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Album: Nightmare (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • This hard-hitting track is the second single by American metal band Avenged Sevenfold, from their fifth studio album, Nightmare. The song is the band's second single released without former drummer "The Rev," who died on December 28, 2009. Singer M. Shadows and bassist Johnny Christ said in Avenged Sevenfold's "making of" series on YouTube that the song was inspired by The Rev.

Comments: 3

  • Tony from ChileI'm sure I watched a video on youtube where M shadows told that it was quite an easy song to write for him, 'cause the whole idea came to his mind, intro-melody, vocals and stuff.
  • Connor from British ColumbiaThis song is about the rh negative aka illuminati bloodline and its about a person being initiated into high level satanism.
  • Lise from Melbourne, AustraliaLove this song!
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