For Avenged Sevenfold, ‘Nightmare’ album is part of the grief
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Tagged Under : Address, Avenged Sevenfold, Drummer Jimmy, Grief, Heavy Metal, Imagery, Lyrics, M Shadows, Metal Fans, Nightmare, Orange County, Personal Work, Riffs
The majority of the lyrics on the album were rewritten to address the death of drummer Jimmy Sullivan. The result is a highly personal work. Orange County's Avenged Sevenfold has long been known by heavy-metal fans for its riffs and its death-obsessed imagery. "Sometimes I don't know why we'd rather live than die," sang frontman M. Shadows in the band's 2005 hit "Bat Country," which topped the ...
