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Contents • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] Lyrically, 'Nightmare' deals with an individual who is damned for his wrongdoings on earth. The song is sung from the point of view of a resident of hell, who may have once been a living person too, mocking the other character and pointing out that it's his own fault he's in hell. It is their first single released without former, who died on December 28, 2009. The song was released on May 18 and 21, 2010 on the US and worldwide, respectively, on as well as an animated lyric video on, which received over 275,000 plays in 24 hours. A preview for the song was released on May 6, 2010 on, but was removed soon after for unknown reasons. However, on May 10, 2010, a 30-second audio sample was again revealed, but this time at. 'Nightmare' was nominated for at the, but lost to.

The song is also one of Avenged Sevenfold's best known, and had been certified Gold by the RIAA. 'Nightmare' was released on July 27, 2010 as a downloadable track in Rock Band 2 along with. It was discovered by fans that the face of Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan, the band's deceased drummer, can be seen on both the single and album cover. 'Nightmare' is an in the video game. It is accessible by completing the One Giant Leap. The song was released for on October 30, 2012.

Reception [ ] The song was the No. 1 most added track at in the US during one week of May 2010. It was also the No. 1 on in the US (and also in the UK), selling over 23,000 units in its first day.

The song Nightmare became the most Radio Played rock song in the USA of 2010, with over 35,000 spins. In magazine's 2010 Readers Pop Poll, it was awarded for Best Tune. Music video [ ] The band has filmed a music video for 'Nightmare'. To film the video, they hired the famed video director,, who has worked with bands such as,. The video itself was filmed at in Los Angeles, California. The music video premiered on July 17, 2010, on, at 11 AM EST, and on Avenged Sevenfold's website.

An unedited version of the video premiered later on that day. The video can be seen on the band's official page. The video depicts lead vocalist about to undergo surgery, when the surgeons take him out of the room on a and wheel him through the hallway of the hospital. Shadows then notices the torn-down former drum kit of the band's deceased drummer,, when he toured with them to support their record. The surgeons move him through halls and he sees the members of Avenged Sevenfold acting mentally insane, such as rhythm guitarist convulsing on the floor in a (and later with a skeleton), lead guitarist continually banging his bloodied forehead against the window of a door, and bassist crawling on the ceiling with a skeleton, as well as disturbing images of children playing and soaked in blood. The video shifts between these scenes and scenes of the band performing in a black room with a small amount of background light. Towards the end of the video, M.

Shadows begins to fight the gurney, wanting to get off, as they wheel him toward a room being led by two young boys. He cannot get off because he is strapped to it. He is wheeled into a room, where the last drum set The Rev toured with Avenged Sevenfold with is set up with a light behind it, morphed into The Rev's figure.

The video does not feature playing drums; this was decided by Portnoy himself as he wanted it to be all about Avenged Sevenfold and seeing as how The Rev wrote most of the drums for the album. Portnoy thought it would be wrong to have himself in the video. The music video is heavily based on the infamous scene from where Jacob Singer, played by, is being pulled through a hospital on a stretcher. The band used Jacob's Ladder as inspiration for the video because they knew it was one of The Rev's favorite movies. Many homages and tributes are shown throughout the video. For instance, The Rev's tour drum kit has spiders crawling on it, just like in the ' video, where a spider crawls across The Rev's face (additionally, while filming the 'Afterlife' video, The Rev stated he had ).

Another example is during the scene of Zacky Vengeance waltzing with a skeleton. This is also shown in the 'Afterlife' video, where he is dancing with his then girlfriend (and later wife). Other smaller references to Avenged Sevenfold's videos are The Priest from ' and patients faces stretching, like in the ' video. Track listing [ ] • 'Nightmare' — 6:16 • 'Nightmare' (Demo) — 6:05 • 'Nightmare' (Instrumental) — 6:03 Chart position [ ] 'Nightmare' debuted and peaked at number 51 on the. However, on the week ending August 14, 2010, the song re-entered at number 83 due to the release of the album. Chart Peak US 3 US Billboard Heatseekers Songs 1 US 2 US Billboard 12 US Billboard 51 65 2 Personnel [ ] Avenged Sevenfold • – • –, • – drum arrangement, and backing vocals on Nightmare's demo, backing vocals • –, backing vocals • –, backing vocals Session musicians • – drums • – Production • – • – • – References [ ].