The Album That Saved Metal

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[@cameronj6161]

One song on this album I find that not enough people talk about is Strength Of The World. The chorus and guitar solo of that song are amazing. The song is a true work of art just like this whole album.

[@Danielsyn665]

DUDE RIGHT?!?!?! strength of the world is a magical masterpiece 😩🙏🏼

[@TheDarkSidePoet]

One of my fave A7X tracks.

[@69skatermike]

Is on my siiiiiiiiiiideee

[@cameronj6161]

@@69skatermike The one true beholoooollderrrr Ice In My Veins! For those who have diiiiiiieeeeeed

[@theguyof360]

It's my favorite piece of music, next to Dream Theater's "Finally Free"

[@bingeeater6996]

he forgot to talk about blinded in chains

[@karimarie0638]

And The Wicked End!

[@a7xnObODY]

Best song live

[@mobafan3713]

And Burn it down. At least he could have mentioned the fact that it was the first single off the album

[@densereaper]

If City of Evil is almost as old as you are, then how old are you?

[@EvilSewnit]

19-20ish probably

[@arbuznazarov9326]

1. nu metal already was dying out in 2005, the last major release of the genre (slipknot's vol 3) came out in 2004 2. definitely not all of nu metal is influenced by hip hop 3. the vocals on Waking The Fallen were at least 60% clean singing and Matt already sang gritty (tho not as good as later and before going to the coach) 4. waking the fallen already had a lot of melodic heavy metal influence the album review itself is good though, my favorite song is Trashed and Scattered have you heard Life is But a Dream by the way? Loved that record

[@monzxsa]

idk how people sleep on trashed and scattered. best avenged song imo

[@Pre-Post-Man]

​@@monzxsa2nd lowest point of City of evil IMO.

[@jeffreywarf]

Life is but a dream is rightfully get divisive. I've heard people say it's a pretentious mess and people say it's a masterpiece. And honestly I can't say either is completely wrong, but it definitely demands at least 1 listen from everyone

[@ravenkills]

@@jeffreywarf personally, i'd say it's A7X's second-least good album only to ST7T, but it's still really good and bands should do acid when writing songs more often

[@neoshida]

Even Slipknot's Vol 3 are only 50% nu metal, and 50% badass..

[@Dad2ADaughter_Cpt_Blakesbeard]

I totally was not into Avenged when I first heard them. Even years later. I'm from the 80's so I'm all about the thrash and actual metal sounds. Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Exodus, Megadeth and yes even really early Pantera. BUT, after literally making myself sit through City of evil I definitely gained a huge respect for them. Since then I've become a pretty big fan.

[@chrismeadows4216]

The most common observation which I've had of them as a longtime fan of theirs is that their not being everyone's cup of tea doesn't factor in many people not drinking tea unless they're offered it and accept it. Once their music makes sense to appreciate, most enjoy it. It's nice to read about your experience. There are a handful of bands who capture essences of classic bands while being new and fresh. I'm glad that you enjoy A7X as one of them.

[@user-op5ov4qh2u]

I absolutely loved this definitely keep making more

[@HighTechCinnamon]

This album had my favorite standalone A7X songs but I think I enjoy Waking the Fallen as an album more, I mean cmon both parts of "I won't see you Tonight" go insane, especially the transition between them. Definitely don't sleep on it.

[@chrismeadows4216]

Remenissions, Desecrate Through Reverence, Eternal Rest, Radiant Eclipse, Clairvoyant Disease, and And All Things Will End also go insane, and they're fairly slept on. There aren't many massive guitar dueling or orchestral songs on Waking the Fallen, but it's a perfectly cohesive album which every song is awesome on. A7X's run from it through Nightmare should be legendary for decades, if not centuries. Nightmare is my favorite album of all time, with Waking the Fallen, City of Evil, and Life Is but a Dream... following it in changing orders.

[@mobafan3713]

Waking the fallen is definitely better than COE, but both albums are 🔥🔥🔥

[@CylonModel2]

Really interesting video, though Avenged were part of a trio with Trivium and Bullet for my Valentine that were seen as the next generation of metal. They were seen as the replacements for Maiden, Metallica and GnR. Ascendancy, City of Evil and The Poison combined changed the landscape for metal.

[@beenalive1736]

Ascendancy slaps. But that shit really stopped the evolution and maturity that nu metal was going through at the time by killing it. I'll never forgive them for that. At least now it's coming back and we can enjoy all these bands together.

[@CylonModel2]

@@beenalive1736 It did slow the evolution of nu-metal, but I feel like it wouldn’t reach its full potential without the bands that were brought up on it elevating it to the next level and exposing it to a new generation.

[@beenalive1736]

@@CylonModel2 Only Soad dropped it at the time, the other bands basically changed but as a result of all of this it fell out of the mainstream and say later Mudvayne or Static X is not much appreciated so these bands slowed down and even disbanded in the late 2000s early 2010s

[@CylonModel2]

@@beenalive1736 Yeah, but there weren’t any new nu-metal bands coming through and getting any traction. It’s like what happened with metal in the late 80’s/early 90’s until the 2000’s revival.

[@chrismeadows4216]

They weren't really seen by most as a part of a trio of metal with those bands. By many, magazine companies included, sure, but not most. With Slipknot, Disturbed, and Lamb of God, they'd been seen by most as a quartet of American heavy metal, and with Killswitch Engage, Trivium, and Bullet for My Valentine, they'd been seen by most as a quartet of metalcore bands which they'd been in the past. Avenged Sevenfold had moved way past metalcore with City of Evil. Killswitch Engage, Trivium, and Bullet for My Valentine hadn't done it yet. Trivium had done it with The Crusade, Shogun, In Waves, and Vengeance Falls, but those albums, as excellent as they are, in many ways better, don't influence most how Ascendancy does, and they haven't made marks for metal as A7X's Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare, and Hail to the King do along with City of Evil. Slipknot's, Disturbed's, and Lamb of God's albums absolutely do.

[@stoney999]

This was just an excuse to shit on Nu Metal

[@user-cq2fc8ue7s]

i love nu metal from the 90s such as korn’s first four album 1994-1999, slipknot’s self titled debut from 1999, System of a Down’s self titled debut from 1998 and significant other by limp bizkit, and there are two nu metal albums i love such as toxicity by system of a down and iowa by slipknot, i like a few nu metal albums from the early 2000s such as chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water by limp bizkit, hybrid theory and meteora by linkin park, other than that nu metal went down hill for me with some nu metal albums i didn’t care for in the early 2000s and mid 2000s except the only one i liked of the mid 2000s is vol 3 the subliminal verses by slipknot.

[@loa444]

idk how someone can hate nu metal so much💀💀

[@mobafan3713]

Idk I overall don't like it, but there is however one band from that genre that I absolutely love and that's Disturbed! Other than that SOAD and Linking park are I guess ok and everything else is really bad! For example Slipknot. The most overrated band of all time! How could you have a band with one quadrillion band member and sound so mediocre?! Plus 99% of the members now ate changed and that's not even mentioning the fact that Corey is one of the worst people in the community. Can't understand the hype, I'd unirronically rather listening to Nickelback over them

[@loa444]

@@mobafan3713 i can see what youre saying, but kindly i must disagree; disturbed is very good, incredible even, but id say a lot of "nu-metal" bands stray so far from nu-metal (in a good way) that its hard to put them on the same wave as slipknot or korn (which is valid to not really enjoy, theyre both a little harder to get into weirdly enough). I will say though, with all of the stuff I've watched and read about them and how they used to write, record, and get inspiration is kinda wicked to see (for example the story of corey recording the song iowa is insane and kinda dope at the same time). I completely agree about the lineup changes and corey being an egomaniac dipstick. If youre looking to give quote-unquote nu-metal another shot i highly recommend deftones' first 4 albums (specifically white pony), system has a bunch of great songs on their debut, as well as korn's first two albums. as much as i glaze nu-metal, i dont really listen to it specifically too often, so id love to hear what you listen to regularly

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

​​​​​@@loa444Disturbed was good when they left nu metal, becoming an alternative metal band in 10000 fists. I agree that nu metal is a very good genre, but Disturbed wasn't exactly the best of that genre in particular. White pony is not nu metal. Deftones, in fact, left the nu metal sound in Around the fur. Not only that, White pony is arguably the most important alternative metal album of the 2000s.

[@blackheart7261]

A7X is great but this video could have been fine without trashing nu metal. Especially Korn. Generalizing them under just rap rock is kinda disingenuous, yeah there's hip-hop influence but really the only big rap rock band out of that era was limp Bizkit. If anything with Korn they are more so Groove Metal + Grunge especially if we are just talking about their first 2 albums.

[@EugeneCrabs6835]

I think he saying towards city of evil nu metal bands just blended in with each other and was the same style

[@bimbuerton362]

Yeah nu metal is pretty diverse, I love Slipknot and System of a Down and they have very unique and distinct sounds.

[@Gobbofy]

i can agree. i suppose i didnt really do nu metal that much justice with my description. i have the kind of relationship with nu metal, that an abused wife has with her husband. as terrible as i find it sonically, it does have its gems,: deftones, system of a down, slipknot etc

[@chrismeadows4216]

"really the only big rap rock band out of that era was limp Bizkit." Linkin Park and their two U.S. diamond-certified albums: "And I took that personally."

[@chrismeadows4216]

Nu-metal is reflective of metal as a whole as it reaches points of being heavily commercialized. With bands like the '70s heavy metal bands, glam metal bands, grunge bands who are metal-centric, groove metal bands, then nu-metal bands, then metalcore bands, then deathcore bands, there are bands who absolutely stand out, clearly defining what a subgenre's main sounds are, then there are years of other bands homogenizing it until it blurs together. There are always really fascinating bands who few other bands sound like, but movements generally die after a few years, maybe resurrect to experience other waves as they do, and from heavy metal to progressive metal to black metal to technical death metal, these bands always exist, but reach cult status because thousands of bands can't all be at the top, and bands will form and found more subgenres which will be majorly popular in perpetuity.

[@kebry1496]

Very entertaining documentary with a few contraversial takes. Its hard to find people that value the song 'sidewinder' as much as I do. Most people just think its cringe which i guess I can understand. Still, ill never forget how perplexed and amazed I was the first time I heard the verse riff to that song.

[@Ade-ow5hb]

Sidewinder is the best song on the album and I've never heard anyone call it cringe

[@kebry1496]

@@Ade-ow5hb they’re the same people that think the song ‘scream’ and ‘girl i know’ is cringe. And for the same reasons

[@SIRebrum]

Who the hell called *Sidewinder* cringe ? The Guitar Outro is Masterclass in there

[@chrismeadows4216]

Sidewinder's an excellent example of a rough masterpiece and an acquired taste. What repeats of it can be laboring to hear, and its changes are magnificent. It's as heavy as it needs to be from the beginning, and as tasteful as it needs to be to the end. It isn't what most would consider a commercial piece, or a banger for people who want more of certain flavors, but it's uniquely itself. Considering it cringe or considering it brilliant are both valid.

[@SIRebrum]

@@chrismeadows4216 Considering it Cringe isn't Valid at all, I get your 'Flavor' take, but naaa, considering it mediocre would probably be valid, 'probably', but no fuckin way 'cringe'

[@mudgoner47]

nu metal goes hard

[@mobafan3713]

Yea, it's so hard to go through a single nu metal song

[@Rekon-se6wv]

Hard as a dry turd on the side of the road

[@tomthemilkman5836]

Man this is an amazing put together video good shit

[@Kippuin]

My favorite album of all time. Thanks for makin this video.

[@Pre-Post-Man]

That intro alone makes this video a 10/10. My favorite album is either City of evil or the stage (probably City tbh) and i love to see some love towards my good old A7X

[@OGLoko-ed1ys]

The Stage, albiet, not as catchy or fun, is easily A7Xs most mature work to date. It's absolutely my favorite A7X record.

[@theguyof360]

​dude it's so good

[@chrismeadows4216]

My favorite album is Nightmare. I mean it generally. There's variety in Nightmare which I feel that there isn't in any of Avenged Sevenfold's albums before it, including their self-titled, its sounds are so cohesive and atmospheric, its song meanings are so rich and emotional, it's so technically impressive without being over the top, it has the most balanced production aside from Hail to the King, and every part of its aesthetics is meticulous and effective.

[@chrismeadows4216]

​@@OGLoko-ed1ys, I disagree that The Stage as a whole is mature. It has conscious, intellectual concepts in it, nuanced presentations, and it's a mostly grounded album, but "Why don't you get my lawyer on the phone?", "It seems these sheep have quite an appetite.", "Pledge allegiance; no flag, God nation; God damn.", and almost the entireties of Creating God and Simulation are so immature that they break immersions of the album's songs and bring down its cerebrality being clever. They're similar songs to City of Evil songs, incidentally. Paradigm, Sunny Disposition, Angels, Higher, Roman Sky, Fermi Paradox, and Exist are mature. Nightmare is intrapersonally intelligent, insightful, and deliberate, its roughest parts being from before The Rev had passed. Life Is but a Dream... doesn't contrast its campiness and serious themes, naturally progressing through them as many people do, and it's artistically boldest. Maturity is more based on perceptiveness and wisdom than awareness and smartness. The Stage is half mature, mostly brainy.

[@stephgonzalez7547]

Blinded in chains is what i love and adore about the album. Same with burn it down

[@seanyancey4297]

Metal wasn't dying at this time there was a new wave of myspace metal That had its own grassroots diy movement, and bands before that like lamb of God and killswitch engage were thriving, this a7x album was a staple for radio rock and metal but it didn't save metal because it didn't need saving

[@chrismeadows4216]

You're right. Most notably, Slipknot and Disturbed had been large before City of Evil had been released, reaching millions of people who don't listen to metal, and become much bigger after it, independent of its release, without being significantly influenced by it. They're the best two examples of nu-metal bands who had adapted to become the most successful modern heavy metal bands and influence many other bands. It's great that the OP is just clickbait titling for more views and had clarified.

[@iz5808]

It started dying off because up to the early 2000s the internet and popular culture was very American and mostly influenced by the white audience. As the overall public started being more and more diverse heavy music went out of the popular radar.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

If our only hope was Myspace and fucking Killswitch Engage, then I'm sorry, metal was dying. Nobody's arguing that people weren't still making cool metal music. Heck, there's no danger of that as long as Judas Priest and Saxon are still cranking it out. But nobody *cool* and culturally relevant was making cool metal music. Metal was becoming irrelevant.

[@iz5808]

@@ChrisStoneinator true. I feel like the popularity of the heavy music was sort of a Western phenomenon. Very unlikely that we see it in the popular culture ever again. The companies that rely on what people are really interested in parted their ways even with the rock music

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

​@@ChrisStoneinatorthere was plenty of genres and bands coming out of the 2000s and 2010s. And he old bands of the 80s and 90s were doing incredible work too.

[@mobafan3713]

I like how the first few songs (Beast and the harlot - Trashed and shattered) kinda have the vibe of a songs you'd hear in a wild party late at night (kinda weird to explain, but if you know you know), then we have Sieze the day that ends that half and after it starts the second half that's full of long epic songs

[@lvl85taurendk]

Nice to see this with the hype for this new album coming up

[@eumesmo71]

since 90s EVERY year has a "album that SAVED metal"

[@astrowerm]

Great throwback, i loved this album!

[@jasonmiller8207]

*reads video title* *sees the background image* I bet this video will be well received by all! (IMO thought City of Evil is a pretty great album, regartdless of your opinion of A7X)

[@EugeneCrabs6835]

dude you need more subs and views this video is excellent

[@shawnexotics7828]

The city of evil album alone will forever be the biggest album avenged sevenfold ever released especially with it's numerous song appearances in video game and movie soundtracks

[@chrismeadows4216]

Hail to the King seems likely to catch up, fortunately or unfortunately, given how many people are polarized by it, not just fans, but City of Evil is a definitive foundational album which will remain Avenged Sevenfold's most influential.

[@BObbert179]

hella underrated channel. subscribed!

[@valaverses]

My man called Chris Cornell “this guy” lmao

[@anthonytabares3582]

Sidewinder. Since the first time I heard that Spanish style melody with that samba beat. I was hooked.

[@harleyhallada7659]

This is dope af dude 😮

[@Alialaly420-do8ui]

the thumbnail hits hard

[@heter0flexual623]

fuckin lost it when you threw up the keemstar tweet lmao good shit, your editing is gonna take you far man keep at it

[@novalover5033]

😆 A Rolling stone interview from 2017 with M shadows on his top 10 metal albums of ALL time revealed he was a korn fan. I love it. It Proves they influenced him in some way. Also later in his career they played multiple shows together. If he respects them enough for a honorable mention and worked along side them. Then he understands and gets something you obviously fail to grasp. Direct Quote KORN 1994 “ At the time, I was getting into heavier music. I’d learned about Pantera from the Rev. But I was driving in my parents’ car, and I heard “Blind” on the radio for the first time and it just reminded me of Phil [Anselmo], because it was like he was singing, but he was still growling. But it just seemed darker and creepier. It just gave me a feeling that I had never had before listening to music. I found out it was Korn afterwards, and I talked to everyone I knew about Korn and no one knew who Korn was. So I went to Bionic Records the next day in Huntington Beach to pick up that first Korn record. That was a big moment for me because when I put on that record, I had never heard anything like it. I guess people called it nu-metal or whatever, but it just sounded different to me. It sounded funky. It sounded tortured. It just had all these elements I had never ever heard before. So that record was a huge moment for me. Jonathan Davis had a vulnerability that Phil didn’t have. Phil was more just “alpha,” very straightforward most of the time. And then you had this Jonathan character who was still doing the scream-singing thing, or he was hitting notes, but he wasn’t just screaming over it, but it just felt very vulnerable “

[@chrismeadows4216]

Blind's intro is actually why Save Me's bass intro exists and sounds how it does. He mentions it in Save Me's Breakdown.

[@123lowp]

My view is that BTBAM and Lamb Of God are better than Korn. But, to each their own.

[@edqt]

whys a dude born in 02 trying to talk about the music scene in 05, and city of evil was NOT well received from early fans

[@uihirasawa843]

3:03 While Sounding the Seventh Trumpet was definitely very different compared to City of Evil, Waking the Fallen is very much not a night and day difference. There's a lot of elements of Waking the Fallen that you can very much hear in City of Evil.

[@chrismeadows4216]

City of Evil is essentially Waking the Fallen with growls lessened and present strictly for atmosphere, M. Shadows' clean vocals exaggeratedly nasal and rasped, guitar harmonies twice as pronounced, more emphases on hairpin transitions, more complex arrangements and orchestrations, lyrics which are less personal, and immensely busy production. It can't be considered a metalcore album, but it's definitely heavy metal and melodic hardcore, given major hard rock and progressive metal characteristics. Avenged Sevenfold's discography has very natural musical stylistic shifts.

[@kilerseb117]

what about blinded in chains, the wicked end and strenght of the world?

[@cvptvinwavy3960]

great video i liked and subd

[@ZaccoOfficial]

good video!

[@sleepy2812]

I love Avenged but also Nu metal is still one of my favorite sub genres

[@Optimus1234Prime]

Without a doubt their best album and in my top 10 albums of all time.

[@Defectivebraincell]

Thoughts on the stage?

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

What really elevated metal and is one of the best metal albums AND is THE BEST A7X album by far - Nightmare

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

The stage is up there too.

[@asadloli1146]

i think i will always be mad at myself for dropping a7x in 5th grade to get into mcr and not getting back into them until after my dad passed cuz i know for a fact he would’ve loved them

[@chrismeadows4216]

In a perfect world, you would've been able to love both bands all along. It isn't too late to value them to the fullest, fortunately.

[@jacobmohammed4350]

Dude, how the fuck do you only have 300 subs? Fire video

[@Janmayer]

First time I've heard Avenged Sevenfold was in 2005 during the VMA when they won for best rock band for that year. I didn't search about in the internet but the name stayed on my mind. In 2007 I suddenly remember the name then I looked it up and I saw the Almost Easy music video. They had just released selftitle's album. After that I never stopped to hear A7X and it became my favorite band. City of Evil is the best album they released. Love this Crazy mood between Guns N Roses and Melodic Metal, songs that have so many parts.

[@mikeyfoulke]

Waking the Fallen is my favorite album but City of Evil is definitely up there.

[@Preppyabababa]

I loved city of evil when it first came out in 05’ definitely they’re best album imo. One of the few albums I can put on and not skip a song. That album had such an awesome vibe to it I can’t explain it.

[@chrismeadows4216]

Excuses to make videos about Avenged Sevenfold aren't necessary, but I appreciate the work which had gone into making this one!!! Please keep it up!!! 💀🦇🤘🏼💙

[@Gobbofy]

This video still doing more numbers than the rest of my channel combined 10 months later. Y'all PLEASE go watch any of my other content 🙏

[@chrismeadows4216]

This video will make many people mad, and I'm totally here for it!!!

[@ChipmunkAsylum]

City of Evil and Waking the Fallen are peak A7X

[@mobafan3713]

Waking the fallen - Nightmare is peak! 4 insane albums one after another! Then we got HTTK💀💀, BUT they released The Stage and LIBAD... , which are 2 insane albums!

[@ChipmunkAsylum]

@@mobafan3713 i actually like HTTK better than libad, but yeah WTF-Nightmare was one hell of a run

[@user-dt8el9jy7x]

Damn im old, i enjoyed this as a teenager

[@antonioferreira-ue4vj]

Actually, their nº1 band they idolized was Guns n´Roses. Also Iron Maiden. Apart from that, it is a good video. City of Evil is a work of art. Allthough nowadays Synister Gates says he hates "Beast and the Harlot" . But Nightmare for me is the best Avenged album

[@chrismeadows4216]

Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Pantera are definitely their big four of influences. Mr. Bungle and Faith No More have huge roles of their sounds, as well.

[@chrismeadows4216]

Syn only has trauma from playing Beast and the Harlot's chorus arpeggios as he'd sang backing vocals, understandably. He'd said in their Beast and the Harlot Breakdown that it's one of their best songs.

[@antonioferreira-ue4vj]

@@chrismeadows4216 I didnt know that was the reason, i just saw an interview in wich he said he hated "The beast and the harlot", and whn asked why, he answered, "For so many reasons, just dont make me play that song", but what you wrote makes sense as i also watched him say on Beast and the Harlot breakdown, that it was hard as hell to play it live.

[@chrismeadows4216]

@@antonioferreira-ue4vj, iirc, he'd also talked about it in a Reddit AMA. Multitasking is really stressful with it, and he has to stand in front of his microphone the entire song aside from during his solo and its drum solo. With how high his backing vocals have to be, it's like asking him to land an ollie on a skateboard uphill without spilling any drop of a full glass of milk every night. Performing a song like it live for thirteen years kills magic for a musician. He should've known the price of... being too Synyster to himself. 😎

[@Elvis_The_Pelvis1968]

Yo it’s a KZbinr who came from Louisiana, that’s my home state which is really cool to me that I found a KZbinr from Louisiana

[@kermitthedepressedfrog5291]

Avenged Sevenfold, in my eyes, is the best Metal Band of all time and I'm so thankful my buddy showed me their music back when I was just a young teenage boy. I love every single one of their albums and there isn't a single song I hate

[@Coconuthut1]

Mia is easily my favorite off coe, one of their best overall as well.

[@skorpionmvv]

nothing wrong with some nu metal

[@thecleanslateshow4593]

Me and my bud used to sing bat country in gym class all the time when I was in middle school. City of evil was a masterpiece

[@KevinGsWK]

OK, now this is epic

[@TheSharker]

Got my sub

[@shawnfuckingspencer]

can't believe you disrespected chris cornell like that

[@carpenoctem775]

Say what you will about the nu metal bands, but at a certain point that was the biggest thing in rock. It took the country by storm and was the music of a generation captivating millions of kids just as much as grunge did in the early 90’s. Many of them are still big now. Most of the heavy bands that came after didn’t reach the same album sales or achieve as much popularity among the public, including avenged sevenfold.

[@untitledtransient]

It saved metal in the sense that it was one of the records that ushered in 1,5 decades of complete pop cultural irrelevance for heavy music

[@BTandthe5LS]

Metal head elitists still exist? Sheesh. That’s unfortunate

[@deframon]

KZbin started that year

[@Tibor860]

A narrow minded thinking that Metal didnt exist outside of the US Metal was thriving in Europe regardless of these mainstream commercial pop bands

[@shuruff904]

Regardless of what anyone says, Grunge and Nu Metal saved metal and kept it relevant. Bands like Nirvana (their heavier stuff), Alice in Chains, Audioslave, etc., and eventually Korn, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Slipknot etc. carried that torch while hip hop grinded away at the charts. I don't understand the hate or disrespect of Nu Metal (and grunge) that are literally not based on fact, just a lame hate bandwagon that so many hopped on. Had it not been for the rise of grunge, Nu Metal and bands like Helmet, Prong, NiN, Sepultura, Static X, Pantera, we'd still have glam rock with grown men jumping around in women's clothes, high from hair spray fumes, and copy-paste bullshit from the 80s. I can tell when people know nothing about Metal when they say "oh, nu Metal sucks lol". Like it or not, without the bands I mentioned, Metal would've died or at the very least became so watered down (which it is becoming now unfortunately, dispite a few great newer bands still out there doing the damn thing...), it'd be as hated and shit on as dubstep.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

I'm sorry, but some of the names you listed had no relation to nu or grunge whatsoever. Helmet is alternative metal, though is very common the misconception. Prong is groove metal. Nin was industrial, whether industrial metal or industrial rock. Sepultura only album that is more or less nu metal was Roots. Yet the latter half is groove metal, just like other albums of Sepultura. Static x it's nu metal, yeah. Pantera is groove metal

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

By the way, I'm not exactly in the bandwagon of "metal was dying" or "(insert x genre) was dying. Sure is virtually low existence in mainstream wasn't really going to sell the entire paradigm, but the 90s and the 2000s were full of outstanding albums and birth of many amazing genres, not only nu metal. For example, those were the best years of alternative metal. Faith no more, System of a down, Deftones themselves, Tool, and the list goes on. And many genres more.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Every fucking track on this record is so good. Like 9/10 good. When I was a kid Strength of the World and M.I.A. were unfathomably epic and I had no idea music could be like that. Then like you I went through a period of thinking Sidewinder was that 10/10 pinnacle, but I actually think Betrayed edges it slightly, and The Wicked End is just as good. And Blinded in Chains just has the coolest fucking riff ever.

[@Defectivebraincell]

Try the stage album, and give it a seconded chance after the first listen.

[@karimarie0638]

Oh my god, I was waiting to hear what you had to say about The Wicked End..the BEST song on the album imo! Dangggg .. still an awesome breakdown of the album, and I agree 1,000%! City of Evil is their best album hands down. It's just masterpiece after masterpiece. P.S...I loved the nod to Lamb of God in there🤘🏼 They're my favorite band. They've ALWAYS stayed true to their pure American metal sound, but also still evolving and improving. They are incredible.

[@ontologicaldiarrhea6582]

Korn is a great band man

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Not every opinion is valid you know. You don't get to just say things like "korn good" without getting pulled up on it.

[@mobafan3713]

Idk I don't really like them. The only album I liked was Requiem... That says enough imo

[@sephiroth7818]

4:11 Incubus changed their sound and it was the best move for them.

[@lrballistics]

Does MIA make anyone else yawn at the end when he says "don't forget that I was so young, fought so scared in the name of God and country"? I swear he sounds like he yawns those lyrics and it never fails to make me yawn after

[@ShounenN]

City of Evil will forever be under the Self Titled (White album) and The Stage, in my personal opinion hehe. I love City of Evil too, don't get me wrong

[@Firansah_01]

Me: 1. City of Evil 2. Avenged Sevenfold=Diamond in the Rough

[@mukulbhagat7205]

In 90s pantera saved metal from grunge and nu metal

[@cfishernb]

I go between City of Evil, Nightmare, and The Stage as my favorites. In your face aggression, raw emotion, technicality and maturity. Each one is very deep. I can't say City of Evil saved metal, but it played it's part. I haven't heard an album that sounds like it. I go on black metal and death metal kicks, and I enjoy swedish melodeath especially with that gothenburg sound but nothing hits like sevenfold does for me. I can jam all of their albums front to back happily... besides maybe HTTK. 7/8 is pretty fucking solid though.

[@skippigames]

PASSION IN MY EYESSSSSSSSSSS I LIVED IT EVERYDAYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@ChrisStoneinator]

BUT HOW COULD YOU GOOOOOOOOO, AND THROW IT ALL AWAAAAAAAY?!

[@mobafan3713]

​@@ChrisStoneinatorIN MY DREEEAMS IT'S MEEEE AND YOUUUU!!

[@cameronbrown407]

Waking the Fallen was incredible! Clearly a huge step from their last record, and a gigantic leap towards their “biggest” record. KoRn was and is a great band that is STILL selling out amphitheaters, and you’re video sir… is basura

[@Geraldhiggs]

Great album syn solos

[@BenaldinhoOG]

Its crazy that this album has some of their absolute masterpieces and yet they are never played. M.I.A, Strength of the world, blinded in chains and sidewinder to name a few are incredible but i guess just not radio worthy like bat country, beast and the harlot and sieze the day so never really got the recognition that i argue they deserved over these 3 songs

[@mobafan3713]

Actually when you think about it...2005 was a FIRE YEAR! The best BFMV album git released, The best Dream theater album got released, the best Opeth album hot released! And we also got ofcorse CoE! Oh and Ascendancy by Trivium! Insanely strong year! Arguably the best year in metal history lol!

[@zulkhairia.182]

Bat Country is the 1st song I've listened to. And i know these guys from magazine. And i feel so lucky.

[@H3llboundHero]

Why does everyone forget about Strength of the world? Such an underrated masterpiece

[@NumberD2000]

CoE is THE album that made me love metal.

[@phrog9511]

Nu Metal haters are crazy

[@wahpedalabuser3495]

Bro stop hating on Nu Metal it’s good

[@hectorescobar9450]

Nu metal is not cool. Bunch of rich teen age narcissistic kids acting tough is just not cool. No great guitar work.. talentless vocalist, terrible lyrics etc..

[@mobafan3713]

​@@hectorescobar9450the only nu metal band I like is Distributed. It doesn't even feel like Nu metal sometimes! That's why I love them so much

[@dannystrong2074]

@@mobafan3713 disturbed is nu metal? good to know.

[@mobafan3713]

@@dannystrong2074 exactly. I love them, because they dony even feel like nu metal in some albums

[@mobafan3713]

@@hectorescobar9450 abso-fucking-lutely

[@yikikliksucdiilyasamtarzi]

I don't think that nu metal was all bad. Korn, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Deftones, Static-X and some other are legitimatly good bands. But I get why you're upset. An example, Machine Head went nu metal and it was a huge downgrade from The More Things Change, and some other artists forced themselves to do nu metal and lowering their quality. That is a thing that also upsets me. Whatever, City Of Evil is an amazing album without a single fucking skip.

[@mobafan3713]

The only bands I like are Distributed and MAYBE Linkin park and SOAD

[@execute2626]

avenged sevenfold is extreme prog ? Can anyone tell me

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

Nah, the only one that is definitely prog metal is The Stage

[@kinnra4173]

No skips cover to cover

[@yungpurple]

a7x was my first „real metal“ band, but still, my fav sub genre will stay nu-metal. Its ok not no like it, the mix of rap and metal is not for everyones ears, but i can‘t imagine a better sounf than hybrid theory as example

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

Not all nu metal is related to hip hop, that's a misconception

[@JaceMazama]

This is going to sound made up but its true. I was working at an overnight add publishing company when this album came out and everyone always wanted to borrow stuff to watch/listen to. My friend Kat borrowed City of Evil and when she returned it she said, "This could like, save rock music."

[@Itbecause]

Lmao Nightmare was way after City of Evil

[@raymarxasequia1763]

My Fav A7x Album 🤘

[@michael.p18]

Blinded in Chains? Best song on the album? Great video regardless

[@zillllazine]

trashed and scattered and bat country says otherwise

[@Simonadas04]

Waking the fallen is my favourite

[@milky7198]

no need to trash nu metal i feel like there is an obvious difference between bands like soad and bizkit. other than that great video and amazing album my favorite track has to be trashed an scattered

[@ghosttownguy7472]

Ah yes, a core kid hating on Nu Metal. How original.

[@travisspaulding9540]

Video was definitely ruined by the needless and ignorant Nu-metal bashing. LB is obnoxious, agreed but korn is awesome, and there’s bands like sevendust that i think should’ve been mentioned.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

Not only that, but some nu metal bands were highly respected among their peers, like Snot

[@travisspaulding9540]

@@joaquinlezcano2372 Correct, but he wanted to jump on the hate train instead of actually acknowledging the good. Jonathan Davis openly addressed the fact that there were a lot of shitty copy cat bands that ruined the genre, but those bands are not the ones that lasted. The ones that had a lasting, positive impact on metal, those are the ones that should’ve been mentioned

[@Erik-bd6ll]

I disagree with the thumbnail but A7X is awesome, also all these songs on 1:47 minus the black eyed peas are awesome

[@newbeginning1510]

My favourite band of all time

[@bitter4567]

City of Evil has the best M. Shadows vocal work and performance

[@justnek2061]

Mans forgot burn it down existed ☠️☠️☠️

[@Pre-Post-Man]

He didnt talk about burn id down, wicked end and strength of the world. He didnt mention all of em