Nightmare (Avenged Sevenfold album)
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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, 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.
, and four years after they had issued their breakthrough studio set, 2005's City of Evil
, 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.
It was then on December 28, 2009 when the body of James "The Rev" Sullivan
was discovered inside his home. This incident made the band suspend the work of the album for some time. In the later months, Mike Portnoy
of Dream Theater
(a major influence on The Rev and the rest of the band) agreed to finish recording the drumming tracks for the album:
After a couple of months, more notices about the album became available; a short message from Zacky Vengeance
was posted on the official Avenged Sevenfold Twitter
on April 17, 2010: "Tracking is complete. There are no words that will ever describe the feeling of listening to this album while driving home alone at 4 am."
Johnny Christ stated in an interview with Ultimate Guitar about the writing process and subject matter of Nightmare:
M. Shadows
and Synyster Gates
, in an interview with The Pulse of Radio, confirmed The Rev
's special appearance in the record. 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. With his drum fills and vocals intact, the record shows itself like the band's last record with their drummer. The same band members revealed some details about the new record in an interview to Hard Drive radio:
, "Nightmare
", was released digitally on May 18, 2010. A preview for the song was released on May 6, 2010 on Amazon.com
, but was removed soon after for unknown reasons; However, on May 10, 2010, a 30-second audio uncensored
sample was again revealed, but this time at SoundCloud
and on the band's official website. The band also posted, the same day, a video of the song on their official YouTube
channel with animated lyrics, which received over 275,000 plays in 24 hours.
On June 3, 2010, the band revealed a "Limited Edition" of Nightmare for pre-order
available only on their website, which contains:
Since May 27, 2010, the band revealed the album cover piece by piece like a jigsaw puzzle
over a period of eighteen days, revealing the complete cover on June 15, 2010, along with the track listing.
On June 29, 2010, the band made available an iTunes pre-order
of the album, which contains:
The song "Buried Alive" was posted on the band's Facebook
page on July 14, 2010, but experienced loading issues due to a large number of users trying to access the video, and was taken down momentarily. The problem was resolved on July 15, 2010, and was posted on YouTube
as a lyric video which also contained a small animation. On July 19, 2010, a preview of "God Hates Us" was released onto the band's official website. It could be heard by holding the cursor over the flickering deathbat logo at the top of the front page. The front page has since been redesigned and the preview can no longer be heard there.
On July 20, 2010, previews to each song on the album were released by Barnes & Noble. On July 21, 2010 the song "So Far Away" was released by KROQ radio exclusively for one day.
On October 19th, The single Welcome to the Family
was released.
On April 5th, The single written as a tribute to The Rev, So Far Away
was Released. then in May, the Music Video was released.
In September, The band announced plans for a Music Video for their next single Buried Alive. They tried to get Rob Zombie
to direct the Video, but he declined due to being focused on another project.
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 62, based on 7 professional reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
In the August 2010 issue of Metal Hammer, Terry Bezer rated the album an eight out of ten. In his review he had praised the band members for their courage despite of the death of The Rev
and called it "the ultimate tribute to a fallen friend." He also praised Mike Portnoy
for his part in the album and found him a fitting stand-in for The Rev
. 411 Mania gave the record a lengthy but highly positive review by giving it a score of 9.0/10. As a conclusion they stated, "If you’re a fan of Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare is a must-have for you. This album is incredibly moving and is better than any tribute to the late Rev I could have possibly imagined." Kerrang! Magazine gave the album 4 K's out of 5 concluding: "Where Avenged [Sevenfold] go from here is still in the lap of the gods. Whatever their future, though, Nightmare marks the point at which the Huntington Beach crew put away childish things and became men. Wherever he is now, their brother must be immensely proud."
Universal Rock Report highly praised the record, saying, "It sure is easier to listen to music that you can relate to than it is to listen to something happy when you’re in the middle of the same experiences that M. Shadows is singing about on this record. And it’s this that Avenged Sevenfold understands, and for creating not only the perfect tribute to one of the best drummers of the new millennium but also an album that can effectively put across those dark emotions, and for being able to make the listener feel them too, Avenged Sevenfold should be commended." They praised the songs "So Far Away", "God Hates Us", and "Fiction" in particular, stating that on "God Hates Us", "[M. Shadows is] screaming with so much rage and pure hatred that it sounds like he’s about burst into tears". About a month and a half before the record had released, Faye Lewis of Rocksound.tv, gave the record a highly critical review, saying that the title track "Nightmare" was the only highlight, which generated much criticism. Rocksound later issued an apology for the review and took it down from their site. In their letter of apology they said: "Rock Sound recently published a track-by-track guide to the forthcoming Avenged Sevenfold album. We wish to apologize wholeheartedly for any misunderstanding in the article that caused upset to both the band and their fans. This was certainly not our intention and therefore we have removed the piece from the site."
Additional musician(s)
Production (in alphabetical order)
Production (continued)
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
, released on July 27, 2010 through Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
. It was produced by Mike Elizondo
Mike Elizondo
Michael "Mike" Elizondo is a well-known songwriter, bassist, keyboardist, and hip hop music producer.-Musical career:Mike Elizondo is especially known for his collaborations with internationally successful producer Dr. Dre and rapper Eminem. He has played the bass for many of Dr...
and mixed in New York City
New York City
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by noted engineer Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace (producer)
Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the 1986 production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on "Walk This Way" with Rick Rubin...
. Nightmare is the first Avenged Sevenfold record without James "The Rev" Sullivan
The Rev
James Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...
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
Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...
, from Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
, 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
Arin Ilejay
Arin Ilejay is a drummer who is currently playing for the American metal band Avenged Sevenfold as their new supporting drummer...
to drum in The Rev's place.
Writing and recording
In late 2009, two years after Avenged Sevenfold released their self-titled albumAvenged Sevenfold (album)
Avenged Sevenfold is the fourth studio album by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on October 30, 2007 through Warner Bros. Records...
, and four years after they had issued their breakthrough studio set, 2005's City of Evil
City of Evil
City of Evil is the third studio album and first major label release by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold. The album was released on June 7, 2005 under the Warner Bros. Records label. Co-produced by Andrew Murdock, City of Evil contains a more hard rock and classic heavy metal sound than...
, 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.
It was then on December 28, 2009 when the body of James "The Rev" Sullivan
The Rev
James Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...
was discovered inside his home. This incident made the band suspend the work of the album for some time. In the later months, Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...
of Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
(a major influence on The Rev and the rest of the band) agreed to finish recording the drumming tracks for the album:
After a couple of months, more notices about the album became available; a short message from Zacky Vengeance
Zacky Vengeance
Zachary James Baker, better known by his stage name Zacky Vengeance, is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the American metal/rock band Avenged Sevenfold.-Biography:...
was posted on the official Avenged Sevenfold Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
on April 17, 2010: "Tracking is complete. There are no words that will ever describe the feeling of listening to this album while driving home alone at 4 am."
Johnny Christ stated in an interview with Ultimate Guitar about the writing process and subject matter of Nightmare:
M. Shadows
M. Shadows
Matthew Charles Sanders , better known by his stage name M. Shadows, is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and founding member for the American metal band Avenged Sevenfold.-Early life and musical beginnings:...
and Synyster Gates
Synyster Gates
Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. , better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician, best known for being the lead guitarist of the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.-Early life:...
, in an interview with The Pulse of Radio, confirmed The Rev
The Rev
James Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...
's special appearance in the record. 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. With his drum fills and vocals intact, the record shows itself like the band's last record with their drummer. The same band members revealed some details about the new record in an interview to Hard Drive radio:
Release and promotion
The first singleSingle (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, "Nightmare
Nightmare (song)
Nightmare is a song by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold released as the lead single for their fifth studio album, Nightmare. It is also their first single released without former drummer "The Rev", who died on December 28, 2009...
", was released digitally on May 18, 2010. A preview for the song was released on May 6, 2010 on Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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, but was removed soon after for unknown reasons; However, on May 10, 2010, a 30-second audio uncensored
Censorship
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sample was again revealed, but this time at SoundCloud
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
and on the band's official website. The band also posted, the same day, a video of the song on their official YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
channel with animated lyrics, which received over 275,000 plays in 24 hours.
On June 3, 2010, the band revealed a "Limited Edition" of Nightmare for pre-order
Pre-order
A pre-order is an order placed for an item which has not yet been released. The idea for pre-orders came when people found it hard to get popular items in stores due to their popularity. Companies were then given the idea to allow people to reserve their own personal copy, before the release, ...
available only on their website, which contains:
- Full Nightmare album on CDCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
. - Expanded booklet featuring lyric sheets from the band and exclusive artwork.
- Housed in a synthetic leather bound book with special silver plated Nightmare crest.
- Limited 24″ x 36″ lithographLithographyLithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
entitled Death Bat Anatomy, featuring original artwork on special textured paper embossed with a silver colored Death Bat. - Instant download of the new single, NightmareNightmare (song)Nightmare is a song by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold released as the lead single for their fifth studio album, Nightmare. It is also their first single released without former drummer "The Rev", who died on December 28, 2009...
.
Since May 27, 2010, the band revealed the album cover piece by piece like a jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces.Each piece usually has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture...
over a period of eighteen days, revealing the complete cover on June 15, 2010, along with the track listing.
On June 29, 2010, the band made available an iTunes pre-order
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
of the album, which contains:
- Full Nightmare digital albumMusic downloadA music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
. - Bonus track: "Lost It All"
- Exclusive photos.
- "NightmareNightmare (song)Nightmare is a song by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold released as the lead single for their fifth studio album, Nightmare. It is also their first single released without former drummer "The Rev", who died on December 28, 2009...
" music video. - Behind the scenes footage from "Nightmare" music video shoot.
- Written treatment for "Nightmare" music video.
- "Nightmare" lyric video.
- Audio interview with album producer, Mike ElizondoMike ElizondoMichael "Mike" Elizondo is a well-known songwriter, bassist, keyboardist, and hip hop music producer.-Musical career:Mike Elizondo is especially known for his collaborations with internationally successful producer Dr. Dre and rapper Eminem. He has played the bass for many of Dr...
. - Type-set lyrics with hand-written notes for bonus track, "Lost It All".
- Sketches of album art concept.
The song "Buried Alive" was posted on the band's Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
page on July 14, 2010, but experienced loading issues due to a large number of users trying to access the video, and was taken down momentarily. The problem was resolved on July 15, 2010, and was posted on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
as a lyric video which also contained a small animation. On July 19, 2010, a preview of "God Hates Us" was released onto the band's official website. It could be heard by holding the cursor over the flickering deathbat logo at the top of the front page. The front page has since been redesigned and the preview can no longer be heard there.
On July 20, 2010, previews to each song on the album were released by Barnes & Noble. On July 21, 2010 the song "So Far Away" was released by KROQ radio exclusively for one day.
On October 19th, The single Welcome to the Family
Welcome to the Family (song)
"Welcome to the Family" is a heavy metal song by the American metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released as the second single for their fifth studio album, Nightmare. It is the band's second single released without former drummer "The Rev", who died on December 28, 2009...
was released.
On April 5th, The single written as a tribute to The Rev, So Far Away
So Far Away (Avenged Sevenfold song)
"So Far Away" is a song by the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released as the third single for their fifth studio album, Nightmare. It is the band's third single released without former drummer "The Rev", who died on December 28, 2009...
was Released. then in May, the Music Video was released.
In September, The band announced plans for a Music Video for their next single Buried Alive. They tried to get Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
to direct the Video, but he declined due to being focused on another project.
Critical reception
Upon its release, Nightmare received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 62, based on 7 professional reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
In the August 2010 issue of Metal Hammer, Terry Bezer rated the album an eight out of ten. In his review he had praised the band members for their courage despite of the death of The Rev
The Rev
James Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...
and called it "the ultimate tribute to a fallen friend." He also praised Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...
for his part in the album and found him a fitting stand-in for The Rev
The Rev
James Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...
. 411 Mania gave the record a lengthy but highly positive review by giving it a score of 9.0/10. As a conclusion they stated, "If you’re a fan of Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare is a must-have for you. This album is incredibly moving and is better than any tribute to the late Rev I could have possibly imagined." Kerrang! Magazine gave the album 4 K's out of 5 concluding: "Where Avenged [Sevenfold] go from here is still in the lap of the gods. Whatever their future, though, Nightmare marks the point at which the Huntington Beach crew put away childish things and became men. Wherever he is now, their brother must be immensely proud."
Universal Rock Report highly praised the record, saying, "It sure is easier to listen to music that you can relate to than it is to listen to something happy when you’re in the middle of the same experiences that M. Shadows is singing about on this record. And it’s this that Avenged Sevenfold understands, and for creating not only the perfect tribute to one of the best drummers of the new millennium but also an album that can effectively put across those dark emotions, and for being able to make the listener feel them too, Avenged Sevenfold should be commended." They praised the songs "So Far Away", "God Hates Us", and "Fiction" in particular, stating that on "God Hates Us", "[M. Shadows is] screaming with so much rage and pure hatred that it sounds like he’s about burst into tears". About a month and a half before the record had released, Faye Lewis of Rocksound.tv, gave the record a highly critical review, saying that the title track "Nightmare" was the only highlight, which generated much criticism. Rocksound later issued an apology for the review and took it down from their site. In their letter of apology they said: "Rock Sound recently published a track-by-track guide to the forthcoming Avenged Sevenfold album. We wish to apologize wholeheartedly for any misunderstanding in the article that caused upset to both the band and their fans. This was certainly not our intention and therefore we have removed the piece from the site."
Accolades
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mike Portnoy on Nightmare | Golden God Awards: Best Drummer | |
| Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance on Nightmare | Golden God Awards: Best Guitarists | ||
| M. Shadows on Nightmare | Golden God Awards: Best Vocalist | ||
| Nightmare | Golden God Awards: Album of the Year |
Track listing
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Personnel
Avenged Sevenfold- M. ShadowsM. ShadowsMatthew Charles Sanders , better known by his stage name M. Shadows, is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and founding member for the American metal band Avenged Sevenfold.-Early life and musical beginnings:...
– lead vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the... - Synyster GatesSynyster GatesBrian Elwin Haner, Jr. , better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician, best known for being the lead guitarist of the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.-Early life:...
– lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, backing vocals - Zacky VengeanceZacky VengeanceZachary James Baker, better known by his stage name Zacky Vengeance, is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the American metal/rock band Avenged Sevenfold.-Biography:...
– rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, backing vocals - Johnny ChristJohnny ChristJonathan Lewis Seward, , better known by his stage name Johnny Christ, is the bassist of the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. Johnny was the fourth bassist to join Avenged Sevenfold in 2002, replacing former members Matt Wendt, Justin Sane, and Dameon Ash...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - The RevThe RevJames Owen Sullivan , more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague, often shortened to The Rev, was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold...
- vocals (on "Fiction", "Save Me"), piano (on "Save Me"), drum arrangements
Additional musician(s)
- Mike PortnoyMike PortnoyMichael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Brian Haner, Sr.Brian HanerBrian Elwin Haner, Sr. , also known as Guitar Guy or Papa Gates is an American musician. He is a guitarist, songwriter, singer and a stand-up comedian...
– guitar - Sharlotte Gibson – backing vocals
- Jessi Collins - backing vocals
- David PalmerDavid PalmerDavid Palmer may refer to:*David R. Palmer , American science fiction author*Dave Richard Palmer, retired US Army Lieutenant General and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1986-1991-In Fiction:...
- pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboards - Stevie Blacke - Strings, string arrangement
- Stewart Cole - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Mike ElizondoMike ElizondoMichael "Mike" Elizondo is a well-known songwriter, bassist, keyboardist, and hip hop music producer.-Musical career:Mike Elizondo is especially known for his collaborations with internationally successful producer Dr. Dre and rapper Eminem. He has played the bass for many of Dr...
- keyboards - The Whistler - Whistling
Production (in alphabetical order)
- Craig Aaronson - A&RA&RArtists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
- Brent Arrowood - assistant engineer
- Chad Carlisle - assistant engineer
- Mike ElizondoMike ElizondoMichael "Mike" Elizondo is a well-known songwriter, bassist, keyboardist, and hip hop music producer.-Musical career:Mike Elizondo is especially known for his collaborations with internationally successful producer Dr. Dre and rapper Eminem. He has played the bass for many of Dr...
- producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - D.A. Frizell - illustrations, treatment
- Adam Hawkins - engineer
- Ted JensenTed JensenTed Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...
- masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced... - Jodie Levine - production co-ordination, contractor
- Clay Patrick McBride - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Andy Olyphant - A&R
Production (continued)
- Paul Suarez - pro-tools
- Jan Petrow - assistant engineer
- Cam Rackman - paintings, portraits
- Rafa Alcantra - art direction, photography, layouts
- Travis SmithTravis Smith (musician)Travis Smith is the former drummer in the metal band Trivium. He was with Trivium since forming the band in 1999. Travis is best known for his very fast footwork, and intricate rhythms on the toms, a skill that has been noted several times by music magazines such as Revolver and Modern Drummer as...
- cover artCover artCover art is the illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book , magazine, comic book, video game , DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e...
, tray card art - Joanna Terrasi - production co-ordination, contractor
- Andy WallaceAndy Wallace (producer)Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the 1986 production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on "Walk This Way" with Rick Rubin...
- mixerAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...