Over the past week or so Avenged Sevenfold have been posted teasers for their new video on official YouTube Channel - they also added a brand new track, "Buried Alive".
Since the "Nightmare" 'Lyric Video' was added to YouTube by Avenged Sevenfold it's had over 275,000 views in 24 hours of its uploading by the band/Warner Bros Records, since then it's gone on to over 2.7 Million views. Today the full video will premiere on MTV and MTV2 in the US as confirmed by the official press release below.
MTV have posted an edited version of the video on their website, but currently this video is not viewable outside the US, so check out these teasers from the band. The full version is coming soon.
Head to www.youtube.com/avengedsevenfold for all 5 teasers.
BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - July 16, 2010) - The official video for "Nightmare," the new single from Southern California's Avenged Sevenfold, will premiere on MTV2, MTV.com, and MTV2.com this Saturday, July 17th, at 11 a.m.
The "lyric" video that premiered via YouTube at www.avengedsevenfold.com
received more than 275,000 plays in 24 hours and has since racked up nearly 2.7 million views. The track, which has sold 128,000 digital singles, is currently at No. 3 on Mediabase's Active Rock chart.
"Nightmare" is the title track to the band's upcoming fifth studio album, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on July 27th, 2010. Nightmare was produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace. The album has already attracted 8,000 pre-orders through digital retailers and the special edition direct to consumer piece has nearly sold through all of the 7,000 units bringing the album preorder to over 15,000 units.
In August, Avenged Sevenfold will set out co-headlining the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival with Disturbed. Also on the bill are Stone Sour, Halestorm, and Hell Yeah. The UPROAR tour, which will hit amphitheatres and arenas, marks the band's first tour since the passing of beloved friend and drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre plays drums on Nightmare and will also tour with the band for UPROAR.
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Also earlier this week the band added another 'Lyric Video' with some amazing visuals and an equally spine tingly song taken from the album, "Buried Alive".
Also yesterday, Avenged Sevenfold gave one lucky fan who runs DeathBatNews - a fansite, a chance of a lifetime to hear the new album, you can check out their review at www.deathbatnews.com