| "Welcome to the Family" | ||||
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| Single by Avenged Sevenfold | ||||
| from the album Nightmare | ||||
| Released | October 19, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | November 2009 – April 2010 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Mike Elizondo | |||
| Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology | ||||
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"Welcome to the Family" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on October 19, 2010, as the second single from their studio album Nightmare.[1][2] It is the band's second single released without former drummer The Rev, who died on December 28, 2009.[3] In Avenged Sevenfold's "making of" series on YouTube, In the Studio, lead singer M. Shadows and bassist Johnny Christ say that The Rev wrote most of the song and Shadows finished it when they started to record the album. The song is available as DLC in the video game Rock Band 3.[4]
- ^ "Avenged Sevenfold Select Next Single From "Nightmare"". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ^ "The second single from albums Nightmare is Welcome to the Family, will play at October 19, 2010 on radio". 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Late AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drummer 'Appears' On Band's New Album". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ^ "Rock Band Rivals | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc".