My hat's off to you, then. At least you got to hear them play what good songs they once had.
So far, their explanations for moving in an altogether creatively worse direction include:
- Dislike of the scene which surrounded them (which is funny, because they're the ones who started the idea of talking shit about everyone)
- Vocalist M. Shadows blowing out his voice, having throat surgery and being told by his doctor that if he keeps screaming, he'd ruin his voice forever
- The cliché of "we've grown as a band" (which I'm not buying for a second. If they didn't really like all the bands they sounded like in the first place, then why bother sounding like them?)