Album Info

Life Is But a Dream…

Rock - 2023

With their first album since 2016, Avenged Sevenfold takes an unexpected turn into existentialism. Written over a span of four... more

Tracklist

1

Game Over

3:46 min
2

Mattel

5:30 min
3

Nobody

5:53 min
4

We Love You

6:15 min
5

Cosmic

7:31 min
6

Beautiful Morning

6:32 min
7

Easier

3:37 min
8

G

3:37 min
9

(O)rdinary

2:52 min
10

(D)eath

3:19 min
11

Life Is But a Dream...

4:29 min

About Life Is But a Dream…

With their first album since 2016, Avenged Sevenfold takes an unexpected turn into existentialism. Written over a span of four years that included the pandemic, Life Is But a Dream… was inspired by the philosophy and writings of French author and Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus. The hypnotic lead single “Nobody” sets a reflective and pensive tone with orchestral strings as singer M. Shadows delivers snaky, overlapping vocal lines. Follow-up “We Love You” is an abrupt change of pace, with dissonant guitar bursts and a frenetic, Mr. Bungle-like arrangement that smashes dizzying old-school thrash into a slide guitar interlude. The entire album is all over the place—ragtime piano (title track), chamber music (part of “Game Over”), electro-pop (a few songs)—but for A7X, it’s a good place to be.