AVENGED SEVENFOLD A Little Piece of Heaven ~ Composer Reaction and Dissection

[@Romain_DH]

Avenged Sevenfold - 'Save Me' is a journey, wonderfully composed and very meaningful, it was one of the last track written by their drummer The Rev before he passed away

[@mattcavanagh5701]

I’ll add that it also has Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater on drums and halfway through this video I stopped to listen to “Save Me” but then came back for the rest of the video. I’m still here! Aww right!

[@trogdorman121]

Save me is definitely their most underrated song.

[@VelvetySharkToast]

@@trogdorman121 remember the first time you realized it was a masterpiece. we were so young then.

[@antonistiger]

I agree with you, but for me Save Me is still second to Exist. That song is their best masterpiece.

[@patrickf2633]

@@VelvetySharkToast first time i listened to it, i believed save me was a masterpiece. But after the 100th listen you realize how repetitive it truly is compared to other songs. Honestly it should have ended much earlier and truncated the guitar solo.

[@nathanbaca5131]

It's funny you say it has a Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo vibe. The song was written by The Rev inspired by Oingo Boingo and A7X actually got Steve Bartek to help with the orchestral arrangement and production. There's an awesome bts video of the making of this song.

[@pierat___]

Comment needs bumping!

[@Vocover]

@@pierat___ yep!

[@jaredsmith1859]

Don't forget, Shadows compared ALPOHEAVEN to Bohemian Rhapsody as well‽ Almost as of uncle Geebz watched the making of video, if not my respect of your musical eptitude/knowledge is staggering.

[@psyl3ntkn1ght10]

That whole album bts "movie" is amazing

[@M_Lund]

Don't forget Marc Mann was there too.

[@Chovieisin08]

REVs vocals in this are one of a kind. RIP to an amazing musician

[@lostcatatonic6185]

It's so crazy that he sounded even better live than on record. I miss him so much.

[@woofspider330]

Agreed, as a drummer it's so crazy to be able to sing and drum at the same time. Timings never line up and even breathing doesnt work the same lol.

[@fliper975]

My wife doesn't even really like A7X that much but she LOVES his vocals. He was a great singer

[@badvengeance]

@@fliper975 Have her listen to Pinkly smooth 🤘🏼

[@viikmaqic]

The only a7x songs i actually go back to is critical acclaim and this one, live versions just for revs part lol

[@MarktheAirsoftPrimate]

The fact that the Rev played the living daylights out of the drums and sang those words AT THE SAME TIME just blows my mind

[@AnitaHandy65]

Not sure why nobody is bringing up I Won't See You Tonight. Most overlooked avenged sevenfold song ever. Two-part masterpiece that shows off the band's musicianship really well.

[@dosobrain]

100% agree!!!!

[@dlawless88]

That song alone was my transition to metal

[@KTheStruggler]

Great songs, the end of the first part was one of my favorite vocal lines from M. shadows. Waking the fallen as a whole was such a great album

[@1nnova659]

Part 1 is really good. Part 2 is straight ass

[@AnitaHandy65]

@@1nnova659 the hottest take

[@Nozferatu46]

This song is 100% the Rev (drummer). He had a unique, goofy style. The band hasn't been the same since he passed away.

[@thedankestmemes1116]

Wish I could see them live with the Rev. He died when I was a kid

[@Jaikanatar]

@@thedankestmemes1116 Got to see them in February of early 2009, one of the greatest shows I've ever seen and probably the best drummer I've seen live

[@JaySay]

Not the same, absolutely, but I'm glad they stuck around and keep on producing tracks. The Stage was a very good album, but Hail to The King has some of my fav's from them. _Planets,_ and _Heretic_ are fantastic pieces.

[@1dudecrush]

@@Jaikanatar I missed a show of theirs the year he died. Them as headliners, and Skindred and Disturbed as the supporting acts. I’ll never forgive myself for missing it.

[@BlackGhostPanda]

@@JaySay Personally i prefer Nightmare the two albums before it. Hail to the King i still enjoyed though. They have one hell of a live show

[@unqualifiedproductions1275]

The fact they all sing harmony is badass. Literally what's sets them apart in my opinion

[@vichi2059]

Even if you hate this band you have to respect this production. Masterpiece

[@hughneutron5303]

if you hate this era of a7x you aren't a musician. i can understand hating new a7x (hell i do) but city of evil and the self titled were fucking OMG (chef's kiss). city of evil got me into heavy music (well that and static x as well as pantera's the great southern trendkill)

[@davidecavicchioli263]

@@hughneutron5303 can i ask you what do you hate about last a7x? no hate, just pure confrontation

[@iconamongidols]

@@hughneutron5303 I'd say the only "new" a7x album that is arguably worthy of hate is HTTK. It was largely a safe, uninspired, let's-get-back-on-the-horse collection of songs, with the exception of a few of them, including This Means War and Acid Rain. Nightmare and The Stage are both remarkable albums, with very great songwriting.

[@nalley6815]

@@iconamongidols as far as httk I get that. But I do like the song Hail to the king. The rest are meh. Shepherd of fire is ok. Never got into the rest

[@iconamongidols]

@Agent 0-1-0 the whole album is self-described by the band to be heavily inspired by Metallica. That one just stuck more closely to the formula. It seems the most honest to me on the whole album.

[@frankyeichler3303]

Not surprised you hear Oingo Boingo in this piece since they had help from former members of this group for this track back when they recorded this

[@river4088]

I was there that night, and there was something utterly magical in the air that night. We still miss you Jimmy - we will never get another song like this. ❤️

[@PrelectXBL]

Taste of Chaos 2008 was a beast of a tour. I was at that show too at the Long Beach Arena. Atreyu, BFMV, and Blessthefall with A7X. Taste of Chaos needs to come back.

[@river4088]

@@PrelectXBL oh man, wasn't that Crazy? BFMV was Amazing. I mean they all were, but god that was a hell of a tour. D'espairsRay and MUCC too, which I Never thought I'd get to see in the US.

[@MiliGenkishi]

Those in pain tend to tell the most amazing stories, I feel like his pain came through a lot in his writing. We were lucky to have had him in our lives as a musician. RIP Jimmy, the world misses you.

[@randypion5803]

A bit about these guy's,the core 4 at the time of this era Matt,Syn,Zacky and the rev (rip) had known each other and been friends since early elementary school. Johnny the bassist is the brother of one of there friends,so they have known him forever as well. The early (starting) line up changed with the addition of Syn , johnny replaced there bassist due to some health issue's and dropped out of highschool at 17 to finish out a tour with them. Since then the line up has only changed due to the passing of the rev. But the core (4 that are left from early days) have been together since 1999. Are best friends still obviously with Matt and Syn also being brother in laws ( married twin sisters also from same school ) .

[@t3hgir]

The Rev was a unique talent. RIP

[@mmatthews90]

They were never the same after he passed. He was the glue RIP

[@hughneutron5303]

@@mmatthews90 epecially since he wrote pretty much all of the epics. (like this)

[@tyef572]

Ughh... here we go again

[@hughneutron5303]

@@tyef572 what you have a problem with bands that have more talent then you? ;)

[@tyef572]

@@hughneutron5303 I don't have a band , I'm just tired of hearing about him. He did it to him self. No sympathy here. He was a good composer but an average drummer. Now if you wanna see a truly great composer and drummer , check out vlad from Jinjer.

[@SigTheSauceMan]

Fun fact: The drummer (James/Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan) wrote this whole song in ONE night. While absolutely smashed.

[@imperfectravens2410]

that is quite the fun fact thank you

[@ExternusArmy]

That is not exactly true. They wrote this song collectively for months. It took them the longest to write the entire song. He laid down a basic demo in one night which had just a piano, drums, and basic vocals with little lyrics. They hadn’t even finished writing it by the time they were in the studio, and most of it was written by all of them in the studio.

[@mickdanger1434]

@@ExternusArmy it’s even funnier that none of them (except jimmy) even wanted to work on the song and were ready to be done recording but as the song came together they realized they had something special

[@mastod0n1]

​@@mickdanger1434no, Matt was the actually the one who really pushed the band to work on and finish the song. You can hear either Brian or Zach saying the same in the breakdown video they have on their YT channel.

[@pipezcado]

I was never a huge fan of A7X but man The Rev could play.. Johnny Christ is also criminally underrated..

[@bullshark1014]

Omg finally some one thinks that to

[@Mrdestiny17]

they're all awesome. Synyster Gates can shred

[@evoxghiretti]

JC is the leader of the Band actually.

[@mastod0n1]

Idk why but I always used to think that Synyster Gates wrote Johnny's bass parts. I'm still convinced Syn wrote the bass in the outro to Bat Country

[@JesusOfPaign]

This whole concert blows me away with how SOLID their performances are.

[@99bimmer]

This was peak live A7X. The Stage is pretty awesome, but I haven't seen a ton of live videos from it

[@226butters226]

This band is in the larger than life category. They've had an impact on so many people. I don't listen to them on a regular basis anymore but I can always go back and listen and it hits me just as hard

[@KyleTheWynner]

Regarding the members, the same members were together since like 2003 until the death of their drummer The Rev (who had the amazing backing/tradeoff vocals) in 2010. They had Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater fill in for the next album and then had another drummer for one album before their current drummer joined in 2016. They are without a doubt one of the best live bands I've ever seen. M Shadows is INCREDIBLY consistent live too which is super uncommon in metal.

[@givenspade]

They had one or two bassist before Johnny but yeah it was the same since 2003

[@puppetmaster8551]

@@givenspade Syn also wasn’t in the band for sounding of the seventh trumpet.

[@MxLKy]

I've seen them maybe 7 times since my first time in 09. ALL of them are that consistent its insane.

[@givenspade]

@@puppetmaster8551 yeah true he was just a session guitarist

[@puppetmaster8551]

@@givenspade ya he only played on to end the rapture, Zacky did all the other guitar work on the album.

[@Cameraroach]

I totally agree with you, took the words out of my mind. That's A7X Bohemian Rhapsody, at least by then. Super nice reaction brought me back to my very young years back in Cuba where I used to have that concert on repeat. Avenged is one of the bands that pulled me towards metal and in glad their sound evolved as much as it did to that point and beyond. Nice one geebz

[@chadhanebrink8009]

Syn Gates is just a beast on the guitar

[@ivozeleto2014]

They had the whole orchestra take part in this song. Absolute demonstration of Jimmy's mastermind. RIP

[@zatransis]

This song was co-written by Steve Bartek, longtime collaborator of Danny Elfman’s and guitar player in Oingo Boingo. The A7X boys wanted to work with him to merge their sound with Boingo’s.

[@gandyhyoga6942]

If I don't go wrong, Steve focused especially on wind instruments.

[@theparadisesnare]

Man, i didn't know this, but it makes so much fucking sense now that i know lmao!

[@kabband]

I don't think this is true. Jimmy 'The Rev' is the only one credited as writer of this song.

[@Yallstupidkidsgetofftiktok]

@@kabband(( co-written ))

[@DocturNull]

Well, I won't say they did merge it in that way, but Rev and syn had a band with just an EP that came out named Pinkly Smooth that was a LOT more along those lines, great crazy shit. Rev actually was the lead vocalist for that while playing piano instead of drums, syn was still on guitar, but different stuff than you'd be used to from him. A lot more of that was clearly written by the Rev, and it brings a lot more attention to his style, and where this song came from. HIGHLY recommend anyone check them out, Pinkly Smooth. The names of the songs alone are wonky as hell, and they're so good.

[@Sunshine12345ist]

I love his genuine reaction of joy when the song transitioned from the chorus to the second verse. You can tell he was enjoying and appreciating the song 🫶🏻

[@AvaaSlays_Swiftie]

Live engineers are the silent heroes of live shows and it’s nice when bands really recognize them for their hard work.

[@bigbosso5604]

Funny I just rediscovered this track a few weeks ago and found out what it was about

[@drummer265]

Avenged was one of my favorite bands up through and including Nightmare. After that (also coincides to losing the Rev) they lost what drew me in. That said, still doesn't take away from how good of musicians they all are.

[@iconamongidols]

You can't really ever replace what the Rev brought to the table, but Brooks is an exceptionally great drummer and The Stage was a welcomed addition to their catalogue after the phoned in crap that was HTTK.

[@WSlopeAggie]

@@iconamongidols it's not Avenged Sevenfold, but it's also not crap.

[@gman7774]

I agree. I loved the Stage but mostly they lean to close to their influences now for me.

[@puppetmaster8551]

The stage is an awesome album and Brooks a fantastic drummer and writer. They lost their way with HTTK without the Rev but they bounced back with the stage, that album is a grower over time but there is some awesome shit on there and it unquestionably has the best drums for any A7X. They aren’t the same as they were with the Rev but they’re still A7X and a quality band.

[@theclow614]

oh wow this brings me back. This was my favourite song for the longest time! Times and interests change but there's no doubt is a solid banger. Missing The Rev. He was a goddamn BEAST.

[@chitoryu12]

The Rev really was one of those once-in-a-generation talents. Guy wrote whole songs by himself and then sang while drumming and twirling his sticks without a single mistake.

[@jordanashford7521]

Jimmy Sullivan was a legendary storyteller. There's a video of them in the studio recording it from start to finish and it's incredible.

[@ShutterOwl]

You should watch the “Making of” for this song. It’s so cool! You’ll love it, mainly composed by the drummer

[@austin_huffman_]

You gotta check out “Save Me” by these guys. The musicianship is just straight up incredible.

[@mariodwir]

Rev's backing vocals just send me to sad ville everytime 😩

[@kingchuckfinley]

Facts.

[@ivozeleto2014]

Exist. It's just on another level.

[@JaySay]

This may sound strange, Geebz, but you may want to do an extra little lyrical review for this one. It is a truly "funny in a tragic way" story, but you can tell from the first listen that they were just having a blast making this! Avenged Sevenfold was one of the bands in the early 2000's that stuck to me as a teen that I made a part of my 'musical identity.' Love them; so many good tracks to choose from. _City of Evil_ is without a doubt my favorite album from them; so many technically sound songs, and each one is single-worthy. All my friends growing up were glamming over _Sidewinder_ from that album. It ends with a beautiful acoustic solo. Awesome track, and great vid, Geebz! Love ya man, keep on rockin'! AWWWRIGHT!

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

Doppleganger?? I swear I wrote this comment myself. Even the Sidewinder part...EPIC!!!

[@travispick5160]

Interesting that no one is commenting about watching the actual video for this. This song is known in the reaction community for it's video and what people think of the lyrics. I know you don't listen to the lyrics so I found it funny you were doing this vid.

[@matthewcunningham3767]

Save me by sevenfold is my all time favorite song

[@TXBHenleyFan]

You should watch the making of video where they show how they put this whole thing together! It was just amazing!

[@TXBHenleyFan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIXRgGVqmK94l7M

[@SigTheSauceMan]

Yeah. It's 80% Jimmy just screaming, drunk off his ass in the booth.

[@Deathstroke4200]

I was lucky enough to go to the last "great" Ozzfest in 07 main stage was System of a Down and Disturbed as co headliners. Avenged Sevenfold opened the main stage.Bat Country just came out I instantly became a fan.

[@banehog]

Please do the Rev's final swan song for Avenged Sevenfold - his magnum opus "Save Me".

[@tentativeD138]

istg i get literal goosebumps everytime i hear this performance damn the emotion is so good

[@jaydentaylor876]

It's insane how The Rev could play without looking. Absolute Legend! R.I.P.

[@tylercolpitts6753]

This dude hits the nail on the head with every single assumption he makes it’s amazing.

[@ExternusArmy]

It’s because he’s pretending not to know. He’s obviously done very thorough research, kudos to him.

[@PrisonMike49]

Gunslinger Live in the LBC is another great one. I honestly like the live version better than the studio

[@alexcalvo4678]

I love the way you describe their music and the way you admire their talent I will be watching more of your videos 🙏🏼

[@tehsensei]

I generally just watch your videos and never comment, but I just had to say I'm glad you look so refreshed. It's great you took that break after all, which is funny because I also took a break from work and am starting to feel better too. Keep on rockin'!

[@candirenee74]

They did release this concert as an album “Live in the LBC”. Second Heartbeat, after life, unholy confessions. You should just do each song from this concert lol. This concert is What turned me on the Avenged Sevenfold

[@soakedbearrd]

This is one of the most unique and best songs imo and a great live performance. I would highly recommend Save me, it’s a great song that’s about the death of their drummer the Rev.

[@doegang1039]

I would give any amount of money in the world to go back and attend this concert. Must’ve been fucking crazy man 🤯🤯

[@SpazzShell]

This is such a fun video to watch. You can see the genuine look of terrified, impressed, happy, confused, and confuzzeled look as the song progresses. Love your thoughts on the song as well because the whole thing is so whimsical for a heavy metal ballad lmao

[@Marshal_Diomitus]

I was at that show in the front row. Long Beach Coloseum. Greatest show I've ever been to in my life.

[@mr.mikechanel6349]

We love The Rev(Jimmy) Bestdrummer (R.i.P)🙏 F' Thailand 🇹🇭

[@theskyisteal8346]

I like how you decided to start doing live videos more often on the one I think we all would have wanted to see you do the music video for.

[@adruiddrummer8841]

I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it and would be shocked to find out what it was about later on - which I'm sure was the case for many people. 😅😅😅😅 M. Shadows is on record as saying that they intended to make a Halloween horror/joke album and that this song was written to go on that. Eventually the album fell thru but they did so much great work on the song that they kept it and gave it to us anyway. It's a pretty gruesome topic but I can forgive them the content in light of the context. Shoutout to the Rev who wrote this and many of their other songs. We love and miss you. You will be forever remembered. 🤘🤘🔥🔥 They have an unofficial/official tribute video to The Rev on their KZbin page that's makes me cry every time I watch it. Would love to see just a straight reaction to that some time, Geebz. Regardless, keep up the great work. Love your channel. 🤘🤘

[@Kelly.sapphire]

Seen them live numerous times and they never disappoint. This song is so fun, especially live.

[@jimmythai7404]

i love how he caught that it was an Oingo Boingo kinda vibe, since a a member or two had involvment in the arrangements !!!

[@mxdirtbagg2]

One of my favorite songs by this band but all the way through out they are amazing. Rip rev

[@ChuckRussell87]

Man it makes me feel good to see somebody having such a great reaction to this masterpiece of a song, and to the best live version too!!

[@charleslooney42]

M Shadows said that this song was never planned on being released but at the last minute the producer out it on and here we are

[@ldmb1966]

So glad you're reviewing more A7X. Exist by them is a MUST!

[@Jennifer_615]

R.I.P THE REV 🤟 This is one of my faves from A7X

[@tacomonstromnom9166]

Love A7X and love your videos. Since you're wanting to do more live performance reactions. I would recommend Gojira - Pray: extended version (Live at Red Rocks)

[@drewgodsey1657]

The fact that he related this to bohemian rhapsody suprised me because that's how I always describe it too

[@businesscatlimbo]

The fact this song has 102million views blows my mind

[@andrewgreenwood2745]

I can’t believe how great this sounds live. Figured this would be the one song that was unplayable in a concert of theirs. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@derricktipps9867]

Great choice, Geebz!!!! This is a phenomenal track! You're right about the Danny Elfman style... it's such an interesting mix... they've gotten so eclectic over the years and really flexed their range... they do an Amazing straight up cover of pink floyd's "wish you were here" and a cover of Robert Rodriguez's band: Chingon's "Malegueña Salerosa" that's just perfect. So much talent. Synyster Gates is probably my favorite guitarist right now... just wonderful. Great choice. I think you'd really enjoy "the stage" for a breakdown.

[@omegashinra7672]

Also, if you want to know more about his this was composed, there's a great behind the scenes mini documentary about it. It was the brainchild of the drummer, The Rev, and he had hands in every step of it's creation. He's one of my all time favourite musicians and it's such a shame he died so young.

[@nikirick]

Omg I can’t believe you did this one. I’m excited! Edit: I almost choked when you said you were going to do Static X. My fave.

[@keithjones5096]

A little Piece of Heaven was Rev’s masterpiece. Only he could of thought of a song like this. RIP REV.

[@brave8191]

It was the last song of the show, M's vocals are just out of this world

[@DavidPSmavid]

I love this song and I'm glad you had such fun with it! I would love to hear your thoughts on Black Light Machine or Hyperventilate by Frost*!

[@blackpker124]

Dance Gavin Dance - Inspire the liars please!!! 🙏🏼❤️

[@chipphat7133]

Glad to see you do this song, man. My best friend who is the polar opposite of me in music taste (she hates anything rock/metal), she absolutely loves this song. It's so well written and a lot of fun 😎

[@I_NeedCoffee]

This is my first time ever hearing this band. This was a really fun sound to it. Kind of circus like in some parts. Also, I have to rave about the harmonies of all of the band members vocally. Just damn. It was great.

[@peterkoch7025]

If you've never listened to A7X... quite the rabbit hole to jump into. I'd start with an album (vs. just a song)... probably "City of Evil".

[@puppetmaster8551]

You should listen to the album city of evil, shit is awesome front to back and was the album that blew them up. Just fuckin awesome guitar work on that album.

[@zinAab79]

Nice, I would like to have the privilege to listen this band again for a first time. Bad news is that they nave nothing more like this song, good news is that the Rev (RIP), had a band called Pinkly smooth, and all songs sound like this one.

[@curtiswilson3569]

Avenged is like a low key zeppelin. Where each musician is amazing at their craft. Obviously not to zep level, but it’s still so cool to see such a complete level of talent across the whole band.

[@PrelectXBL]

Zeppelin couldn't hold a candle to the musicianship of A7X. The insane 3rd and 3rd/4th harmonizing that Brian and Zack come up with is incredible. Jimmy Page could never play what they come up with, and Jimmy the Rev would drum circles around John Bonhem.

[@ianwood4416]

it always amazes me how great they are live. I saw them in Dallas in 2014, I think it was, with Trivium and Korn. Absolutely amazing show

[@t.p.4683]

Awesome video, A7X are a precious band for the metal scene as they're always evolving. Also I recommend you Roman Sky! Such a beautiful track from their last album The Stage.

[@thatcat7199]

How do I like a video multiple times I'm so excited for this reaction

[@Ktakatch17]

You will definitely enjoy The Stage. If this is their big closing song, the Stage is their intro song to their most recent shows since the album came out. Its a journey as well, its a more real message but with the musicianship and just pure ability/talent.

[@Miragent]

little piece of heaven is like the "bohemian rhapsody" of metal/rock fans. it was such a legendary legacy

[@jamesevanko7037]

One of the best live performances you could have picked. Good luck keeping the bar high now.

[@benjaminjones2956]

Absolutely love the call back screams from matt and then the rev on the last 'And againnnnn'. foREVer

[@adamhenton6221]

Not a huge fan of Avenged Sevenfold but defiantly respect em for what they've accomplished. Now Static-X on the other hand I LOVE !!! Cant wait for that video to drop...a New band for you to check out Geebz is Flotsam and Jetsam - Final Step. You'll defiantly dig that one!

[@malishishmish8404]

This one particular live got me into the Avenged. Amazing one, all singing, that visual symetry of guitars... just wow. RIP Rev

[@melaniethetruckdriver]

Yesss!!! YEEEEEEESSSSS!!! Thank you for this Geebz 🖤

[@lovemanoban5344]

Live in lbc was their best performances for me . RIP The Rev 🙏

[@thedankestmemes1116]

Thanks for the Oingo Boingo connection! That’s why I love your vids. I always learn something new

[@ryanford5320]

Wow...1st time seeing this 🤯🤯🤘🤘unbelievable performance

[@derrickshultz6800]

You should watch the live video on your own time (non-review) when you get a chance....and pay attention to the lyrics. Half of the fun of the song is the theme and the video. The fact that they can pull it off live is incredible.

[@JoshuaGreen918]

I love this song. One of my favorite avenged sevenfold songs. It's crazy to think they were going to delete the song and just scrap it until the producers said no because this was going to be one of their biggest tracks. And now look almost 15 years later and it's still one of their greatest tunes

[@alexanderberkes1666]

I dont know any A7X fans that don't love this song! It's a bit rough lyrically for new listeners, but the music is so beautiful, and it is just so much fun to listen to. The story it tells is incredible. This band has been one of my favorites for a long time. I still remember the day I learned of The Rev's passing. He will be missed foREVer.

[@MoisesAB]

Loved the analysis, I recommend watching the making of the song because of s couple things you highlighted are actually involved. I’d recommend it, making of a little piece of heaven

[@davidbruley772]

Matt Sander aka Shadows has been around since 1999. The rev sadly passed after the final song on the nightmare album which Fiction was the revs final song. They continue to carry his legacy in the song So Far Away at live shows. The rev passed 02/09/1989-12/28/2009 RIP James Sullivan aka The Rev! 🙏

[@rafaelgonzalez7230]

The rev is a genius for this but also thankful that Matt convinced everyone to finish the song 🎶

[@JakeRoy96]

Love it Geebz! Yes, please check out “Exist” the full version please 😁

[@mauvrion_fries]

Little late to the party, don't know how I missed this one. They do a series on their own YT channel where they break down the recording and compositional choices they make for the album recordings. They've even done a video with Rick Beato who you mentioned at the end of yours. I'll never tire of hearing artists talk about their work and seeing the passion that they poured into it, definitely worth checking out.

[@Linguistic1]

M. Shadows is still the lead singer, Yes.

[@spearhead30]

The backing instrumentals and vocals are Oingo Boingo.

[@Patkilla7558]

Their former drummer and lead guitarist were involved in a project called Pinkly Smooth, which fit the same exact styling of Oingo Boingo, which is where the inspiration for this song came from.

[@kingchuckfinley]

Still listen to them to this day. Nothing rips through me like Mezmer. I think that was the rev at his finest.

[@ebonecapo5822]

The orcistration is in fact the oingo boingos lol

[@TheDarkerWalrus]

The band has cited Oingo Boingo as an influence, and even had a horn player from the band do some of the arrangements for the brass and strings for this song

[@MikeSmith-ns6py]

The singer, bassist and both guitarists have been there since the start( of there fame) the lead guitarist came in half way through making their first album "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet" they have switched up drummers 4 times. The Rev (R.I.P), Mike Portnoy, Aaron Ilejay, and now currently Brooks Wackerman