AlbumE · 2010
Nightmare
Nightmare is a 2010 heavy metal album by Avenged Sevenfold. It runs 12 tracks across 72 minutes on Warner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 34 ratings.
Your rating
- 4.0 /5
- 34 ratings
- 64 /100
- 8 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 72 min
- Runtime
- 130 bpm
- Tempo
- D minor
- Key
Ratings
34 ratings · avg 4.0
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Reviews
1 review
- 3.5
The album that carried a death and a deadline: completed after drummer The Rev's passing with Dream Theater's Portnoy filling in, Nightmare channels grief into Avenged Sevenfold's most focused writing — "So Far Away" mourns openly, "Buried Alive" builds from ballad to blitz. Melodrama as coping mechanism, executed with real stakes.
Critics
8 publications
- 411Mania.com9/10
- Metal Hammer8/10
- Billboard4/5
- USA Today3/4
- AllMusic3/5
- Sputnikmusic3/5
- The A.V. ClubC−
- CraveOnline1/10
- Metacriticaggregate62/100
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 72 min
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Videos
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Ranked by listeners
top 5 · 7 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Nightmare is Fiction — rated 4.8/5 by 6 listeners.
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About
Nightmare is the fifth studio album by American hard 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 on all the songs due to his death in December 2009; 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. Mike Portnoy, from Dream Theater, 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 Dream Theater not touring at that time. They have since hired Arin Ilejay to drum in The Rev's place. The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States.
In brief
- Is Nightmare good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Nightmare 4.0/5 from 34 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Nightmare?
- Fiction, rated 4.8/5 by 6 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Nightmare released?
- Nightmare was released in 2010 on Warner Records.
- How many tracks are on Nightmare?
- Nightmare has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 72 minutes.
- What genre is Nightmare?
- Nightmare is catalogued under Heavy Metal.
- What BPM is Nightmare?
- Nightmare runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in D minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Nightmare?
- Listeners of Nightmare also rate Venom by Bullet for My Valentine, Immortalized by Disturbed, Living Things by Linkin Park.
- Who produced Nightmare?
- Mike Elizondo produced 11 of the 12 tracks on Nightmare.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Played by
- Vocals by
- Jessi CollinsSharlotte GibsonThe Whistler
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