Unholy Confessions - The Avenged Sevenfold Story┃Documentary

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Huntington High school would be the setting for the first Avenged record. Zacky Vengeance and M. Shadows had basically written the first album here. The Rev also spent some time at the same school but appeared to have a slightly different childhood to others around him.
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Jimmy says during his teenage years he spent a lot of his time either sleeping in his car or sleeping in the laundromat at work. He was also kicked off the high-school basketball team, a sport he and M. Shadows had been playing together since the age of ten. Jimmy was without a disruptive kid, in school he would repeatedly get sent to the principal's office for making everyone laugh too much, and outside of school, he and Matt would sneak out of their houses at night and terrorise the neighbourhood. Unbeknownst to their parents.
Although Huntington Beach may have seemed like an idyllic tourist trap, Zacky Vengeance would often recount how it was a mix between, Rich people, poor people, skaters, punk rockers, surfers and even gang members.
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[@shillastacy4907]

What is this?

[@LordPain254]

Definitely need a part 2 imo.

[@HowdyHeyRadio]

I 2nd this.☝️

[@TobeyFairre7861]

Third

[@ontheroadagain1]

Absolutely! There's so much more that needs to be told after The Rev's death!

[@amanda7x53]

Definitely would love to see a second part to this, the band did not die with jimmy. Nightmare went on to be huge, they did music for COD, hail to the king, the stage brought us Brooks Wackerman from bad religion, so much more history to this band to just end it with the Revs passing.

[@RAWMUSICTV]

Totally agree. Felt weird ending it with Jimmy's passing but I also try to keep these episodes under 30 minutes. I think a second episode on A7X needs to be done.

[@danfadil]

@@RAWMUSICTV I'm looking forward to it and yes, it did feel like such a downer at the end there.

[@damjammer410]

Speaking of nightmare, Jimmy recorded the entirety of Fiction without the rest of the band knowing and 3 days before his death.

[@WinterInTheForest]

A7x was one of the greatest bands to emerge from the 2000s era. Still going strong and pushing limits!

[@A7XBitch]

I couldn't agree more. The journey from then to now is....*I have no words* It irritates me when people talk about Matt's voice. "Dudes voice is shot". It's different for sure but it's incredible. Especially in cosmic. I fucking love it.

[@AvaaSlays_Swiftie]

@@A7XBitchyour right. His voice is far from shot. Dude decided to go the way he did. There’s a sick clip of him hitting a fucking nice ass high note.

[@deathamphetaminez]

⁠@@A7XBitchhe absolutely entered another prime imo, his voice sounds fucking great and it’s awesome to watch the band continue goin on

[@adamgouveia7590]

The Rev banging on his sister’s head as a baby was so in character for him 😂

[@DecemberX2X]

We need a part 2. You can’t just leave the story half told 😭

[@hishamhilal8332]

Your work is beautiful and well written as always. This was worth the wait. What a legendary band

[@RAWMUSICTV]

Thank you so much.

[@RAWMUSICTV]

This one felt a bit short but I try to keep these episodes under 30 minutes as that seems to be a good length for most people. Let me know if you want them longer! Join the #backstage area discord.gg/Nv5mayZnZR

[@melissareed3101]

LONGER!!

[@Snippyyy]

definitely longer, hell i would even love a part 2 to this

[@RAWMUSICTV]

Might release an extended version.

[@samquicky3052]

@@RAWMUSICTV can you please do muse

[@xRamZx]

Love your work! There's definitely more to this story I'd love to hear! Maybe a part 2 in the future.

[@House.Of.Pain.]

My first ever Rock/Metal concert was A7X with Papa Roach when the Rev was still alive when I was 24 or 25 and I’m 37 now. A7X is literally the band that got me to start playing guitar 13 when I heard Unholy Confessions. So I owe a lot to this band! I may not listen to them like I used to at all but I still love this band nonetheless! And R.I.P. Rev!!!

[@hillbillyharris3593]

Same here. I'm 32 now. Haven't seen them live tho😢

[@Emoisntdead]

This is the most amazing comment. How lucky

[@chrystianguerin6370]

I’ve played drums for 21 years, since I was 5, and Jimmy is arguably still my biggest influence almost 14 years after his passing. I distinctly remember the day I found out about his passing, I was 12 at the time, and to this day it’s still one of only four celebrity deaths that I’ve cried over (the others being Ronnie James Dio, just a few months later, and more recently, Neil Peart and Joey Jordison. RIP to all of those legends)

[@Starforce3]

Thank you for making this. This is my favorite band and they were HUGE growing up

[@A7XBitch]

Hell yes! Avenged Sevenfold is one of if not THE best bands ever.

[@chrismaki6861]

Stoked to see some clips from a video I posted. I grew up in HB from the age of 3 and still live there. I met A7X at the age of 9 (they were 17 at the time), and they didn’t do anything crazier than any kids you see in HB today. We played Guitar Hero at Nickle Nickle before it was available in your home, had typical house parties, but most importantly listened to music. Matt invited my entire family over to pick out whatever merch we wanted out of his parents garage. These guys are down to earth and true to themselves. Been my favorite band since the 4th grade when they first released the 3 song demo prior to Sounding. Excellent doc, nicely done!

[@LadyObasu]

This feels more like a story about Jimmy Sullivan rather than the whole Avenged Sevenfold story. Especially in how it started & ended.

[@drums4life937]

Well he was a big part of the band so it kinda makes sense. But at the same time, I understand what you’re saying

[@tobyridley9273]

Justin Meecham was the bassist on Waking the Fallen, he tried to off himself which is why I won’t see you tonight was written. He was replaced by dameon ash who was replaced halfway through their tour by Johnny Christ

[@rips187]

A7X FoREVer💀🕊️🪽

[@PNWAFOL]

I was a punk fan in the early 2ks and fell in love with them when i heard waking the fallen

[@vampy_doll27]

M.Shadows is probably one of the most best rock vocalist ❤❤

[@endimverpeilt9770]

*schwermetall

[@markeelaino9858]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge sir..

[@jamiedolan3173]

Love your videos my guy!!! Thanks for the work you put in!!! Thoughtful, informative, and once again. The hard woke you put into these videos, for our entertainment.

[@TobeyFairre7861]

I think Synyster Gates being heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt is really neat. When i went to college and studied jazz music, I remember being intrigued by Mr. Reinhardt so much that i learned some of his techniques. Very fun stuff

[@orionhorizon4816]

The real videos they need to show in history class

[@nabirelizza7]

Love it! This is a really well made video, thank u and if there's part two that would be very appreciated

[@dustinlouis1543]

So happy you did this finally !! finally an awesome documentary of my favorite band thank you !

[@omarak6399]

Please never stop this series

[@tmatyla]

sadly you finished on white album, id love to hear more!

[@jpolak24]

One of my biggest influences. So awesome to finally see this. Was super hyped for it!!!

[@davidvashum3572]

we need a part 2

[@sonictemple2925]

Played a lot of shows with them back in the day. We played the release show for Waking The Fallen. Good dudes and super talented even back then.

[@madocrichardson]

I'd love to see a part two documenting the creation of nightmare, touring Portnoy, hail to the king, the stage and up to with LIBAD. Maybe some stuff about their work with Activision and the Black Reign EP!

[@dash-x]

They’re still just incredible! Saw them a few months back on their LIBAD tour, and production, performance…just fantastic! Even with M shadows being ill, it was such an incredible show.

[@danfadil]

This was a really well put together video, thank you. However, while the origin story is so important, this could really do with a part two, especially as this covers 4/8 albums to date. There's still so much to talk about like how they moved on after the Rev's death, their dive into steadily more progressive albums, and how philosophy and spirituality took on a bigger and bigger role.

[@georgecoull1883]

Rest in peace Jimmy "the Rev" Sullivan

[@Geraldhiggs]

This is my fav band thanks Rawmusictv !

[@frostx9209]

So cool... I think we need part 2. Please 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@anakinlapierre-tate4127]

I love how you brought up the hippies before sating they are more punk than the punks because they like the hippes too

[@jaudiolab9563]

We're soo proud of you jimmy and all of a7x family's you'll all just inspire us and just soo unique!! This band makes my childhood grown till eand with tears.. 😢

[@chazclark86]

Can’t just end it here, part 2 bro! Need the rest of the history! Brooks helped Save A7X imo. Cant forget Portnoy that helped them out, The Rev was a massive fan of his too. Amazing Live man!

[@_Imsosorry_]

The bands next album "Nightmare" was Jimmy's project writing over 60% of the album before he passed.

[@AlexCoutis]

How did the background music come about for your vids. Really suits them like a glove and it really makes your documentaries stand out from the rest which I love

[@RAWMUSICTV]

It's mostly from KZbins own audio library. I just try and find the best music that I think fits the band and the story.

[@corvusjackson1458]

I always want to know what's that background music when something traumatic happens in your doc

[@1nathaniell]

this is so amazing

[@CodyNichol14]

finally lol a7x is the best band ever

[@pmc4229]

no that is veggietales

[@CodyNichol14]

@@pmc4229 "FACTS"

[@bertiehart5173]

Great work, these docs are awesome! Could you do a doc on Of Mice and Men?

[@soongold798]

Rest in peace REV

[@uns4intedx]

9:56 wow he already looked so old at age 10!

[@JustennWolfe]

Never heard of your but 5 minutes in I’m subscribed

[@juliesmith3449]

foREVer X

[@Legendarygaming-wu5pc]

R.I.P jimmy

[@mr.mikechanel6349]

TheRev Legend' R.i.P

[@Scarz1991]

Great job on this. But heres a bit of a correction. At the time of The Rev’s passing, they were already working on the album Nightmare and he had already demoed out the drums for most if not all of the album and some vocals most notably the song Fiction(check it out if yall haven’t heard it yet(bonus fact; The Rev’s solo part “i hope its worth it…..” he was recovering from a hangover). Mike portnoy came in and basically recorded and kept true to what jimmy had demoed on a electric drum kit. And mike did an excellent job with it.

[@RAWMUSICTV]

He wrote most of that album and the band had finished writing it before he passed but he didn't record the album with the band, although as you say there are some of his vocals present. I'm not sure what you're actually correcting? Demoing drums and writing are not the same as recording an album with the actual band.

[@RobertoFrann]

You can see the evolution from this group from 2003 vs 2023 🖤🤟🦇

[@hectorvasquez3605]

Im a fan of ax7, but their debouchary consisted of takin down Christmas lights? Cmon man, study some ozzy, the crue, the who.

[@jaylowbeatbox4061]

Amazing video.

[@djordje6455]

Great video, keep up the good content

[@KilluaZoldyck-vr4yz]

foREVer 🤘

[@tlzwaya]

Not mentioning A Little Piece of Heaven on the white album is a sin. Other than that great video cheers

[@skorpionmvv]

needs a second part

[@bligaming1921]

Part two please

[@mentallyaktive916]

Im American and I Love Punk....im Frm California !!!

[@A7XBitch]

I love this band. And I mean LOVE them. Ever since bat country came on the radio twenty years ago I've been obsessed. I've got their deathbat on my forearm. I feel so lucky to be able to be in this journey with them, from sounding the seventh trumpet to their new stuff, whatever they do I love being a part of it. Even with Matt's stupid mullet. Cannot wait for September to see them. It's been 7 years since they've been here and 10 since I've seen them. They cancelled last time because of Matt's throat and I fucking cried. I feel like more people should know about Avenged. They have no idea what they're missing.

[@richperez2168]

You really can't do documentaries like this in under 30 minutes.

[@d0n315]

Oh The Rev… if you only knew how much you’re missed 😔

[@Li0nX]

Hell yea!

[@-jimmyjames]

gOOD WORK mATE. PART 2?

[@hurfhimself1426]

Is there gonna be a part 2? Seemed like an odd place to stop

[@corykimmel3497]

The rev would love there new album and brooks

[@LorrieMiller-qm9pz]

The band and their story did not end there at all need to do a continuation since they are still going strong and still a successful and totally relevant band and not over by any stretch of the imagination

[@RAWMUSICTV]

I didn't say it ended there. The documentary ended there.

[@josephholland252]

Part 2 plz

[@KhlurKaRi_27]

At last...🤝🤘

[@TheCarnaGeYT]

Are you GoinG to do a Bullet for my Valentine Doc? They are vastly underrated!

[@jakemaster4449]

Can you please do underoath!!!!

[@RAWMUSICTV]

LOVE Underoath!

[@justinscott9733]

Can you do one for My Chemical Romance? That would be a good one

[@RAWMUSICTV]

That will happen for sure!

[@paranoidgaming806]

we miss the rev😢

[@grubfilms9043]

Part 2!

[@youareawesome5236]

Great video as always. Keep it up Brother.

[@necrodestroyer]

rest in peace jimmy el knife master

[@delanoarts3703]

There first video was great when I seen it I thought why havnt I heard of these guys they must be huge and got the album turns out they weren't even close to be a big band but the video made them look like they were was a great idea and awesome way to kick start the band I probably wasn't the only person to think that that video still awesome makes them look as big as they are these days because I know for fact they were barely anything when that video was aired was smart

[@justCarner]

This should be the story of the Rev. even that is incomplete in this video because he did write the drums for the album “nightmare.” He didn’t get to record the record. He’s also singing on that album. Anyways, the story of avenged sevenfold does not end with the revs death. Nightmare of 2010 and the stage 2016 or a couple of their best albums. We’ll see how life is but a dream holds up.

[@RAWMUSICTV]

Where did I say he didn't write anything for another album? I didn't say that. "Story" does not inherently mean every single day of a band's career.

[@boblouis972]

Excellent video, but the band didn’t end with jimmy passing, you left so much on the table to discuss, I mean there’s 4 more albums since the self title, most importantly of which was nightmare that jimmy helped write most of but past before any studio recordings were done, and the legend Mike Portnoy himself stepped up to studio record the album with avenged in honor of jimmy

[@RAWMUSICTV]

I didn't say they stopped after that, we all know the band carried on after Jimmy. I try and keep the episodes to around 30 minutes so there just wasn't time to go into anything else. I might release a part two in the future to cover more of their career!

[@boblouis972]

@@RAWMUSICTV I was just left wanting more, avenged is one of my favorite bands, one of the few that I’ve religiously kept up on, there’s just so much to go into with them, I would love to see a part 2 soon

[@RAWMUSICTV]

I was left wanting more as well haha

[@agilariadiasmoaji8523]

part 2!

[@guythatplaysguitar764]

fun fact the white album was not the last album jimmy wrote with avenged sevenfold it was dimonds in the rough

[@RAWMUSICTV]

I said it was the last album he recorded with the band in a studio.

[@harryallen1175]

That ended all of a sudden.

[@samquicky3052]

Muse next

[@carterreed6206]

Could you do one on Lorna Shore

[@Idontknowone1able]

If I remember correctly, Jimmy took his own life? It was not accidental. Brompton Cocktail was his message to the band, how he was going to do it. Fiction was Jimmy’s suicide letter to the band they found he had written after he passed away. Check me on this, but I swear I remember watching videos of the band talking about this stuff after it happened

[@JZJ7777]

No, it was definitely accidental. I refuse to believe anything else. The time of his death seems to suggest that it wasn’t necessarily on purpose. It was a random time, sometime in the middle of the day. There’s more sources saying that his death was an accidental prescription drug overdose and alcohol. The combination was lethal.

[@MsJpizle]

First we have the black album and now the white album

[@george-8043]

My dad worked with the people that made the big Mac I guess lol

[@airelljusuff2714]

subscribed

[@floresgt3]

Hey honestly, knowing about the “death contracts” and givin the fact that they were so good, they could just go independent. Was their any foul play? The rev was a smart guy who understood business and … I just wonder

[@declaration_of_independence]

Please do cannibal corpse

[@mattchavez9182]

This didn’t even talk about unholy confessions. Probably their first big hit

[@RAWMUSICTV]

It's just a title. The Avenged Sevenfold Story is, well, the story. Hope you enjoyed it anyway!

[@calputnam416]

What song is in the background pls someone tell me it sounds so dark but badass and sad at the same time

[@humanactivated1017]

These stories try to make some musicians seem like they are more cool quirky and fun than anyone else … totally opposite what I as a metal fan want to hear

[@erikanrique9189]

You missed the album diamonds in the rough

[@alvinjoseph7260]

Johnny Christ said that Jimmy wrote 60% of the nightmare album

[@RAWMUSICTV]

He helped to write all of it, around 60% was purely written by him though. "I mean, Jimmy's had a part in every song and a lot of the songs are 100 percent his. He probably wrote about 60 percent of this record, himself." - Johnny Christ

[@BernhardBernard]

I feel like they went from half assed melodic Death (metallic hardcore) to prog Metal (butt rock)

[@Dead-xk1lk]

😂😂butt rock always makes me laugh 😂😂

[@pkmblcknwht]

Part 2 part 2

[@JeremyHenson-bo2bp]

There is no punk without CBGBs

[@chrisbooth478]

🦇💀🦇 foREVer 🦇💀🦇

[@rn44yt]

Part. 2 when?

[@igorrodrigues7382]

Part 2?

[@RAWMUSICTV]

Looks like it haha

[@InPieces_music]

Do from ashes to new