Parents need to know that an album with this title is unlikely to be wholesome family fun. Expect lots of profanity and violent imagery (including suicide), as well as sexual innuendo.
Positive messages:Songs express suicidal fantasies and uncontrollable anger.
Really amazing album, needs a much better review than that 2 stars it was given. >:(
M.I.A., Trashed and Scattered, and Seize the Day are the best on the album. :D
Avenged Sevenfold is such a talented band, and I think that it IS a cd for more mature audiences. However, I know that you can find a clean version of the cd in many stores. I happen to own the clean cd and I think that it's still great without the swearing! No one needs to hear all of that bad language, so why not just buy the clean version? The messages are a little twisted, so you might want to listen to the cd to see if you approve before your kids listen to it. Yes, there's some iffy stuff, but it's an overall great cd.
i think the common sense review is retarded no offense this cd is amazing and deserves at least four stars yeah so it has some language, so dont b*tch and moan about it get the edited version or just dont let ur kid listen to it just cuz their stupid enough to repeat the language thats not the bands fault its the parents for not teaching their kids not to repeat that kind of language and if parents really worry that much about a kid using language than dont get them albums with parental advisory and this album is fr***in tame compared to most of their albums ur kids could be listening to much worse so quit complaining
I have listened to the CLEAN version of City of Evil and I love it. The guitar, bass and drums are amazing. All right the songs have swearing such as f**king parasite, f**king with me, don't mean s**t, god d*mn mother f**kers and god d*mn imposter and some of the subject matter is slightly dubious but there's nothing amazingly bad for the PA (parental advisory) sticker on the front of the album cover. Some of the songs like Seize the Day have good messages in. However there are clean versions of all the tracks and if you ignore the swearing it is really impressive music. Not for you if you don't like gruff singing and the sound of muted swearing or actual swearing. Great if you like hard rock with strong guitar and powerful vocals.
To all the A7X haters out there: "You goddamn motherf**kers always wasting my time!"
This is definitely one of my more favorite albums out there. I love anythying by Avenged Sevenfold anyways, but this one has a lot of songs on here that I really like. They do say the f word quite a bit in this cd, and do talk about some disturbing things, but definitely worth it :)
this album has positive messages like seize the day, or bring our troops home. i see nothing wrong with this band. they get alot of their song ideas from religios stories. the name itself is from the bible.
this is the greatest album ever created! it is pure musical genius! sure it does include some iffy stuff such as the f-word, suicide, and a hint of sexuality. but musicwise it is genius. A7X is the greatest band on earth!(except for led zepplin)
This is music that seems a bit dark. Yes, there is quite a bit of violence. There is one song that contains nudity, "Beast and the Harlot". There is quite a bit of swearing, too. Do not buy this album if you do not like hearing the f-word. They say it several times in "Trashed and Scattered". Overall, I like this album, it has some Guns N' Roses feel to it. This was what Avenged Sevenfold was inspired by.
avenged sevenfold is a band trying to "find their individuality" but failing miserably and just blending in with all the other
"emo" bands such as my chemical romance, slipknot, adien, and coheed and cambria. a7x is moslty poetry put to words...never intended to be music. i think they should have kept it that way. if trying to decide wheater to buy this cd or not...my advice is...dont.
this cd is a great cd not to bad couple songs with some choice words other than that great cd EXTREMELLY AWSOME GUITARING IN HERE ZACHI VENGENCE AND SYNASTER GATES ARE AWSOME AND THE REV IS AWSOME AT THE DRUMS AND EVERYOEN IS GREAT LEAD SINGER IS GOOD SOUNDS GOOD GREAT CD
for everyone
Not as extreme or as violent as past cd's but the amazing guitar work is unequaled. Dualing Guitars, amazing solo's, and astonishing guitar melodys make this CD and Band an amazing addition to any CD collection.
A7X is where it gets tricky...you have to know your kid. If you've brought them up to like Iron Maiden and Slayer and Metallica, this CD is for them. If they can't handle the sheer awesomeness of this record...it's not for them. Get to know your kids before you get them this record.