No way. Everything starting from the Victorian Gothic to 80^th glam is becoming cool for the huge masses of underground music lovers. This article is about a new-old band that is truly Blessed by a Broken Heart.

These guys took the modern mtv metal coined by bands like Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine. A glimpse of hardcore, punk, clean vocals, catchy melodies… way to lame. Dozens of bands are starting with this stuff nowadays but not these fellows. They took a large part from the 80^th. Not only the glam metal influence that is also becoming more and more a sell out thing, but also the good old synths. It’s like the soundtrack of Beverly Hills Cop meets Bon Jovi on a metalcore show. With their latest release Pedal To The Metal they’re really burning tires and heating up amps, nice bad to check out.

Avenged Sevenfold were formed in California in 1999 as a metalcore act. Their first two albums are really standard for this style and caught no major attention, but their 2005 release City of Evil was a success that launched them from small clubs to stadiums and fame.

In the year 2005 they brought up something that was old and dull and no one really expected that Iron Maiden t-shirts will be something not for nerds and losers. Avenged Sevenfold brought up the old school heavy metal/glam style. The mix was spectacular. Of course most of the old school guys consider them a joke but who cares, they really have rock and roll and also some really impressive guitar work.

Their new album will be released somewhere around the end of 2007 and they promised that it will be something completely new. Well we just have to wait and meanwhile we can still listen to their awesome mix of modern and old-school music.