Nightmare (Avenged Sevenfold album)

Nightmare
Cover art by Travis Smith
Studio album by
Avenged Sevenfold
ReleasedJuly 23, 2010 (2010-07-23)
Recorded2008[1] – April 21, 2010
Studio
Genre
Length66:46
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerMike Elizondo
Avenged Sevenfold chronology
Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough
(2008) 		Nightmare
(2010) 		Hail to the King
(2013)
Singles from Nightmare
  1. "Nightmare"
    Released: May 18, 2010
  2. "Welcome to the Family"
    Released: October 19, 2010
  3. "So Far Away"
    Released: April 5, 2011
  4. "Buried Alive"
    Released: September 20, 2011

Nightmare is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 23, 2010, through Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Mike Elizondo, mixed in New York City by audio engineer Andy Wallace, and mastered by Ted Jensen.[3]

Nightmare is Avenged Sevenfold's first album to be recorded without Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan performing drums due to his death in December 2009. However, he did write parts that were used for the final recordings, making this the last album he would write on until 2023,[4] and his vocal takes are still on the album as a tribute to him.[3] The rest of the drum tracks were handled by Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who also played with the band for all their tours through the end of 2010. They then hired drummer Arin Ilejay, who played with the band from 2011 to 2015.

The album debuted at number one in the Billboard 200 in the United States and was certified Gold by the BPI and Platinum by both the RIAA and Music Canada.[5][6][7] By December 2016, the album sold 964,000 copies in the United States,[8] and over a million by April 15, 2021.[6] The cover of the album features a tribute to Sullivan; the tombstone reads "FOREVER" with emphasis on "REV".

  1. ^ "Season Pass". AvengedSevenfold.io. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nightmare Overview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Late AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drummer (Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan) 'Appears' On Band's New Album". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  4. ^ Karan, Tim (May 17, 2010). "AVENGED SEVENFOLD ANNOUNCE TITLE, RELEASE DATE FOR ALBUM". Alternative Press. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference BPI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  8. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold vs. Warner Bros.: Inside the Potentially History-Making Legal Showdown". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2017.