Band Quote by Synyster Gates

During our formative years, it was all about, 'What did Metallica do?' and 'How do we do that?' and then you try and find…

— Synyster Gates

My fans, they know my dad as Guitar Guy or whatever, and he's kind of just this shredder that plays on my records sometimes.…

— Synyster Gates

Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you know, when…

— Synyster Gates

Lyrically, 'Planets' is the precursor to 'Acid Rain'; it's about a meteoric, intergalactic war that results in an apocalypse and the human species aligning…

— Synyster Gates

If you write a country song, and it's the best song you've ever written but throw it out because you're a metal band, you'd…

— Synyster Gates

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

— Synyster Gates

If you want to do things right, you have to dig deep for that inspiration.

— Synyster Gates

We're not gonna write a fusion song for Avenged Sevenfold, obviously, but I love having those elements and blending it in, and having the…

— Synyster Gates

We're more about other things over odd timings: orchestration, composition, horn/vocal arrangements - that's where we get super weird.

— Synyster Gates

We don't ever spread ourselves too thin. And sometimes it's a little bit to the chagrin of our fans; they don't get albums... I…

— Synyster Gates

Some people will basically just shred all over everything, even a ballad. I'm glad I wasn't born with that genetic chip - the need…

— Synyster Gates

We spent a lot of time in the studio. I mean, we've spent a lot of time on tour, too.

— Synyster Gates