Music Review - Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold are a metal band from Huntington Beach, California since 1999. The song Afterlife is a single from their self titled 2007 album "Avenged Sevenfold" written by their drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan who unfortunately passed away in 2009 (5th from the left). According to rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance (1st from the left), Afterlife is "about a man who dies early and finds himself in Heaven. Upon entering, he realises that he has too many things to do on Earth and to go back and make it right, he must escape from the Afterlife" . I recommend you to listen to the song as I walk through it briefly with some timestamps. This song starts off with an amazing string section which then crescendos along with The Rev's crash cymbals into the duel guitar intro of the song (0:17) by lead guitarist Synyster Gates and rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance. Bassist Johnny Christ pulls off a bass riff (0:38) that leads into the first verse of the so...