For Avenged Sevenfold, ‘Nightmare’ album is part of the grief

For Avenged Sevenfold, ‘Nightmare’ album is part of the grief
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 …

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