And it was the last song The Rev wrote for the album, and when he handed it in, he said, 'That's it, that's the last song for this record'. The eeriest thing about it is there is a song on the album called 'Fiction' (a nickname The Rev gave himself) which started out with the title 'Death'.
The same band members revealed some details about the new record in an interview to Hard Drive radio: “ The new album, Nightmare, is dedicated to The Rev's memory and although it's not exactly a concept album, it does center around The Rev. With his drum fills and vocals intact, the record shows itself like the band's last record with their drummer. According to the band members, he left a couple of vocals (to their fortune, clear and in key) before his death, which they used on the record. ” and, in an interview with The Pulse of Radio, confirmed 's special appearance in the record. The lyrics then became mostly – not 100 percent – but mostly to do with his death and his life. Then lyrically it took a different turn when Jimmy passed. Throughout all of that, the songs that came out were musically already as dark as we wanted them to be. At the same time we wanted to incorporate some of what we had done in the past with the guitar work. We wanted to have a dark concept record, sort of like. Johnny Christ stated in an interview with Ultimate Guitar about the writing process and subject matter of Nightmare: “ We definitely had made the decision that it was going to be a concept record. There are no words that will ever describe the feeling of listening to this album while driving home alone at 4 am.' ” After a couple of months, more notices about the album became available a short message from was posted on the official Avenged Sevenfold on April 17, 2010: 'Tracking is complete. However, I will be able to join my brothers in Avenged Sevenfold for at least the duration of their touring throughout 2010, and hopefully this will give them the time to continue to heal and get comfortable back on the road. Although I wish I could stay on board with Avenged Sevenfold in a more permanent capacity I will need to resume work with to start a new album at some point in 2011. I am treating my participation on this album with the utmost respect for Jimmy's memory and am remaining as true as possible to the drum parts that he wrote for the songs and the record he wanted to make. These guys are a true family and it is an incredibly emotional experience to be here with them for the first time without their lost brother.īut they have welcomed me into the family with open arms and there's a real excitement to make the record they had set out to make. In the later months, of (a major influence on The Rev and the rest of the band) agreed to finish recording the drum tracks for the album: “ Even under normal circumstances, I would've been happy to help the guys out in any way I could as I think Avenged Sevenfold are a great band But under these incredibly sad and tragic circumstances, I must say I am truly honored to have been asked to play with them and I didn't even have to think twice about saying yes. This incident made the band suspend work on the album for some time. On Decemthe body of was discovered inside his home. Writing and recording In late 2009, two years after Avenged Sevenfold released their, and four years after they had issued their breakthrough studio set, 2005's, the band started working on their next record, their 'most personal and epic that will definitely take you on a very dark journey.' Around late 2009, the band worked on the album's production until the death of their drummer.As of December 2016 the album has sold 964,000 copies in the United States. The album has been certified by the in the United States. They then hired drummer, who played with the band for the next four years. This is the only album to feature ex- drummer, who performed as the drummer for the album in his place, also played with the band for all their tours through the end of 2010, due to his separation with Dream Theater. Nightmare is the first Avenged Sevenfold record without performing drums on all the songs due to his however he did write parts that were used for the final recordings, making this the last album he would write on, The Rev's vocals are still on the album as a tribute to him. It was produced by and mixed in by noted engineer. ' Released: SeptemNightmare is the fifth studio album by American band.