Artist: AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Album: NIGHTMARE (CD)

Year: 2010
EAN/UPS: 0093624966555
Media type: CD

Nightmare is the fifth studio album by American rock band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 27, 2010 through Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Mike Elizondo and mixed in New York City by noted engineer Andy Wallace. Nightmare is the first Avenged Sevenfold record without James "The Rev" Sullivan performing drums due to his death in December 2009; however he wrote some of the songs before his death so this is therefore the last studio album to which he contributed, for this reason The Rev's vocals are still on the album as a tribute to him. Mike Portnoy, from Dream Theater, who performed as the drummer for the album in his place, will also play with the band for all upcoming tours through to the end of 2010, due to Dream Theater not touring at that time. Avenged Sevenfold, along with Disturbed, will co-headline the first annual Uproar Festival.

Nightmare debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 selling 163,000 copies. Nightmare surpassed its predecessor in first week sales. This debut ended Eminem's five week reign atop the Billboard 200, and pushed Recovery to No. 2 (with sales 159,000). It is the first album by Avenged Sevenfold to top the Billboard 200 chart.

All songs written and composed by Sanders/Haner/Seward/Baker/Sullivan.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Nightmare" 6:14
2. "Welcome to the Family" 4:06
3. "Danger Line" 5:28
4. "Buried Alive" 6:44
5. "Natural Born Killer" 5:15
6. "So Far Away" 5:27
7. "God Hates Us" 5:19
8. "Victim" 7:30
9. "Tonight the World Dies" 4:41
10. "Fiction" 5:13
11. "Save Me" 10:56

Total length: 66:47

LINE-UP:

M. Shadows – vocals
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals
Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Johnny Christ – bass
The Rev – drum arrangements, vocals, drums on demo

Additional musician(s):

Mike Portnoy - drums, percussions
Brian Haner, Sr. – guitar
Sharlotte Gibson – backing vocals
Jessi Collins - backing vocals
David Palmer - piano, keyboards
Stevie Blacke - Strings, string arrangement
Stewart Cole - trumpet
Mike Elizondo - keyboards
The Whistler - Whistling