Buried Alive (Avenged Sevenfold song)

"Buried Alive"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Nightmare
Released	September 20, 2011
Format	Digital download, CD single
Recorded	2009-2010
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	6:44
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	M. Shadows
Producer(s)	Mike Elizondo
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology
"Not Ready to Die" (2011) "Buried Alive" (2011) "Carry On" (2012)

Buried Alive is the fourth and final single from American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold's fifth album Nightmare.^[1]

Background

In September 2011, the band announced plans for a music video for this single. They tried to get Rob Zombie to direct the video, but he declined due to being focused on another project. The band did not announce any other plan for a music video for the song.

The single was released the September 20, 2011, although the lyric video for it had been already released on July 17, 2010 in the official band's YouTube channel. The lyric video has gotten 16.5 million views as of August 19, 2016. The "Buried Alive tour" (the promotion tour for Nightmare) takes its name from this song.

In 2014, a demo for the song leaked. The demo features The Rev on lead vocals and some different lyrics, as well as some breaks where M. Shadows sang in the original. The demo was probably an early version of the song written by The Rev solely, before M. Shadows finished it for Nightmare.

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold

• M. Shadows - lead vocals
• Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• The Rev - drum arrangement
• Synyster Gates - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Johnny Christ - bass

Session musicians

• Mike Portnoy - drums
• Stevie Blackie - strings, string arrangement

Charts

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics