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Synyster Gates is the son of musician, author, and comedian Brian Haner Sr., known as Papa Gates, who worked with Sam the Sham's band in the 1970s and has done session work for Avenged Sevenfold. Gates studied at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California, as part of the Guitar Institute of Music program, studying jazz and classical guitar.
Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates live in Norway in 2011. The single "Nightmare" was digitally released on May 18, 2010. [54] [55] The song was leaked on May 6, 2010, on Amazon.com, but was removed soon after. [56] [55] Mixing for the album had been completed in New York City, and Nightmare was finally released on July 27, 2010, [57] in the ...
For this music video, Synyster Gates uses a custom Schecter guitar, similar to his usual black/silver pinstriped guitar. However instead of the inlays on the fretboard reading "SYN", it displays "REV". Johnny Christ also wore a guitar strap with the word "foREVer" written on it. As of October 2024, the video has over 375 million views on ...
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals; Johnny Christ – bass, backing vocals; Additional personnel. Papa Gates – orchestration on "Until the End" Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion on "4:00 A.M." and "Lost It All" Arin Ilejay – drums, percussion on "St. James" and "Set Me Free"
The music video, which released on March 12, 2008, consists of the band performing on a small stage. There are also clips of M. Shadows running shirtless, Zacky Vengeance dancing with a woman, Synyster Gates holding a skull in a sea of lit candles, The Rev lying down with a Spider on his face, and Johnny Christ holding a flock of doves which he sends flying off all at once at the end of the video.
It is the band's first release to feature guitarist Synyster Gates, who joined the band in February 2001. All of the songs were later included on Avenged Sevenfold's debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet , except for the heavy metal version of "To End the Rapture", which was featured on the album's re-release.
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Waking the Fallen is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on August 26, 2003, through Hopeless Records.It is the band's first full-length album with new lead guitarist Synyster Gates and bassist Johnny Christ.