Our friends at MetalSucks noticed that Avenged Sevenfold fansite Avenged Sevenfold News recently unearthed some isolated drum tracks from the band.
And since isolated tracks are all the rage now (see Phil Anselmo, Metallica, Converge), we figured we'd take a listen as well.
It's interesting to hear Portnoy's drum tracks because at the time, Portnoy said all the parts were written and he very much tried to preserve the Rev's spirit in the playing, but you undoubtably hear the Portnoy in the drums. As for the Rev's tracks, you can really see how much influence he had in the creative output with just how much he was doing. Beyond playing the parts, he was also contributing backing vocals.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maoS5cLLi3w[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmv1jr-AAx4[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dy1aKMYHgU[/youtube]
What do you think?
