a more rock n’ roll oriented sound. In the decade and change that have passed since, hindsight has given guitarist Synyster Gates some perspective on some elements of the album that he is unhappy with. Speaking on Talk Is Jericho, he commented:
“I think the adventure on that record we did a really good job, but where we failed was a lot of the choruses. I think if you go to ‘Strength Of The World,’ a song like that, the chorus isn’t that great, but you go into the bridge and other things and the catchier parts and the better melodies we were really focused on.
I’m obsessed with great endings and crazy intros and stuff like that. I think we all are from what we’ve listened to and stuff, so I’ve always focused on great bridge melodies that just kind of naturally fit, or like a crazy ending at the end of ‘Seize The Day,’ something like that. But the choruses kind of blow.”
To be clear, Gates wasn’t slamming his bandmate M. Shadows with his comments however, but rather offering a broad stroke view of where the band were at musically at that point in time.
[via Loudwire]
