Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates discussed the band’s latest album, ‘Life Is But A Dream…’ and defended it against the bad comments with a Beatles analogy.
The band received many hate comments for their new album since it came out, and during the recent interview with Louder Sound, Gates opened up about the comments. The guitarist resembled the ‘death’ of Avenged Sevenfold to that of The Beatles’ when they released ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ while making clear that it is not the demise of the band:
“I’ve been using this analogy: both of my parents’ favourite band is The Beatles. My mom hates everything post-Sgt. Pepper’s, my dad couldn’t care less about the early stuff. They both still respect the fuck out of it, but it’s not for them. So, for my mom, Sgt. Pepper’s was the death of The Beatles, and I think for a lot of people this is the death of Avenged Sevenfold. But for a lot of other people, it’s a birth. The birth of a different band.”
The Impact of the Negative Comments
Though the band has been exposed to some negative comments about how it died with the latest record, it seems that the comments and negative reviews were a minority. They got a significant amount of positive feedback from both the press and fans. Following in the same interview, he continued:
“Funnily enough, I thought it could go either way. We’ve actually had really amazing support from the press, so I don’t want to make people think that we feel like we aren’t supported by the press at all. I actually feel it’s good that it just hasn’t been ignored.”
He then shared how they were affected by the negative comments:
“Even the bad reviews, people have talked about it. People are still interested in us, so that’s all I could ask for, really. The negative comments, I feel they’re the minority. I think people have been really thoughtful in considering this album.”
The Comments On ‘Life Is But A Dream…’
The album came out on June 2 this year, and while fans were okay with the album’s different sound compared to their earlier albums, some critics did not take it well. The album has been a topic of discussion in various blogs, where most fans shared that they loved it, while some magazines and YouTubers shared that they did not love, or, in fact, hated it.
Despite the comments, it’s neither the band’s death nor the album’s.
