Joey Jordison Quotes

We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes Avenged truly unrelenting and building off of that.

It's a very empowering kind of music, heavy metal is.

To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.

Then as I got older, I always gravitated towards the hard stuff, Born To Be Wild, then Black Sabbath.

The album was very agressive. It kicks you right in the balls.

I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars.

I remember being inspired by this band Godflesh, actually. They were a really heavy metal band, really nihilistic.

I was a big fan of hardcore music growing up, black metal.

I would love to have acidy spit.

There are no prog elements to Adrenaline Mob; it's very song-oriented, with shredding and grooves.

Heavy music is really getting its due. With nu-metal fallen by the wayside, real metal has started to surface.

'Defenders' seems to have a really gritty, hard, uncomplicated vibe about it. Somehow, we made everything sound stronger and more precise than on 'Screaming Vengeance' through Tom Allom's amazing mixing skills.

Rammstein's music demands German lyrics.

Rob Zombie was White Zombie and I was Static-X. I wrote and produced everything.

I like Journey, Bad Company, Soundgarden and Aerosmith.

I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

I was always very into heavy metal, and heavy metal is full of emotion and extremes, and I think that's the same in dance music.

Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo - those guys are a good, heavy influence.

'Master of Reality' rules; it's one of my favorite records of all time. It has some of the most evil riffs on it - and some of the sexiest riffs as well.

Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.

I think when music, specifically heavy music, the motivation for it is other than truly feeling it, that's when it becomes really difficult for me.

I'll never forget getting my first Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chain records, and hearing that wonderful, beautiful darkness. And the rhythmic intensity, that's what attracted me more than anything else.

During our first year, we were playing Priest and Maiden cover tunes all the time while we figured out what we wanted to do as a band. At the time I was getting out of metal and into punk. That's how Slayer's sound came together - it's the speed of punk combined with the big riffs of metal.

From the beginning, I felt that Heavy Metal is not just about music but also something that you feel with your heart. It is music that helps you express your emotions and feelings.

The first time I heard Kiss, I knew that was the type of music I was attracted to.