So basically, since this is Syn’s guitar forum, I thought why not make a topic about this. I’m sure both him and Zacky want to expand their guitar work on the next album even more, and bring new and interesting ideas. And there’s no doubt about that, because all Avenged albums are outstanding guitar-wise.
With that being said, the mindset I had when I thought about this topic is “What The Stage lacked guitar-wise?”, and it’s really hard to find an answer, but me being a little nitpicky shit that I am, I thought this:
– Dive bombs, a lot of dive bombs
– More tremolo picked riffs (essentially what you have on Fermi Paradox, but I’d like even more of that, in a way they did it on Remenissions for example)
– More thrash/groove riffs, something you can just headbang to and mosh until you pass out haha
– More guitar duels, especially something like this riff in Chapter Four demo version (I still don’t understand why they didn’t use that riff, it’s a pure bliss)
– A bit less clean guitar passages, I know that that’s something they artistically wanted to do on The Stage, but I feel like there was a bit too much of clean guitar passages in non-ballad songs.
So this is my “wishlist” for the next album. I know that Syn and the boys will do whatever they want, and I accept that. But if they could do a few of these things, I’d be the happiest guy on planet. What would you guys wanna hear?
With that being said, the mindset I had when I thought about this topic is “What The Stage lacked guitar-wise?”, and it’s really hard to find an answer, but me being a little nitpicky shit that I am, I thought this:
– Dive bombs, a lot of dive bombs
– More tremolo picked riffs (essentially what you have on Fermi Paradox, but I’d like even more of that, in a way they did it on Remenissions for example)
– More thrash/groove riffs, something you can just headbang to and mosh until you pass out haha
– More guitar duels, especially something like this riff in Chapter Four demo version (I still don’t understand why they didn’t use that riff, it’s a pure bliss)
– A bit less clean guitar passages, I know that that’s something they artistically wanted to do on The Stage, but I feel like there was a bit too much of clean guitar passages in non-ballad songs.
So this is my “wishlist” for the next album. I know that Syn and the boys will do whatever they want, and I accept that. But if they could do a few of these things, I’d be the happiest guy on planet. What would you guys wanna hear?