AlbumE · 2023
Life Is but a Dream…
Life Is but a Dream… is a 2023 alternative metal album by Avenged Sevenfold. It runs 11 tracks across 53 minutes on Warner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.9/5 from 40 ratings.
Alternative Metal · Heavy Metal · Progressive Metal
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- 3.9 /5
- 40 ratings
- 83 /100
- 10 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 53 min
- Runtime
Ratings
40 ratings · avg 3.9
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10 publications
- Metal Hammer4.5/5
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- AllMusic4/5
- Kerrang!4/5
- Wall of Sound7/10
- Distorted Sound6/10
- Metacriticaggregate87/100
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Life Is but a Dream… album cover

The Life Is but a Dream… cover was designed by Alex Tenta and illustrated by Wes Lang.
- Design
- Alex Tenta
- Illustration
- Wes Lang
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 53 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Life Is but a Dream… is Easier — rated 4.3/5 by 26 listeners.
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About
Life Is but a Dream... is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on June 2, 2023, through Warner Records. Its release follows nearly seven years after its predecessor, The Stage (2016), marking the band's longest gap between studio albums to date. It is also the first album to feature contributions from their late drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan since Nightmare (2010). Similar to The Stage, Life Is but a Dream... was produced by the band with Joe Barresi. It marks the band's return to Warner following a legal dispute between the band and Warner Music in the mid-2010s.
In brief
- Is Life Is but a Dream… good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Life Is but a Dream… 3.9/5 from 40 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Life Is but a Dream…?
- Easier, rated 4.3/5 by 26 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Life Is but a Dream… released?
- Life Is but a Dream… was released in 2023 on Warner Records.
- How many tracks are on Life Is but a Dream…?
- Life Is but a Dream… has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
- What genre is Life Is but a Dream…?
- Life Is but a Dream… is catalogued under Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal.
- What albums are similar to Life Is but a Dream…?
- Listeners of Life Is but a Dream… also rate Immortalized by Disturbed, We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot, Venom by Bullet for My Valentine.
Life Is but a Dream… at a glance
- Label
- Warner Records Inc.
- Produced by
- Avenged Sevenfold, Joe Barresi
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