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Synyster Gates, born Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., also known as Syn, is an American musician. He is currently the lead guitarist for Heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. Brian attended and but did not graduate from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood as part of the GIT program, studying jazz guitar. After six months of being there, he got a phone call from Jimmy (and the rest of the current line up of Avenged Sevenfold) asking him if he wanted to come and be their lead guitarist. Brian joined up with them rather than continuing his education and becoming a studio musician. Gates joined Avenged Sevenfold (A7X) when he was 18, at the end of 1999, right before the recording of the band's first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. He was featured on their EP, "Warmness on the Soul," and on the reissue of their first album. He also plays piano for the band on songs such as "The Beast and the Harlot" and "Sidewinder”. Gates cites Django Reinhardt, Adam Aparicio, Dimebag Darrell, Slash, John Petrucci and Francis Canavan as his favorite guitarists and major influences. He has won numerous awards, including the "Young Shredder" award of the year in the Metal Hammer awards in 2006 and the "Guitarist of the Year" Award for Total Guitar Magazine in 2006.

Vocals: M. Shadows (Matt Sanders)

Guitarist: Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker)

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Lead Guitarist: Synyster Gates (Brian Haner Jr.)

Bassist: Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward)

Drummer: The Rev (James Sullivan)

Clearly, AVENGED SEVENFOLD have thrown away the rulebook with WAKING THE FALLEN, their sophomore effort for Hopeless Records, AVENGED SEVENFOLD (or "A7X") shatter preconceptions of punk and metal. Guitar World (March 2003) said the band "completely blur the line between metal and punk." The magazine also noted that the band would "be as comfortable on the Ozzfest stage as it is playing punk rock dives." WAKING THE FALLEN eschews punk's loud-fast rules for extended songs that go well past the two-minute punk song, the three-minute rock song to the 6-7 minute opus. Punk rock with melody, metal's white-knuckle intensity and powerful wails combined with unflinching lyrics and an adventurous and epic spirit make the band stand truly alone. The 12 songs found on WAKING THE FALLEN include the blistering "Desecrate Through Reverence," the melodic punk metal anthem "Second Heartbeat" and the two-part, 14-minute epic, "I Won't See You Tonight." The five piece hails from Orange County, California, influenced by everyone from Pantera, Metallica and Iron Maiden to Bad Religion, Misfits, Guns N Roses and NOFX. In addition, guitarist SYNYSTER GATES (an attendee of the Musicians Institute of Technology) and the rest of A7X confess a fondness for prog-metal musos Dream Theater and experimental rock group Mr. Bungle. Produced by Mudrock with Fred Archambault, WAKING THE FALLEN marks the beginning of a bold new direction for punk rock and metal. "At first, we were nervous about working with a producer because we didn't want our song structures changed. We didn't want to be formatted into three-minute, verse-chorus-verse songs. We told Mudrock that we want to sound epic, with big harmonies, have clean-sounding vocals like Iron Maiden's, and then go into heavy stuff like Pantera. We wanted to use all those influences and still make it work." AVENGED SEVENFOLD formed when its members were still in high school. As M. SHADOWS explains, "We made our first record (Sounding The Seventh Trumpet) when we were 18 years old." Since then, they've made the road their home, hooking up with metal acts such as Shadows Fall and Mushroomhead and leaving their impression on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour. Charles Cross of Rolling Stone (August 7, 2003) anointed AVENGED SEVENFOLD the Warped Tour 2003 "Second-stage must-see," going on to call them "…a Goth-metal band with a singer who looks like Elvis and sounds like Axl Rose." "We're not here to please only one segment of music fans. There's always going to be some segment of the audience that isn't expecting what we play," says M. SHADOWS. The band's killer solos (inspired by Slash of Guns N Roses and Pantera's Dimebag Darrell) paradoxically fit naturally with the vocals as SHADOWS moves effortlessly from deathly shrieks to movingly sung cascading melodies. As befits the drama and darkness inherent in their songs, AVENGED SEVENFOLD's name is based on the philosophy "what comes around goes around," originating with the Biblical story of God's wrath upon Cain for killing his brother Abel. According to the book of Genesis, "And the Lord said until him, 'Therefore whoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold'." Despite the spiritual connotations of their name, AVENGED SEVENFOLD's music does not hinge on religion. At the same time, they are converting many with their unique sound.

WARNING! THIS SITE POSTS ALOT OF BULLETINS!! My name is Erica Gates. I live in the great country of Bat Country, in a HUGE city called Syn City! :] if you want to add my personal here it is Personal I dropped out... but i am planning on going back to school because im part of the class of 10 but if i finish earlier then im goin to be part of the class 09. yes i know 09 already graduated, but i still got to December to be with the 09 class :]. Im nice and fun to hang out with. I guarantee you will have a fun time when hanging out with me. Im a HUGE A7X fan. Ive been a fan of theirs for what seems like forever. I cant go a day without listening to A7X and hearing all of Syn's solos! I swear when i saw them in concert on April 7, 2009 i was having guitar solo-gasims! :] It was AWESOME! THIS IS A NO DISS SITE! If you dont like A7X then get the fuck up off my page... i believe there is a back buttomn on your browser...push that, and go back to your Demi Lavoto page...lol :] I love them and so does ALOT of other people so please be respectable and keep mean things to yourself! or just delete me... or dont even bother to add!

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A7X Tour Dates 2009 May 15 2009 7:00P DTE Energy Music Theatre Detroit, Michigan May 17 2009 8:00P Rock On The Range Columbus, Ohio Jun 4 2009 7:00P Foro Sol Mexico City, México Jun 6 2009 7:00P Foro Sol Mexico City, México Jun 7 2009 7:00P Foro Sol Mexico City, México Aug 1 2009 8:00P Marley Park Dublin Aug 2 2009 8:00P Sonisphere Festival Hertfordshire A7X Fansite Sign Up Yes, the boys want to know about your A7X fansite...Many entries will be submitted but only few will win...let the boys know that you have a fansite and you might just be spotted on their home page :] heres the info off their page: Thursday, May 14, 2009 A7X FANSITES WE WANT YOU! Do you have a fansite for Avenged Sevenfold? We want to see them! Email us the link to your site, the owners names, a bio about your site and a logo/design picture to a7xfansites@gmail.com! We will be featuring one every week on avengedsevenfold.com so check back to see if your fansite makes it!

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