Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare Drum Track

[@DocZombield]

the snare is so brutal, like a gunshot. awesome!!!

[@Shanethys]

never heard a song with this snare sound, atleast as far as i know. it is weird how well it fits in the whole song.

[@malachimiller8556]

Its a rimshot

[@cheeseplease924]

Shane Thys listen to some songs from Images and Words. Has a very similar sharp snare sound

[@crysalistwo189]

Reverb my friend

[@Stev0BabaGhanoush]

It’s a common mixing technique Andy Wallace does. You can hear the real snare in there, and he uses the snare to trigger a super compressed reverb to make it sound that way. It’s basically like adding a sample to the snare that gives it that long decay. Sounds kind of odd isolated like it is here, but it sounds awesome in the mix.

[@ShanesAquaticVideos]

The double bass on the solo is amazing!

[@yogasucipta9166]

Shanes Exotics And Aquatics i agreed

[@Jack-52]

my fave part to play

[@hasballah44444]

3:32

[@WaliD_06]

real

[@TH4L3G1TK1NG]

jesus christ everyone is in the comments like all saying that either mike portnoy played the drums or the rev did so i am just gonna leave this here in case it helps. As the band was demoing thr music for the album the rev made base tracks that were of low recording quality (shitty electric kit) and they didn't have all the small flares he would have put in the final recorded version for most of the what would become the drum tracks on the nightmare album, then suddenly the rev passed so mike portnoy was brought in to bring what jimmy had started to life on the album, portnoy than copied what jimmy made and added flares like the rev would have, did jimmy write the majority of the parts? yes he did and he did a terrific job but don't shit on portnoy saying he did nothing becuase that's just not true, he brought the tracks to life and in sure had jimmy been around to see the final product he would be very happy with it.

[@cheeseplease924]

TH4L3G1TK1NG this deserves way more likes

[@briancross7585]

TH4L3G1TK1NG Exactly Correct Sir!

[@briancross7585]

TH4L3G1TK1NG Exactly Correct Sir!! Finally somebody who did their homework!

[@grim7379]

@@cheeseplease924 it certainly does deserve a lot more likes.

[@GustavoGplay]

I was about to comment this when you appeared. Perfectly put.

[@EstevanDrummer]

Jimmy was hell of a composer and wrote almost all of that, that´s pretty clear, but of course there are some small Portnoy "tricks" here and there, all over the album.

[@mikeguitar41]

Jimmy would have loved to hear Mike's take on his songs :D there are a couple of songs where he didn't make any changes though. Fiction is one of them, I think

[@KiraluxAeterna]

Fiction has always been the same since the rer passed

[@KisukePlays]

Wasnt Fiction completly written by the Rev?

[@andrewpressley8350]

Gabriel Matheus Yea the rev wrote fiction and I think it was the last song he wrote before he died. But I could be wrong. Some people think its actually his suicide note but again I could be wrong

[@yogasucipta9166]

Estevan Lerma isn't some small please -.-

[@jordantriggs7782]

3:32 I love those triplets during the solo. They add so much to the track overall.

[@FunNy-mh4rw]

Jordan Triggs Quadruplets

[@xxMikePortnoyJrxx]

some serious reverb on the snare right there

[@nc0607]

i was shot... multiple times... listening to this

[@Oggie221]

And hit a big O with every bullet strike. LOL

[@towerfatality]

Damn, you can't even hear this HUGE snare reverb in the mix... It's genius.

[@joelcoool]

on 1.5x speed it sounds like natural born killer

[@MuhammadNaufalyw]

that what i like

[@RyanCho234]

Well we have to say Jimmy kicked fucking ass at drumming and yes Mike did make a couple of changes if u listen to the nightmare demo that's Jimmy drumming and u can tell from this track and the demo there kinda the same but Mike portnoy was Jimmys inspiration

[@logancabianca5432]

They said that the rev has been working on this song since city of evil

[@Testament127]

It has that Beast And The Harlot vibe

[@johannbadenhorst4920]

You can hear the Peart influence here. Beautiful!

[@xamsandwich]

+Johannes Badenhorst Pee-hurt* (*THIS IS A JOKE, DON'T BASH D:*)

[@wigwamania96]

The Rev write all the drum track on this album, Mike Portnoy just play it.

[@wildan29ijudin94]

I hear Rev version ... but Mike version still better

[@QuikSlvr_]

@@wildan29ijudin94 yea they are demos though the rev would have added some of his tricks in the final product too sadly they never made it to the final product, portnoy did an amazing job accenting avenged sevenfolds music style, was definitely the best drummer after revs passing to continue it for this album

[@tomtomtom1230]

You do realise that the Rev wrote the drums and recorded the demos on all the songs on this album bar Fiction I believe. Portnoy simply played them and made any changes that the whole band approved. Besides that, Mike Portnoy was a drummer that the Rev looked up to and based his drumming on.

[@Nahjusx]

Ab

[@gsx_jxey]

The reverb on the snare is just amazing!

[@brandongammon9958]

I LOVE the sound of the bass drum, lol

[@_alw_w9951]

That snare is so sick with the effects

[@rigocaldz]

The ride is so perfect...! ❤

[@TheDrummer881]

That awesome that this drummer plays with loss snares on hit drum.

[@C0Assassin]

The echo for the snare is insane.

[@Oggie221]

0.75 speed makes for one easy going kickass ride!

[@Miniskullz_]

5:27 absolute🔥

[@kristenjustkristen9462]

Yesssssssssss

[@AhHereWeGo]

For anyone who wants to sing to just the drum track, here you go Nightmare! (Now your nightmare comes to life) Dragged ya down below Down to the devil's show To be his guest forever Peace of mind is less than never Hate to twist your mind But God ain't on your side An old acquaintance severed Burn the world your last endeavor Flesh is burning You can smell it in the air 'Cause men like you have Such easy soul to steal (steal) So stand in line while They ink numbers in your head You're now a slave Until the end of time here Nothing stops the madness, Turning, haunting, yearning Pull the trigger You should have known The price of evil And it hurts to know That you belong here, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare Can't wake up in a sweat 'Cause it ain't over yet Still dancing with your demons Victim of your own creation Beyond the will to fight Where all that's wrong is right Where hate don't need a reason Loathing self-assassination You've been lied to Just to rape you of your site And now they have the nerve To tell you how to feel (feel) So sedated as they Medicate your brain And while you slowly Go insane they tell ya "Given with the best intentions Help you with your complications" You should have known The price of evil And it hurts to know That you belong here, yeah No one to call Everybody to fear Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah Oh, it's your fuckin' nightmare Fight Not to fail Not to fall Or you'll end up like the others Die Die again Drenched in sin With no respect for another Down Feel the fire (fire) Feel the hate Your pain is what we desire Lost Hit the wall (wall) Watch you crawl (crawl) Such a replaceable liar And I know you hear their voices (calling from above) And I know they may seem real (these signals of love) But our life's made up of choices (some without appeal) They took for granted your soul And it's ours now to steal You should have known The price of evil And it hurts to know That you belong here, yeah No one to call Everybody to fear Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare

[@swirlring9714]

God I love how Mike's crashes sound so dark and evil like that! Anyone know what his crashes are?

[@RyanCho234]

Sabian that's all I know

[@jurajokasa9763]

Ryan_Sullivan6661 i think 18" is that evil Meinl not sabian ...sabian is crap with sound those are bright too much

[@xamsandwich]

+Juraj Okasa What did you just attempt to say?

[@jurajokasa9763]

sabian cymbals are shit cymbals :) meinl cymbals are beasties :)

[@xamsandwich]

Juraj Okasa My favorite are AA ones. The REALLY shiny ones :D

[@ARieLvsCutTaRi]

best drum composer.. no doubt

[@stormtech8359]

it sounds like a completely different song

[@kurtispittman6869]

Carter Wasley same, it sounds like a more upbeat song, but in reality its the opposite

[@RocknRolioface]

4:33 and on until the bridge ends. those fills are just classic classic drumfills that Rev didn't use in his demo. Great stuff.

[@mattlovesdrums69]

Mike played on the album. He said himself that the band showed him Jimmy's demo tracks so in respect to him, Mike kept pretty close to what jimmy played.

[@percyrobles8897]

If you ever listened to Dream Theater before, you already know Portnoy modified this song to fit his playing for sure.

[@808jam]

the bass drum during the guitar solo is freakin amazing!

[@joelcoool]

Jimmy always had the most awesome snare sounds. His early snare was like lars ulrich's snare (except it was played by someone who knew what they were doing), and I fucking love it, and then he had a bit of a standard sounding snare on self titled/ditr, and if you listen to the LBC performance of beast and the harlot jimmys snare (or lack thereof) absolutely ruined it. And this snare is just... wow. It sounds so evil snd sinister somehow, it fits this song perfectly, I fucking love it.

[@joelcoool]

Crispy Borell I know that

[@Drumsan2285]

Crispy Borell Mike just play it, Jimmy had written the tabs.

[@Drumsan2285]

Crispy Borell Mike just play it, Jimmy had written the tabs.

[@flowerDance2112]

Crispy Borell They had recorded demo of nightmare. Portnoy simply played them. Of course, Portnoy changed but only a little part.

[@joelcoool]

It was probably jimmy that chose the snare sound

[@benjaminknox2442]

Thanks for making this. Really helps me play it.

[@JayGluskin]

This is sick!!! I use it as a backing track to play violin to 😍❤

[@crazygamer735]

He rolling is awesome

[@rainbowpoopunicornfart8341]

Perfect!

[@hopeisonlyadream]

i have dowloaded this and it seems the quality is better there than in my files, well done if you did something :)

[@Vecnir]

Yup, Mike only played their songs with exactly same beats. And Rev wrote them all. He was not only one of greatest drummers but he was badass artist :D

[@thbrightday]

I agree, but that will be 5 dollars in the swear jar, please.

[@danlvaf183]

Mike is also a beast on drums

[@juancortes85340]

This drum track sounds fire

[@KidWhoDrums]

It pisses me off that not very many people realize that Jimmy wrote all the Drum tracks before he passed. Portnoy didnt write any of the songs.

[@sevynsmoth8686]

KidWhoDrums Jimmy wrote them. Mike recorded them

[@TimeoutKB]

Well, he didn’t necessarily write all of them. Such as this song. Jimmy wrote almost all of the drum tracks, but Mike put a few little things in there, and stuff like that.

[@KevinLuWX]

Jimmy wrote the basic beat and some basic fills. Portnoy expanded them.

[@ghanimusic_indo]

2:05 - 5:24 mike portnoy fill😁👍🤘

[@jorgeherrera1574]

Mike rules. End of the story. Rev was an AMAZING drum player too.

[@asdfsadfdsfadfgw4rbg]

love that snare

[@rizkykurniawan9828]

mike portnoy !!!

[@Algebra2Master]

Awesome, love the drum track to this song.

[@Rm2k]

nice cover man well done :)

[@fajarsetiawan194]

Amazing

[@asdfsadfdsfadfgw4rbg]

snare sounds awesome

[@Olivercat5987]

This is so cool I love advenged sevenfold and it’s in my blood to be a drummer .

[@GustavoGplay]

Damn, the snare is so cool.

[@Coastersslol]

my fucking god his double bass sounds so bad-ass

[@SauronTheCruel]

That snare is so intense!

[@yaburr]

omg the snare..

[@MarcialTheHuman]

Best comment I've read all week. XD

[@kurtispittman6869]

U can hear the cymbal work that was in Radiant Eclipse

[@kayquedrumond]

Portnoy Amassa!

[@scotty2hotty926]

LOVE THE FUCKING DOUBLE BASS IN THIS SONG

[@ariapro7]

that, my friend, is the beauty of pro tools, drum triggers, and "Drumagog"

[@Thadeka.]

Mixed by andy Wallace ,awsome job

[@Ardwin]

he wrote the drums but sadly never got to record a final of this song there is a demo of this song with the rev playing it but mike portnoy played drums on this album

[@CharlesFurtadoCardoso]

Portnoy is a Genius

[@syarif0497]

Snare nya kedengaran tidak cukup bagus jika di putar secara independent, tapi terdengar keren saat diputar secara keseluruhan track...aku tidak tahu sejenius apa engineer nya bisa mengambil langkah yang tidak mudah ini

[@RemusHerciu]

Listen to Chris Adler (Lamb of God) if you're into fast pedal stuff. Also,it was Rev the one who wrote the Nightmare drum line :P

[@luispalapa8170]

rev and mike r awesome

[@TrueGamerX]

Perfect for working out.

[@FunGuyThatRocks]

3:32 for some sick ass double bass drumming \m/

[@marchmartin1215]

What a BOSS!

[@ijatt994]

Goodjob mike portnoy

[@AiceBlue17]

Awesome

[@bronyalliance1]

REVerb

[@tomtomtom1230]

There's some serious drum replacement going on here. Still the beat that was originally written. Would've made that snare drum sound bigger personally but it works in the full track and it's what their producer would've wanted.

[@jinkim664]

How would this snare get any bigger lmao it would be a snare track

[@ThePizzaMan_]

@@jinkim664 Think a deeper snare is what was meant rather than a 'bigger' snare sound? Cause that snare sounds like the drive by that finished off Biggie. I know what they mean though, sounds too 'thin' to be the same snare in the full track!

[@fedexmetallica1]

it's perfect, thanks

[@w27y]

Listen closely at 3:41 , its a bad punch in/out, one of the crashes from before the punch-in can be heard decaying yet wasn't hit the measure before......

[@Oregans96]

EPIC!

[@LupercaIia]

666 likes!

[@johannbadenhorst4920]

Now it's mostly 7s :p

[@darkiplier461]

Heavy Metal is not apart of 666

[@criminalminds613]

duh cuz he wrote it he just passed away before he could record it, but if you search nightmare a7x demo its jimmy drumming on an electric set

[@ibriselric2]

No he's not. The Rev only recorded the demo tape. Mike recorded all of the master tracks for the album by pretty much rehashing Jimmy's recordings.

[@RAZGRIZist]

awesome.. here, take my "LIKE"

It sounds like Metal Machine kit from EzDrummer... but with addictional part of drums (Mike Portney Octobans). The drum mixing is fucking amazing! The snare have more room and it was added a sample to make it sound like a shot ❤ So cool!!!!

[@David-cb9ec]

Sounds like Steven Slate Drums a lot Ez drums sounds like shit

@@David-cb9ec well... if you put an EQ, compressor and some other stuff, the drums sounds amazing. Just Ez with no effects make it sounds like shit 🤣

@@David-cb9ec in a test I've done the Metal Machine samples sounded a lot close to this track

[@David-cb9ec]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/baLJanp5aLeDpcU Watch this, (first kit)

@@David-cb9ec 🤔 it sounds powerful! Maybe he used SSD 🤣

[@nickv.8504]

as long as I give all the rights to a7x, I can download this track right?

[@RyanGavino-kc8gm]

Dragged you down below, down to the devil's show To be his guest forever (peace of mind is less than never) Hate to twist your mind, but God ain't on your side An old acquaintance severed (burn the world your last endeavor) Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air 'Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal) So stand in line while they ink numbers in your head You're now a slave until the end of time here Nothing stops the madness turning Haunting, yearning, pull the trigger You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare While your nightmare comes to life Can't wake up in sweat, 'cause it ain't over yet Still dancin' with your demons (victim of your own creation) Beyond the will to fight, where all that's wrong is right Where hate don't need a reason (loathing self-assassination) You've been lied to just to rape you of your sight And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel (feel) So sedated as they medicate your brain And while you slowly go insane they tell you Given with the best intentions Help you with your complications You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah No one to call, everybody to fear Your tragic fate is lookin' so clear, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare Ha, ha, ha, ha Fight (fight), not to fail (fail), not to fall (fall) Or you'll end up like the others Die (die), die again (die), drenched in sin (sin) With no respect for another Oh Down (down), feel the fire (fire), feel the hate (hate) Your pain is what we desire Lost (lost), hit the wall (wall), watch you crawl (crawl) Such a replaceable liar And I know you hear their voices (calling from above) And I know they may seem real (these signals of love) But our life's made up of choices (some without appeal) They took for granted your soul And it's ours now to steal As your nightmare comes to life You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah No one to call, everybody to fear Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare

[@SinfulSolitudeBand]

judging from the components mike portnoy has on his kit, i think they are octabans

[@LizGro]

Got the bass, drums and guitar tracks all in sync, sounds pretty good :L

[@gracelidya2489]

I like drums sound on solo part

[@wikkedwood]

Total agree...not a fan soloed but it sounds good in the fray

[@rosdos100]

the snare sounds like gun shots lol i want one

[@xXxFSTYLExXx]

I think Jimmy was fucking great, Mike is fucking great and Arin is also fucking great. Three fucking great drummers with a fucking great band!

[@amoghgurung8036]

Yeah

[@bazilmeister]

me too. and i'm not even a drummer. i just wanna have it next to my desk and pound it whenever i feel like :P

[@Thehaloboy13]

who can dislike this honestly?

[@Cody_Wan_Kenobi]

If you want to hear MP do fast pedaling, try A Nightmare To Remember by DT.

[@XxXIronBlackXxX]

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[@Hxcdrummer420]

try the 13 x 7.5 porkpie snare with like 20 vent holes, gives me a great sound

[@fazliemreguven]

Wow.

[@nickmorris2527]

If you want to here some insane gun shots... Listen to Pathetic by Lamb of God drums only. Shit is crazy.

[@JespervanBree]

wrote*

[@ibriselric2]

Actually you both are kinda wrong. Jimmy only recorded the demo (which sounds pretty much like the final track, except in lower quality since he recorded it in an electric drum set). Mike recorded the master track for the album sticking as close as possible to the demo after Jimmy passed and played it on tour with them until he left and was replaced by Arin

[@pellebalayette8329]

Try to play the drum and the bass track together, in the same time. The result is awesome *-*

[@steakak47]

3:30 favorite part