Avenged Sevenfold Live - End the Rapture/Art Of Subconscious Illusions

Avenged Sevenfold live 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. Shot on 8mm and edited in final cut. The video consists of footage from two concerts at Showcase Theater and one in a friend's backyard in Huntington Beach, CA. Fun concert with rare images. Valary DiBenedetto, Matt Shadows, Jimmy The Rev Sullivan, Zacky Vengeance, Synester Gates. RIP REV

[@driabderp7690]

i think these guys might be famous one day

[@Yasmine-rt6nf]

They are.

[@driabderp7690]

Really?

[@Yasmine-rt6nf]

+Driab derp Yes.

[@driabderp7690]

huh, never ever heard of them.........................

[@rachetCD]

+Driab derp yeah I hear they have a new album coming out soon but the thing is,they aren't like this anymore they're more like alternative metal these days

[@Maki2414]

I am glad people are enjoying this video. I was 12 years old filming these shows and hanging with A7X, they truly are awesome guys. I am working on cutting some more footage!

[@coreyhogg7088]

Dude these are such Gems. It’s very hard to find footage of these guys from back then. Thanks a lot

[@jaredsmith1859]

@Christopher Maki PLEASE finish those videos you were referring to! Thanks for this 1 tho foREVer

[@ronny12301]

@@jaredsmith1859 fr he should at least post the other 2 shows that are in this video

[@shepshe66]

C'mon man this waiting 19 fuckin years for footage is a bit much, do you think? 🤘 💙💙 🤘. 😂

[@InspectorWinship-69]

​@@shepshe66 better late than never 😅

[@auburnmanR6]

4:40 the rev puts his glasses back up on his face while continuing to drum like a madman xD

[@dragulia_venaro]

That's what we called *Beast*

[@kylepatrickmaducdoc1719]

THE REVEREND, THE MADMAN, THE KNIFEMASTER.

[@Ronn_V]

@@kylepatrickmaducdoc1719 reverend, oh reverend, is this all some sort of conspiracy?

[@MyloSweet]

3:04 matt + the rev combo screaming 😍

[@Ronn_V]

dude the rev is a legend frfr

[@ibrahimsyed5092]

2:06 as well ❤️

[@ronnymarcano1805]

Plus VAL!!🤣❤️

[@anakinlapierre-tate4127]

That part hit my soul

[@HighTierGaming123]

​​@@Ronn_V"living?"

[@frankodanko2615]

Val screaming and Zacky playing some lead parts. Good shit

[@travisbickle_]

Zacky play lead guitar before syn join

[@kinfemaster6661]

Am i the only one that got chills up my spine when Val started screaming?

[@alleyandmckenzie2917]

Nope. :)

[@Preston_McKnight]

No it’s 2022 almost and it’s still crazy

[@soysoloe1919]

Lmao! Yes! But That kick right before the scream was epic

[@Ronn_V]

nooooo, i love it, the tingling sensation is amazing

[@bruceskinner9530]

Yup. Weirdo

[@rhondaminor7552]

So cool seeing such old footage of these guys! They were fucking awesome back then and are even more so now. FoREVer.

[@bobbishaw3699]

Same :)

[@DyanDevil]

3:12 I just saw this girl and I love her already

[@patrickcruz3313]

that's valary :)

[@hazardgaminghg122]

That's the might Val, his wife.

[@puppetmaster8551]

That’s Matt’s wife lol, Syn is also married to her twin sister.

[@mistyparrales7347]

This is why Matt should be scared when Val gets mad XD

[@sci-fiweekly4710]

Misty Parrales right haha she’s terrifying in his song

[@Eclipse1988]

I'd love to hear an arguement they had... lmao

[@LinkDeo]

What are u guys talking about?

[@Eclipse1988]

@@LinkDeo imagining them fighting with each other, screaming like this lol

[@LinkDeo]

@@Eclipse1988 oh I see 😂😂 I love this band so much lol. Doesn't Val have a twin sister and syns with her? I read something about that online somewhere but I was iffy about it

[@0CASTA]

Man this was their golden era. I'd give anything to be able to see them perform in their early days one more time.

[@notmiscares3918]

2022 and Val screams at 3:12 are still so peak, she is a beast

[@ExternusArmy]

It’s uncommon for women to be able to false cord scream so well. I always thought she was incredibly talented

[@notmiscares3918]

@@ExternusArmy I come back here since 2015 since I first heared the song, this live performance is gold, and Val participation just elevates it even more, does somebody knows what is she doing nowdays?

[@ExternusArmy]

@@notmiscares3918 she owns some fashion brands iirc

[@happygilmore8321]

Who tf was that??? What's she from

[@IonTheContaminator]

@@happygilmore8321 That's M Shadow's wife, then girlfriend.

[@brittgraves6895]

Val is a beast! I'd so be down to hear Art of Subconscious Illusion live WITH Val on it...I feel like it'd be pretty killer to hear now.

[@Borkley29]

Ommmgg they had like a 30 person crowd and now shit the have over like 10 million fans around the world!!!!!!

[@wirawhyra]

that's how they became this big

[@lovemetal5770]

yeah like me i dont have FB cause its sucks so they have more then 20 M fans

[@thesebplaysgames2345]

It was more like 150 people because they said almost every concert they had while doing the sounding the seventh trumpet tour

[@DanielC10_]

Damn Rev was so different back then, they all was different but The Rev look like another person

[@samyakjain1969]

yeah, he started straightening his hair and cleaned up his act. Rip Jimmy

[@Ronn_V]

was this before he had shades and long cool hair?

[@Player85376]

the dancing uncle at 2:48 ... the most original dance I have ever seen :)

[@abbykoblenzer6051]

2:47 the guy dancing with the chair XD wtf??

[@austindoesntusethisanymore4437]

abby koblenzer me

[@stranger.2229]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK PQP

[@gabrieltorresdiroma7959]

@@stranger.2229 uma br aqui KKKKKKKKK

[@stranger.2229]

@@gabrieltorresdiroma7959 amo a7x desde os 12 aninhos

[@harysuper]

Its a Huntington Beach thing

[@NashMuhandes]

3:09 Val screaming her part

[@sbowley3964]

Anyone else keep rewinding to the part where val starts screaming?

[@zeldazoolahmoo1377]

YES! chills each time, she is insanely amazing!

[@micaelagonzales3979]

Lol yea

[@dudewithaguitar3688]

20 times!

[@henrikh4446]

yes

[@alphalegion1416]

the sidewinder me

[@JPaz805]

Val killed it on her part! So badass

[@verycoyman]

Wow now these guys are one of the biggest bands in the world right now AWESOME

[@viniciusribeiro7279]

0:30 damn syn, you change so so much

[@iDeKz]

Matts scream back then was fucking gold, shit, i miss this avenged :( HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY THE REV SULLIVAN! 32 today!

[@juande9750]

3:49 IIIilluUuUuuUsSsSSsiiIiiOooOOooonNn! haha definitely not used to sing.

[@EricJaegerMusic]

Jd316 now it’s sunny disposition lyrics too haha

[@mrslippyfist9155]

After that random dude screamed into the mic like that no one laughed surprisingly. Not even Matt.

[@Gamma7194]

holy shit dude thank you for this piece of history!!! awesome seeing Zack go so hard back in the day, he's really the most punk out of the group. seeing them all this young is crazy

[@MasterofPokemonGing]

watching live concerts when A7X were young on their early years . now i can die in peace

[@Linora96]

this is adorable

[@flaihigh]

Valary matches M. Shadows.

[@BobDaBlob19]

July X They are married now.

[@flaihigh]

I know and they have children

[@soundingtheseventhtrumpet2287]

They've been together that long... Ever since this Album?... Wow

[@flaihigh]

Tht is just wowwwww

[@UndeadKing996]

They weren't together at the time, she was their manager. They didn't get together until later on.

[@crispychildmarissa9579]

Valary should be in the band.....

[@fftax444]

dude that part with val screaming brought me to tears. shits so fucking badass.

[@patrickcruz3313]

good old A7X :)

[@Brutishki]

Damnn. Valary can screammm XD

[@jordanodea1471]

@Xerø yeah, but they weren't married at the time

[@starpaladinnelaj]

Which one of them is Val married to?

[@ayapamungkas2267]

@@starpaladinnelaj Matt. She's married to M. Shadows.

[@jaredsmith1859]

And Syn is married to Val's twin sister

[@baileyduncan1924]

Vals scream tho.

[@BaileyBaratheon]

3:22 kung fu kick for the win lol :)

[@BaileyBaratheon]

***** Haha, when did I say they suck music wise? Are you stalking my profile now? How pathetic. A7x rules

[@BaileyBaratheon]

***** Dont forget this was over a decade ago

[@BaileyBaratheon]

*****​ That's good then, at least you grew some brain cells to not finger over tar head andy.

[@BaileyBaratheon]

***** Holy shit you're thick. Can't make a comeback so you diss mine. Haha, pathetic typical bvb fan. Yes tar head, you seen andys hair? He looks like he fell head first into a tar pit. And your the one who came here so what am I trying to accomplish?

[@samanthalynn3533]

I hate to be rude, and potentially stalkerish, (decided to check out your profile because you seem like you aren't a douche) but I'm confused. Do you like BVB, or do you not?

[@increadaboy1431]

Wonder if she could still pull that off?

[@vargrleague]

I never seen avenged sevenfold so into there music

[@GordoDustin]

It's nice to go back to when they still did older music live. Everything they do now is just the most popular songs from the albums. I'd like to hear some that only the true fans would know

[@TheDemonicDeity]

I love his screaming

[@AvgustVal]

for how young and new they were, they were tight as hell in this

[@TheOMG2356]

Omg, I love Val's gutural

[@The_Real_Pete_ZaHutt]

I had no idea the "Punching slowly my mind can't change the speed" Was Val!!!! Omg!! They should do more with her!

[@OnlyYouInMyMindNow]

Dat "ILLUSIOOooOoON" GODDAMMIT I'M LAUGHING SO HARD :'D

[@NickPirog3]

Wow, never thought I'd see a live video of this song. Haven't listened to avenged sevenfold since 2007.

[@blakedurston]

Imagine Val seeing this today lmao

[@henrikh4446]

very very very very very old times😭

[@icommitedwarcrimes4879]

Best live version of To End the Rapture

[@MrKubiman]

2:15 The Rev o.O TRY TO DO THAT, JOEY!

[@quinnthin12345]

Shatterskin Gaming How can you talk about Neil like that? That huge drumset hasn't always been there, he recorded most of their albums with a much smaller one, he's also a god

[@wirawhyra]

i don't know who is joey O.o can you his full name so i can search about him?

[@wirawhyra]

ah thanks!

[@craigkai86]

MrKubiman i bet back on the day joey could have. The rev yes was a bad ass drummer but this shit with joey is so funny slipknot was awsome till vol. 3 then shit hit the fan.

[@craigkai86]

Shatterskin Gaming You sir are a big dumb ass Neil Peart was a master. Watch some old videos fly by night he used a small drum set. The rev got a big drum set in the end with what 3 or 4 bass drums? Just saying

[@jubsju1]

this video is pure gold, love it ❤

[@zachburns7086]

HOLY CRAP VAL!

[@darkoloq8642]

I just clicked to see Valary

[@taylorrichens1749]

Same

[@ZombieCraftSlaya]

suprises me how baggy there clothes are compared to other harcore bands lol

[@knifeman2670]

Imperial Commando reminds me of early system of a down lol

[@stareye_1062]

Early 2000s bro, baggy clothes the norm

[@connor3288]

4:45 this guy was on a mission

[@matthewdodgin6300]

omg. matt had sleeves and val gave me chills

[@MrPriestyman]

Zacky slipped up a bit when Val came out was he staring at her ass or something? XD

[@jeniGUNSLINGER]

Hell yeah, Val! My two fave tracks from the early years. Nice camera work! Good editing too :)

[@eme7470]

who dancens with a chair 2:45 lol

[@blainedabbage3292]

I really miss these all days with M.Shadows. It will just never be the same

[@jhonnyandthesexymamas9943]

This is the one you should play @ every concert!

[@haikalvmyr9939]

2020, and still interested while watching this old moment :')

[@wilddogv2.082]

Sounds amazing live if only they perform this song live right now in 2018

[@spencerbernard5246]

These are two different codes edited together, I wanna see each of them in their own right 😮

[@themusicchef396]

WAS THAT VAL?!!! JOHNNY CHRIST DUDE,I can't believe it! Huh get it?JOHNNY Christ? I'll stop

[@MisterCritch]

Legion-_- LIG3R was Johnny Christ in the band at this point ? I know he didn’t play on the first album & that doesn’t look like him. Then again .. none of them look like that anymore.

[@jonathancastillo6413]

No I believe Johnny joined when making waking the fallen I maybe wrong

[@cal2702]

It's matt wendt. He played with them for this album and demo. Also the bassist on a couple of pinkly smooth songs

[@IamArticune]

Depending on the video footage and year. The first bassist is Matt Wendt and he played from 1999 to mid 2000. Then after him they picked up Justin Sane (He got a stage name with the guys) and he quit the band after about a year. He got very depressed and suicidal and then had to leave half way through Warped Tour. The song *I Won't See You Tonight* is dedicated to him. Then Johnny Christ started in 2003 to finish up the Warped Tour and then stayed until now! I did a project on them in school :P

[@giada7x]

it's an amazing footage man!

[@TehHappyMaskSalesmen]

It's weird as shit seeing these guys like this. Like they started out as a small band, making their way up. Even stranger like metalcore into whatever genre you could consider them now haha. It's weird seeing their start, now look at them. Making history as gods on a big stage. It's inspiring.

[@wwetnafan257]

Matt: Cant use my abilities Val: But i can still kick like a boss

[@harysuper]

If I was my age now back in the late 90s I would have loved to have been there! Huntington Beach is one great city, and I find it awesome such a great band came from there!

[@nuke2625]

Val is such a Badass. Now you can call her V. Shadows.

[@rafaelgutierrez6275]

I did NOT expect Synyster Gates to have a Parker Fly much before his Schecter, but THIS, this right here is history. Now Zacky Vengeance using a cheapo SG does make more sense...

[@DarkHorror45]

And here we see a group of promising young nooblets

[@soniaferrer9897]

2:07 Perfect coordination

[@everythinginlife2243]

These guys will be popular someday..

[@bakuganlover5656]

Omg i think i love val

[@chickennoodlesoup3738]

Val starts at around 3:08

[@nini-po5ds]

i love valary sm

[@brianmaki5503]

This is amazing! I was there

[@LeaveMeAlone-yt2mj]

Valary(m shadows then girlfriend.) has a epic vocal range! 🤘

[@the_dementor419x3]

Look at these young fellows, I bet they'll become very influential and successful one day

[@synys7gates]

good times of sevenfold. :)

[@caesargt10]

prime time for this band.

[@MrAvengedSevenFoldEr]

Matt's GF but she was also their booking manager and merch

[@EddieTheBunny]

Shadows: ART! OF!! Dude in the crowd: ELushUUNNNN!! Me: WTF?! LMAO. You freaking ruined it. xD

[@haryaldi8834]

the rev drum so tight, precise and powerfull!!!

[@lmpz0161]

rev was truly a beast on the drums

[@Julyech]

Matt and his screamo, omfg *-*

[@TillaMunster0311]

omg thank you for posting this video. I truely do appreciate watching all their old performances. I'm looking forward to seeing more footage. Thanks again. :DD

[@zackerick7735]

Val is so hot xD

[@ikmalaxl5286]

Wife material No. 1 right there i tell u

[@emirarnas]

we need this kinda heavy Sevenfold back again today

[@kewldude1991]

Thanks for this guys

[@lookherelooklisten7462]

Lol 3:10 Syn dropped his pick

[@lxck_df5922]

Caolan Gordon He saw Val and got scared XDX

[@Midnoots]

Caolan Gordon he drops it again at 4:53 lmao

[@thomasandfriends8674]

2:14 the rev old 😂😂😂

[@trentredman9444]

Val with the David Lee Roth kick!

[@Synismyhero]

I love you.

[@Hammersaurus]

Seeing the Rev made me cry (':

[@nicolethorpe9368]

I fucking love Val. Shes fucking amazing!!!!1111

[@Ronn_V]

m shadows in a interview said that the rev did all the recordings in one take. probably didnt even use a click track either, he is one in a million

[@taytallica81]

I know Val was only up there for like 10 seconds but she is fucking badass.

[@jacobsuggs1515]

OMFG Val is such a beast... THAT KICK!!!!! SO BADASS LOL

[@juliesmith3449]

foREVer X

[@Leo-in1gt]

Damn, val has a voice!!

[@dragulia_venaro]

Camera man : *“I think I had to keep this footage till 2012*”