Buried Alive (Avenged Sevenfold song)

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"Buried Alive"
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Promotional single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Nightmare
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2011
RecordedNovember 2009 – April 21, 2010
Studio
Genre
Length6:44
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mike Elizondo
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology
"Not Ready to Die"
(2011)
"Buried Alive"
(2011)
"Carry On"
(2012)

"Buried Alive" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, off the band's fifth studio album Nightmare . [1] The song was released as the albums fourth and final single on September 20, 2011. The music of the song was mostly written by the band's late drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, who died on December 28, 2009. [2] Singer M. Shadows has stated he is extremely proud of the song. [3]

Contents

Music video

In September 2011, the band announced plans for an official music video. [4] They tried to get Rob Zombie to direct the video, but he declined due to being focused on another project. [4] A music video never ended up being produced, but on February 14, 2013, an animated lyric video was posted on YouTube. [5] As of April 20, 2023, the lyric video has over 100 million views on YouTube. [6]

Accolades

YearNominated workAwardResult
2011"Buried Alive"Revolver Magazine's Song of the Year 2011 [7] Nominated

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold

Session musicians

Production

Charts

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