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You can have the best riff in the world, but if the drums behind it just ain't vibing it, it's not gonna be the greatest riff, right? So you've gotta have someone there that can really bring that to life.
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When you're concentrating on just the music, you're not thinking about anything else.
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Every riff had to be perfect and heavy, collectively what we wanted it to be. If there was one person in the room who went, 'Heh, I don't think it is there yet, guys,' we'd scrap the whole song. I think that took a little bit of songwriting maturity for us.
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We wanted to do something different and have a surprise release. At first, naturally, the label was getting a little scared about that, because they wanna sell records, and a surprise release means it might not go as quickly.
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It's not as much about the numbers as much as it is that our fans made a mark on this world for us.
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These fans are the reason why we're here. They're awesome and very crazy. They love Avenged Sevenfold, and we love them. Having that is rare.
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I just don't have time to really sit there and worry about someone disliking what we put so much effort into.
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If we're compared to Metallica, the greatest metal band in the world, I think that's actually a pretty damn good compliment.
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The fans have always been die-hard and awesome. That's why we do a lot of the things we do.
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When it comes right down to it, no, we're not religious at all.
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We are just happy to be together and out and traveling the world together.
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It wasn't until high school that I realized Avenged Sevenfold was picking up locally.
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You really have to play with the space in a riff so it can be allowed to breathe.