![]() ![]() Zacky Vengeance (left) and Gates performing in 2011 Avenged Sevenfold picked up numerous other awards and delivered the headlining performance of the night. On April 20, 2011, Gates won the Revolver Golden God award for Best Guitarist along with bandmate Zacky Vengeance. Rock One Magazine's 2010 Readers Poll voted Gates the No. 3 best musician in the industry. On Guitar World's 2010 Readers Poll, Gates was chosen Snappiest Dresser and the Best Metal Guitarist. Gates was chosen as one of Guitar Hero's 50 fastest guitarists. They described him as being able to perform finger-twisting licks, acrobatic sweeps, devilish chromatics and towering dual-harmonies. In 2010, Guitar World listed him as one of the 30 greatest shredders of all time. ![]() Gates was voted Sexiest Male in the 2008 Kerrang! Readers Poll. On the Avenged Sevenfold DVD All Excess, Gates claimed that his name was created on a drunken drive through the park with The Rev. His name on the EP was written as "Synyster Gaytes". Gates was featured on the EP Warmness on the Soul, which contains select songs from the first album as well as his new version of "To End the Rapture". ![]()
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