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Synyster Gates
Sign in to saveAlso known as Syn, Brian Elwin Haner Jr., Brian Elwin Haner, Jr.
American guitarist
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It is catalogued under topics including 1981 births, American heavy metal guitarists and American lead guitarists.
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Film & TV
Huntington Beach, California, USA
Synyster Gates (born Brian Elwin Haner Jr.) is the lead guitarist for American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.
Known for
- Avenged Sevenquads: Revenge of Hue Sevenfold: Part 2 — Synyster Gates2026
- Avenged Sevenfold - Rock in Rio 20262026
- Avenged Sevenquads: Revenge of Hue Sevenfold: Part 1 — Synyster Gates2025
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington — Self2017
- Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen Resurrected — Himself2014
- Avenged Sevenfold - Live at Rock am Ring 20142014
- Avenged Sevenfold: Rock In Rio 2013 — Guitars2013
- Avenged Sevenfold - Rock Am Ring 20112011
- Avenged Sevenfold - Decade Of A7X — Himself2011
- Avenged Sevenfold: SWU Festival 20102010
via TMDB
Key facts
- Also known as
- Syn
- Born
- Brian Elwin Haner Jr. , ( 1981-07-07 ) July 7, 1981 (age 44) , Long Beach, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Heavy metal progressive metal experimental metal hard rock metalcore (early)
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar piano vocals
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Member of
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Formerly of
- Pinkly Smooth
- Website
- avengedsevenfold .com
- Father
- Brian Haner
- Relatives
- M. Shadows (brother-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gates
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Huntington Beach
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- progressive metal
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.syngates.com
- Image
- Synyster Gates in 2018.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1981-07-07
- Commons category
- Synyster Gates
- member of
- Avenged Sevenfold
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- name in native language
- Synyster Gates
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Encyclopedic overview
Brian Elwin Haner Jr. (born July 7, 1981), better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. 9 on Guitar World's best metal guitarists of all time. Gates was voted as Best Metal Guitarist in the World by Total Guitar in 2016 and once again in 2017.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Synyster Gates” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.