AVENGED SEVENFOLD- Save Me! Reaction

[@mrwilson9885]

The drummer for this album was Mike Portnoy. The reason the rev and Portnoy sound similar is because the rev took a lot of inspiration from Portnoy as he was one of his favourite drummers

[@SwearoReacts]

I see. I would've sworn that was the rev😂

[@bigfrankie98]

@@SwearoReacts As far as I know, the Rev worked out the parts to most of the album but Portnoy was used to lay down the final recording tracks since Jimmy passed during the final writing stages. Lyrics were changed to capture the theme of what happened but this was Jimmy's writing. I heard Portnoy say as much in an interview.

[@Drcakesgaming]

@@bigfrankie98to be honest you can feel portnoy is who made this song. Back in the day I didn’t even knew it was portnoy but just by hearing it I was saying to my self “damn this dude sounds just like dream theater’s drummer” because of the use of the double pedal and how he plays the hi hat

[@mjstories7181]

@@Drcakesgaming There's a demo version of Save Me (called Bad Men) with the Rev on drums and it sounds near identical. Syn said in an interview that when Mike came to record the parts, he was having trouble with Jimmy's drum solo at the end because of the hi-hats randomly thrown in doing a groove while doing tom fills over top of it. Jimmy was a genius and Mike stayed as faithful as possible to the original recordings as possible, as the band asked him to do.

[@AutumnCecil-og1ni]

I read somewhere that the solo wasn't written. Matt told Syn to just do what he wanted. It represents Syn's feelings of anger and other emotions to Jimmy's death

[@SwearoReacts]

@AutumnCecil-og1ni very interesting if that's the case

[@lucasandre4513]

Keep doing this man! Loved the video, and your interpretation for Syn's solo is PERFECT!

[@SwearoReacts]

Much Appreciated! Means a lot!

[@deminybs]

🤟🤟🎶🥰 saw jimmy one time only, a month before he passed, fantastic show

[@dsykeok]

Thanks u for the reaction, I always cry when I hear this song Thank you very much bro

[@kodayybluesss4142]

This song and the entire Nightmare album were written for Rev, the rev died in 2009 foREVer

[@puppetmaster8551]

It was not written for the Rev, the album was dedicated to the Rev. he worked on like all the demos for this album and was very involved in the songwriting process before he died, obviously some stuff changed including this song from the demos but the Rev had a big role in this album even tho he died before they recorded the finals official tracks that would make the record

[@ballaholla2811]

This was Portnoy on the drums. Though Rev wrote a lot of the drum parts on this album. I don't believe this was one of them as this song was very much about the Revs passing and how the band was left feeling. Incredible playing though. Great tribute to Jimmy

[@xSpooby]

The Rev actually wrote this song before he died and the band changed some lyrics and made it a tribute to him. the first word in the song, "Skull", was written on a demo track at Jimmy's house. they didnt know what it meant but they put it in the song as well.

[@ballaholla2811]

@@xSpooby hell yeah. Never knew that fact. Cheers

[@puppetmaster8551]

Nah he did a fair amount of drums for this, they changed the song a good amount after his death tho but a solid amount of his drums are in here. The original demo for this song just came out in recent months so you can hear what it originally sounded like

[@Some_Idiot_Idk]

If I remember correctly the rev actually wrote all of the drum parts

[@tlnr2f]

To me this song, along with others on the Nightmare album allude to the possibility of suicide. I think it is possible that they wondered at the time if he took his own life or if he OD'd. And there would likely be no way to really know, but with him turning in the demo for Fiction (titled Death at the time) and telling them the album the album was done just 3 days before his passing would certainly make anyone wonder if his death was purposeful. I think this album just explored all of their pain and questions they were asking themselves in the immediate aftermath of his passing.

[@SwearoReacts]

I have wondered this multiple times myself

[@I_Am_L_3]

God damn this song takes me back. Crazy ass album. Seen em 4 times during the span of city of evil thru this album.

[@Cleanse_]

jimmy sang the world skull

[@martinarscott3524]

The Rev was still in the process of writing this when he died, he'd recorded some of the drum parts on an electronic kit for Portnoy to work on after (though he didn't know that at the time), the song was still a bit of a mess and far from finished so the rest of the band had to swap bits round and do further work on it, for example Jimmy had intended the 'tonight we all die young' to be a chorus but they didn't think that worked, still, the end result is a masterpiece

[@SwearoReacts]

interesting!

[@snitchex5087]

if u thought this song was a rollercoaster than u have to check out-Exist (from The Stage album), it's a 15 minute song which is full of instruments, it's an experience u have to try, song is about big bang theory and through instruments u can sense the actions that are taking place by this theory, when matt (vocalist) starts playing, that when the earth if being formed, that's all you need to know so you don't get too spoiled. other than than waking the fallen, the stage and diamonds in the rough are albums u have to check out, cause some of songs from those albums don't get the attention it really deserves, so those albums have some hidden gems u are gonna love

[@SwearoReacts]

Thanks for the recommendation! I've heard a lot about exist but still haven't heard it

[@mastod0n1]

The Rev wrote most of this song and most of the drums, but I think I heard M. Shadows or Syn say that they let Mike Portnoy do his own thing for parts of this song. For most of the album Portnoy stayed faithful to what The Rev had written and recorded on the demos but for this song they kinda let him off the leash.

[@thegamingwubba]

“Critical Acclaim” - live in LBC!!

[@SwearoReacts]

I have definitely heard critical acclaim lol. But what is it about the "live in lbc" videos that everyone likes so much?

[@IamNace]

​@@SwearoReacts live in LBC is considered by most of the a7x community as their best live perfomance. It has the Rev, incredible mixing, and probably the best vocals that M.Shadows ever had in his career.

[@heathertheros5342]

foREVer ❤

[@amiskissa8283]

Have you heard the song "trashed and scattered" from the city of evil album. One hell of a song!

[@SwearoReacts]

I have not yet

[@ahmadrizky843]

Mike Portnoy did very well, amazing

[@renejensen7799]

Live in LBC is basicly just the best liveshow A7X ever did!! well i didnt hear all other concerts surely, , but its crazy good show.. Well its true A7X master to tell stories just with the music, you can grab the meaning of some songs..

[@alonsomachine3810]

React chapter four

[@SaintXero]

🔥

[@jarrod4203]

Definitely the Revs beats.. but finished by Portnoy

[@SwearoReacts]

its crazy how similar they sound!

[@muhammadthoriqazizsebiay7249]

u should react the live version

[@Qiu99999]

Next, unholy confessions

[@SwearoReacts]

Heard it lol. First of the 3 songs from Waking the Fallen that ive heard

[@SuperDoomspoon]

The Rev had wrote/recorded some tracks for the album….Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater Recorded drums to finish album….yes,the dual vocal parts are the Revs…..the end vocals-tonight we all die young is the Rev&M Shadows…..👍🤟🤟🤟

[@SwearoReacts]

Thanks for the info. I thought that's what I was hearing😂

[@puppetmaster8551]

The only vocals Jimmy did on the song are the skull part. He did do vocals on the demo which recently released but he died to early to have vocals on this song, the only vocals he did that were salvageable enough for the final recording of this song is skull, all the other vocals are Matt and multiple layers of Matt to create the harmonies

[@KentRoads]

react to Galneryus Angel of salvation pls :)

[@kodayybluesss4142]

Reacts a7x - victim songs on the same album

[@SwearoReacts]

I have heard victims. Great song

[@khairunasabdkarim6414]

that a lead guitar no harmonize guitar