My Avenged Sevenfold song went viral

[@NikNocturnal]

Smash like for more bat noises & stream the full track "Chromatic" here: open.spotify.com/album/4S4gY2W6qmMJt9VeUNT8GH

[@Cynic-0055]

Banger 🤟

[@scoutgaming658]

What are you using to make your songs is it FL studio?

[@Savitzen]

@@scoutgaming658 Nik uses Cubse.

[@scoutgaming658]

@@Savitzen alright thanks

[@brockpines1622]

Nik Nocturnal Could you please upload an instrumental version to spotify 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@Sinfullybliss97]

Homie your starting to be better at making songs than some bands.

[@RDbodybuildingreardelt]

Nothing new here, he has done that for a while

[@Sinfullybliss97]

@@RDbodybuildingreardelt did I say was anything new? I’m saying he’s releasing better tracks then the some of the bands have recently

[@RDbodybuildingreardelt]

@@Sinfullybliss97 yeah I was agreeing with you

[@andreww8890]

Yeah jeez

[@Sinfullybliss97]

@@RDbodybuildingreardelt didn’t seem like it my bad

[@nines5867]

Perfectly captured Nightmare, City of Evil, and Waking The Fallen in one song. Well done!

[@shapelessadrenaline7897]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@midenking9651]

I'd say there's even some of the Stage and Self Titled in this as well and the Solo has some "Nobody" vibes to it as well.

[@shapelessadrenaline7897]

@Miden King I can definitely agree to that as well!!

[@mr300x]

He completely nailed this! Should rename his channel the Core Wizard

[@wttbEJ]

Also got a bit from the self titled album, that one part of guitar leading into the revs vocals

[@EdenAbel97]

You can feel Nik grew up with A7X, there's influences from every album, best tribute you could give them :) Absolute legend this guy is

[@Skeleton_Dork]

It even seems like there's a little bit of LIBAD on there, proactively somehow

[@102ndsmirnov7]

@@Skeleton_Dork LIBAD is also heavily influenced by Syn and Rev's old band Pinkly Smooth in parts. Tbh LIBAD is the closest they've been to their very old sound in a long time funnily enough.

[@GeneralDeth1]

It's shocking to see how well you nailed the A7X sound. If I heard this song without knowing the history behind it, I'd have thought it was a random A7X single.

[@metalheaddd97]

Bat Country 2.0 lol

[@frost6006]

This did not age well after the "We love you" song

[@hazardgaminghg122]

​@@frost6006 What do you mean?

[@johnson0618]

@@hazardgaminghg122 that new song sucks lmao

[@johnson0618]

I wish one of the new singles sounded like this 😭

[@Alectrumated]

Nick has secretly been a ghostwriter for every metal band ever all along

[@ShadowisfunnyIdk]

Fr

[@dachoballviguer]

So true

[@Exile29]

Legit sounds like an A7X b-side, you can feel the love flowing forth from this creation. They’re my favorite band ever and you did them justice in a legendary way. Big props brooooo

[@robburkhard9256]

I disagree honestly, I'm not a huge A7X fan but I like them and to me this sounded like something you hear on the radio. No doubt 100%

[@ghosface353]

I listen to this earlier today on Spotify, and it was great. Really captured the essence of old Avenged Sevenfold.

[@Ravenstorm163]

Everything but an A7x song is never less than 5 minutes so it is the only short comming in the song

[@zm_brandonlacasse]

Some of the guitar is similar to old avenged sevenfold but the song feels more like a mix of Nightmare and The Stage.

[@MegaTechpc]

It really is like a perfect blend of WtF and CoE!!! I’m astonished, though I shouldn’t be at this point. Everything Nick does turns into golden pandas!!!!

[@Behdad47]

I've listened to A7X since 2006 (thank you NFS most wanted) and you absolutely nailed it. I missed the old sound, even though I love their new style after The Stage, and this song instantly took me back to my childhood.

[@EuroJorrå]

Most wanted was also the game that made me love them early as a kid! The game has very good sountracks!

[@kalethsanchez]

​@@EuroJorrå Glad I wasn't the only one growing up with such masterpieces, this brings me so much memories

[@Odinxy]

Blinded in Chains is one badass track, I agree 🤟

[@Allu681]

Most Wanted introduced my to A7X too and i've been listening to their music since then very actively - i just love their music a lot.

[@NotShilKa]

Welcome to the Most Wanted club Want some good 2000's tracks?

[@Sabinicus27]

Loving the choice you made to go back to making music and showing respect to all the bands you've listened to growing up. Can't wait for a Killswitch and BFMV song.

[@SalomonX88]

How to killswitch in 30 seconds…

[@digitalmichael]

@@SalomonX88 Yessssss

[@justinavera7846]

Some older BFMV would be sick.

[@antoine7432]

BFMV would be sooo sick

[@Andrew_Dirks]

I put bfmv though google translate it came through as shoot my valentine and I can’t not call it that

[@Anthomnia]

Bro what the f*** i was just suggested this on spotify and i was so confused because i didn't think A7X had a new song out, Google research brought me here, 1000000/10 man Bravo with a capital B

[@HiThereFaceHere]

This is such a genius segment you have started. You get to pay tribute to a band without any copyright issues

[@tibblesworth7522]

Would love the band to hear this and be liked "dude, how baked were we when we recorded this?"

[@Geese_boi777]

Justin does a really good job achieving Shadow's vocal style and the Nik's little melodic licks throughout the song sound so much like the stuff Syn did in the earlier albums. this is sick

[@Werewolf914]

Facts Nik really captured it, and Justin is probably the closest you could get to M Shadows unique vocals, he's not exactly the same he's missing some aspects of Matt's vocals he's not quite as gruff or nasally sounding as Matt but still he did an amazing job

[@nocentz4656]

Uhhh shadows vocal style has changed considerably and I highly doubt anyone can Keep up with the constant technique changes. So again hard to pinpoint the "matt style" when it changes everytime. An easy adapt is just say axl rose.

[@ZepyhrLight]

if I didnt know better I would think this is an unreleased demo off nightmare

[@nocentz4656]

@@ZepyhrLight nightmare howany years ago?

[@nocentz4656]

How many**

[@vonblind7]

DUDE! Avenged needs to buy the rights to this song and re- record it, and play it just like this. I’d buy it in a heartbeat.

[@jakejjs]

I would LOVE to hear shadows vocals on this track. Justin is good no doubt, but M is hard to match.

[@tylersaltmarsh9025]

A7X should cover this and release as a B-side single.

[@slamkam07]

I'm in love with watching nik slowly realize he's actually a really good musician. ❤❤❤❤

[@brynmorpattison2232]

Genuinely sounds like a lost single from around 2008/9. You're a special one, Nik.

[@bignagz85]

This is the exact sound that made me absolutely love avenged. I know they like to try new things and some of it has been good but some of it's been a little bland. To me, they're at their best when they write songs like this Something tells me that The Rev was instrumental in that portion of their songwriting,.

[@CypherKi1999]

My thoughts exactly...

[@cadecantrell3276]

he absolutely was. most of the lyrics on nightmare were still written by him, is it really a wonder hail to the king was the next album? i love some songs off all albums, but yeah man the rev was the primary lyricist

[@DEADPAUL89]

I'm nervous about their new album. "Nobody" was underwhelming in my opinion

[@cadecantrell3276]

@@DEADPAUL89 I felt that way when it first dropped, but it's growing on me. i particularly love the legato lead guitar

[@DEADPAUL89]

@@cadecantrell3276 I hear ya. There are pieces of the song that I like from both "Nobody" and "We love you". Wish I could love the entire song like I do with a lot of their old stuff though.

[@travisisley7123]

You should do this for trivium, I bet you’d have fun trying to write a Cory solo😂

[@BlenderMage]

Trivium would probably just play with him cause they're bros lol

[@NateyCat]

What Axl said! Not only would it be badass but Matt from Trivium comes off as someone who’d just go “hell yeah, let’s do this”

[@spfadden082711]

Yeah! That’s a great idea. Do some sort of ascendancy shogun court of the dragon mix. And yeah Matt would probably totally help.

[@EmilPiano]

I would love this so much, Trivium is fantastic🔥

[@randomzero1997]

Was about to comment this too, so I agree 😈

[@JustButtahOfficial]

The fact this covers basically every album style of avenged sevenfold. I got major The Stage vibes from the solo. This was awesome

[@andikardian9014]

i hear styles from Waking the falllen, city of evil, nightmare and the stage.

[@SkateboardingWithYerDa]

For me it leans more towards nightmare, but there's definitely elements of everything in there. I think I even heard a bit of Nobody on the leads that come in over the clean part

[@MoteKinTrol]

No it doesnt... This doesnt sound anything like either of their first two albums.

[@ShadyMcKnight]

This is too good. It reminds me of the absolute best period of A7X

[@OFranzy]

Justin’s Shadows cosplay is on point 😂

[@mrbobmetalhead69]

True he looks like avenged sevenfold vocalist with that cosplay

[@gladge2665]

theyre the same

[@sctkarter1111]

Honestly if someone that didn’t listen to avenged everyday heard this, I’m not sure they could tell this is not then. This is extremely good and spot on

[@0_Knightmare]

Fun fact, I actually tested this. I played a bit of avenged sevenfold, and then slipped this song in and someone paused and looked at me like "wait.. this sounds like Avenged but the vocals are off-"

[@ENZO542_]

@@0_Knightmareyeah, the vocals are great but couldn’t mimic a7x very well

[@lithuaniaball]

If you played this and some of their new stuff to 14 year old me and told me to pick which one is the fake, I wouldn't have picked this one

[@ENZO542_]

@@lithuaniaball their new stuff is pretty different from everything tbf

[@mtower6088]

Some bands need 10+ years for a new album because of the "creative process" while Nik just drops banger after banger in different styles/genres 😂 amazing work man, thanks!

[@thatlonzoguy]

This kind of stuff isn't hard to do, especially for a good musician like Nik. I guarantee when he is trying to write for his own stuff it's a lot more involved.

[@TheMrVogue]

It's easier when you have a template, synthesizing something totally new with its own distinct sound is a lot harder, still god damn impressive none the less.

[@Jwlar]

This is closer to a paint by numbers than creating your own unique painting from scratch though. That’s the difference, not saying Nik isn’t talented, but it’s an entirely different process.

[@DenvarShay]

@@Jwlar Like a paint by numbers, except you've only been given colors. Have to place the numbers yourself, then use the paint provided to make the picture you drew.

[@Jwlar]

@@DenvarShay I would say you have the colours, numbers and outlines, but they are all scattered randomly and you must align them all yourself. A lot of this song is a "greatest hits" taken from the best of A7X and expertly played and composed. It still takes talent, but it is also much different to starting with a blank canvas with nothing else. I'm sure Nik himself would agree.

[@lifesence9989]

Here I thought I'd never see a new old school Avenged song again. Good job, mate!

[@Greendayboy01]

This is fucking awesome Nik, probably your second best yet behind Pain. Really hope Matt sees this, he would love this. Need to get them on the stream for the new album

[@maxsmith8196]

I hope so too, They already have a playlist covering fan content on the official channel

[@ZepyhrLight]

578??

[@Greendayboy01]

@@ZepyhrLight i liked 578 but personally preferred Pain and this one. He really nailed both bands

[@yonikup2865]

My favorite was Nein, but nik just keeps evolving it's so cool to see

[@Tisca1012]

I think Mad should be up there top 3 along with this one, I feel like he nailed Slipknot and A7X, hell, it even sounds more Slipknot and A7X than Slipkont and A7X these days.

[@any1guitar562]

Awesome! IMO the guitar styling is damn near spot on! Especially the harmonies. If someone said “here’s the new avenged song” I wouldn’t think twice about it not being them.

[@alexsandoval4671]

You just put all the greatest moments in the avenged sevenfold history in one song. This is sick!

[@alessandrocaricola3941]

THIS IS NUTS NIK, YOU NAILED IT. PLEASE DO AN ALBUM OF THESE SONGS

[@KushagraTomarMusic]

Hands down you're an absolute legend nik! That end solo is genius. People take this guy for granted just because he jokes around but you're one of the best metal musician in this era

[@justinbonfinimusic]

To come up with the stuff he does, in the timeframe that he does it, takes a special kind of person. Nik is by far one of the most talented people I’ve come across, on multiple fronts.

[@Werewolf914]

I agree he's an amazing Guitarist

[@nocentz4656]

​@@justinbonfinimusic it's literally just chord progressions.. not that hard lol just need to understand a bit of theory.

[@forsakethelight]

@nocents4656 no, he's extremely talented. It takes so much more than chord progression to make the songs he makes.

[@sangeethrajhopper4130]

​@@nocentz4656 you do it then

[@tn2389]

This song is actually genius. This is exactly what I wish the new A7X album sounded like. This song delivers that punch that I wish their two new revealed songs had and reminds me of why I came to love A7X in the first place.

[@danielvanatta8884]

Agreeeeeeeedddd 🙄 I hate that they haven’t reclaimed their magic that made them so incredible to begin with

[@kingoflebanon1986]

the new album sounds good as it is

[@scarseven7855]

@@kingoflebanon1986 nah its dogshit

[@ilikelegos4247]

they grew up and made new music, everyone wants city of evil 2.0 but that was almost 20 years ago

[@Matt-389]

@@danielvanatta8884So you just want them to copy and paste old albums over and over again? Sounds boring to me

[@guitarist6494]

Genuinely amazing guys, well done. Huge City of Evil vibes

[@willgarrison4959]

I felt it was closer to their self titled style. But amazing either way

[@hizunami1224]

need the lyrics asap, i unironically love this song

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

This is a legit banger, can't believe you just smashed it out, sounds like something from the self titled/nightmare era. That singer is dank too, captures the Shadows vibe without being an impression; he should be in a band with you.

[@Cibass]

That voice is on point omg ! Well done dude

[@Willis05687]

We need a 'How To' album. You're about halfway there already, just send it bro!

[@bUtt3R10]

Bro you got a real talent to re create the EXACT sound of so many different bands. And to be able to write original songs following that theme, that actually sounds FCKIN AWESOME makes u a musical God in my eyes man keep it up

[@threecubed3]

Got major city of evil vibes as well as some of the stage. Also some nightmare in the chorus. Very well done nik

[@basketcase9144]

I could not be happier with this. This is fuckin fire. They should hire you to ghost write something. Thank you for tiding us over till the new album! Please do atleast one more

[@oatmilk9918]

This is actually fucking amazing! You captured the early A7X vibes here really well, especially the characteristics of each album. I think it would fit well on a City of Evil-style album (the chorus and overall vibes fit into this era i think) The only critcism I have is the drum programming not really fitting the style of The Rev, but that would be quite difficult to achieve and probably isn't worth the time.

[@dylanvasicadrums]

This is actually sick as hell. Kinda brings me Unbound The Wild Ride type vibes

[@trentheintzelman8285]

That extra note on the vocals at 6:05 was CLEAN

[@matteldridge9367]

I unironicaly listen to this on a near daily basis on my work playlist now

[@miguelmorganus3773]

I'm all for this "series" if you want to call it that. I know a lot of people have said it but you are crazy talented man.

[@JohnDoe-xr8lr]

The singer sounds almost the same as Shadows during City of Evil times. Incredible. And nik is genius as always.

[@DrSuess360]

Fucking awesome man!! Even the album cover looks very avenged. The song is just bad ass. It was like when 10 second songs did a cover of welcome to the black parade in the style of avenged sevenfold. So bad ass!!

[@turtleraiderttv1010]

Goddamn bro those riffs are insane and this reminds me of a perfect combo of Nightmare and CoE and the stage(album) all at the same time

[@turtleraiderttv1010]

The chorus reminds me of Sidewinder for sure, when they go acoustic. Great job.

[@RN1986DSDC]

Incredible, that solo! The tone, the vocals sound spot on.... the entire track ....awesome work I watch this daily 👏🏻👏🏻

[@spfadden082711]

This is the best thing avenged sevenfold has done in a whole 😂. Seriously you nailed it! It’s so fun watching you out these songs together

[@kaonashi4693]

This was lit! Thanks for bringing back the City of Evil!

[@OnlyBadVibes935]

DUDE! i'm such a huge fan of justin im so glad he's on this

[@yetidepiesgrandes1754]

jeez Nik is out of this world , . ROCK ON !

[@Rowanexen]

This is by far the most accurate recreation you've done thus far. Considering how much you like A7X that doesn't shock me lol

[@feduwtc]

this and the WTTBP cover by Anthony Viceny must be the best A7X style songs of all time and damn, the singer is not only pshicaly looking like M.Shadows, but also sounds a lot like him

[@DustDragon]

Make an album with those songs, PLEASE. I'll buy the shit out of it

[@chayd8574]

holy crap nick , that was actually amazing. that just came together so well.

[@darrylsheidy9842]

This is hands down one of your coolest videos dude. It really shows how much influence Syn has had on your playing. Killed it and made a banger that sounds like it could be from self titled or city of evil 🥹🤘

[@nulldeth7013]

Nik is on another level now when he makes music.. even AI can't keep up 🔥🔥

[@Shachar_7]

This is definitely one of the best in this series yet! Instrumental and vocals are so on point, mad props to Nik and Justin, you both did a great job!

[@lowe_the_showe202]

Shit brings me back to high-school. Never thought I'd get that nostalgia again, as a7x has changed a lot. Awesome song bro. Gives me goosebumps

[@Gabenraven]

I genuinely wish new A7X music sounded like this. This gave me chills. Really felt like it was written by them

[@NathanSkifton]

Same! Nik is doing Avenged in 2023 better than Avenged.

[@tose5566]

What are y’all talking about Nobody was great

[@bj_enigma]

Nobody is good, people change you know

[@Gabenraven]

@@tose5566 It is, but it doesn't have that "holy crap I'm in musical paradise" feel to it that songs like nightmare, HTTK, etc had. I am a massive a7x fan and had to honestly really push myself to appreciate the new song. Like, let's not kid ourselves, we all listened to Nobody a million times for it to grow on us, whereas I'm sure everyone was floored when the first notes of Syns's solo on nightmare hit. I will always support them going in different directions, but 2003-2013 A7X is peak music for me.

[@NUKCYNDv]

@@Gabenraven dunno bro, fans didn't like self titled that much when it came out, and hated httk for a long time too lol

[@mrcodyjmiller]

Better than what they’ve been putting out! Love it.

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

true

[@raabm5292]

My brother in Christ. That was truly amazing. You inspire me to pick my guitar up and learn more

[@DanielSmith-pw9ws]

That chorus is SOLID AF!! ❤❤❤

[@hishamhilal8332]

Nik turns into a mad genius whenever he's writing and I love to see it. The song is a masterpiece that could have easily been the resulted of scraped a7x material somewhere between waking the fallen and city of evil

[@Supralars]

Strong wicked end vibes. Love it. This is what we want

[@Colt2OO2]

I love everything Avenged has ever put out (yes I know I'm a bit of a fanboy, just deal with it), so I can't say this is better than anything they themselves have done in recent years, but this whole song is a pretty accurate depiction of their overall sound throughout their career, so I definitely approve of this.

[@gergoretvari6373]

they change sound in certain ways on every album, that's their style and it works for them. But yeah, whenever someone says A7X style song, this fits the description with almost everything checked.

[@Colt2OO2]

@@gergoretvari6373 Exactly, they've done things their way their entire career even with the sound deviations from all the way back on Sounding The Seventh Trumpet and they were one of the first metalcore bands to refuse to be nailed to just that subgenre and branch out into a more straightforward and often experimental style, which is what I've always respected them for doing because they've made it work. Their status as one of the biggest modern metal bands going today has proven how pivotal that choice was

[@gergoretvari6373]

@@Colt2OO2 100% agreed. And i'm so glad they did. Otherwise they wouldn't have created songs with different vibes like Little Piece Of Heaven, or The Stage.

[@BalsamicVinegarAce]

That solo was something ridiculously amazing. Sheesh 🤢🤮🫨

[@asphalt_pro8902]

This is pretty sick man. I love all the new songs you are making!

[@XquizitMonk]

This is the best bit of guitar work you've put out. Amazing.

[@Walter_tapias]

I said it in the Metalcore song video. Nik can make an entire album with chat next to him, and he is making it 🔥🔥🔥

[@GloomSlayer69]

This song is like a parralell universe where Avenged Sevenfold is same same but different. You boys did an incredible job on this one \m/

[@TheStargov]

Avenged if they never changed from City of Evil.

[@GloomSlayer69]

This is more like Nightmare or Self-Titled Avenged. City of Evil is crack cocaine while this is more like some nice Dope man@@TheStargov

[@BlackCrust]

​​​@@GloomSlayer69 Yes, dude What if The Rev (drummer) still alive and replaced Hail To The King, The Stage, and Life is But a Dream...

[@DiegoSnip]

OUTSTANDING. I love how you dress up to the ocasion. Such quality content, you've nailed a7x style, lots of laughs and even performed an amazing song. Core kid did it again, aka Nocturnal gates

[@vladkillgore8266]

Dude. You are so full of talent. Good job bud!

[@NathanJones_01]

That is avenged, 100 percent! Hit every single thing they do. Well done 👍🏻

[@Snippyyy]

except drums, drums were alright but the sound didnt hit right

[@ab-gomes]

I think this has the best guitar solo yet... and the vocalist really killed it

[@daifuku74]

Incredible how you can internalize each band's style and make it similar. Awesome work as always!

[@ThatMothyGuy]

I’d happily listen to a full album with you both, nailed it.. definitely better than the current a7x stuff thats just been released haha

[@GingerKidCustoms]

When you're more Avenged Sevenfold than Avenged Sevenfold 😅 this SLAPS. As per usual

[@FranJGM26]

3:35 omg that's actually M. Shadows singing his falsetto

[@Imdatboi669]

Best one yet. I love a7x. You killed it dude.

[@ShoddyMussels706]

Nik you should really do more solos. That shit was so good

[@jedimaster351]

When the new A7X didn’t quite meet your expectations so you have to make your own A7X song

[@pooflinger7]

"fine, I'll do it myself"

[@vladwochinki3020]

a7x wont make the same qsong over and over again, this cover basically their old style

[@chasemichaelirwin5878]

New song slaps

[@DerrickRG]

@@vladwochinki3020 Which is why their last 2 albums and probably soon to be 3 have been shit.

[@deniselisboa1]

nobody is guuud

[@OutThereVideos]

This is so good! It basically would have been my favorite A7X song growing up. Bravo!

[@johng5692]

I have been listening to this on repeat since release.... Nik what have you done this is amazing

[@stephanieamare]

This song is just a fucking banger; addicted it for the last month.

[@szkrotm77]

This song is so effing good! It's new and original but just sounds so nostalgic, gives me chills!

[@TheDoooden]

You should start producing upcoming Metalcore Bands

[@brentwilliams359]

This is the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen. You’re going to be producing music man, big time too. Guarantee it.

[@dakotasnow5008]

Dude that was a outstanding solo and got a whole lot of my favorite A7X album City of Evil

[@rockr8840]

You are so good at writing songs in so many styles of bands. Musical genius

[@Twinspinner]

"Do we want it to sound more like City of Evil, the White album, or Nightmare? Nik: yes

[@ModernPlushCinema]

Whenever you get psyched up when adding certain elements in these songs, I bet that's EXACTLY how the band members feel when creating their masterpieces. 😅🤘

[@trevisonstafford6276]

This sounds JUST like them, keep it up you're a beast!

[@kackman1950]

Ma boi Nik is just crushing it lately!!! The man cannot be stopped!

[@evgenymyshkin8385]

Great stuff. Love the vocals, the guitar feels very inspired. I’m not even an A7X fan.

[@microchrist6122]

That last solo was incredible

[@maschiroib.1692]

Nik, you're a fucking genius. You might not realize it, but you've hit every damn song spot on. This FEELS like a full Avenged song. It's actually phenomenal, and you're so incredibly talented... Man, I fucking hope you get to live at least till 90!

[@xR3demption]

This is insane man, holy shit, I was inspired to pick up and learn guitar from a young age after hearing City of Evil in school and listening to this put a smile on my face, it was like hearing them for the first time again, sad to see the direction theyve gone after Hail to the king but excited to see what comes up next

[@Kinetex]

I honestly think The Stage was a huge improvement after HTTK, LIBAD was alright I guess