Welcome to the Family (song)

"Welcome to the Family"
"Welcome to the Family"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Nightmare
Released	19 October 2010
Recorded	November 2009 – April 2010
Length	4:06
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	The Rev; M. Shadows;
Producer(s)	Mike Elizondo
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology

"Welcome to the Family" is a song by the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on 19 October 2010, as the second single from their studio album Nightmare.^[1]^[2] It is the band's second single released without former drummer The Rev, who died on December 28, 2009.^[3] In Avenged Sevenfold's "making of" series on YouTube, In the Studio, lead singer M. Shadows and bassist Johnny Christ say that The Rev wrote most of the song and Shadows finished it when they started to record the album. The song is available as DLC in the video game Rock Band 3.^[4]

Track listing

"Welcome to the Family" — 4:06
"4:00 A.M." — 4:58
"Seize the Day (Live in Seattle)" — 5:37

Chart position

Chart	Peak
US Billboard Rock Songs	8
US Billboard Alternative Songs	15
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
UK Rock Chart	8

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold

M. Shadows – vocals
Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
The Rev – drum arrangement, drums and backing vocals (track 3), backing vocals on "Welcome to the Family"
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals
Johnny Christ – bass

Additional musicians

Mike Portnoy – drums (tracks 1 and 2)

Production^[3]

Mike Elizondo – producer
Andy Wallace – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Cam Rackam – paintings and portraits

References

^ "Avenged Sevenfold Select Next Single From "Nightmare"". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
^ "The second single from albums Nightmare is Welcome to the Family, will play at October 19, 2010 on radio".
^ ^a ^b "Late AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drummer 'Appears' On Band's New Album". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
^ http://www.rockband.com/blog/a7x-live-chumbawamba-aha-dlc

External links

[single-theprp-1] "Avenged Sevenfold Select Next Single From "Nightmare"". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.

[2] "The second single from albums Nightmare is Welcome to the Family, will play at October 19, 2010 on radio".

[drummer-blabbermouth-3] "Late AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drummer 'Appears' On Band's New Album". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2010.

[4] ttp://www.rockband.com/blog/a7x-live-chumbawamba-aha-dlc

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v t e Avenged Sevenfold
M. Shadows Zacky Vengeance Synyster Gates Johnny Christ Brooks Wackerman The Rev
Studio albums	Sounding the Seventh Trumpet Waking the Fallen City of Evil Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare Hail to the King The Stage Life Is But a Dream...
Extended plays	Warmness on the Soul Black Reign
Other albums	Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough The Best of 2005–2013 Live at the Grammy Museum
Singles	"Chapter Four "Unholy Confessions" "Burn It Down" "Bat Country" "Beast and the Harlot" "Seize the Day" "Walk" "Almost Easy" "Afterlife" "Dear God" "Scream" "Nightmare" "Welcome to the Family" "So Far Away" "Not Ready to Die" "Buried Alive" "Carry On" "Hail to the King" "St. James" "Shepherd of Fire" "The Stage" "God Damn" "Mad Hatter" "Nobody"
Other songs	"Second Heartbeat" "I Won't See You Tonight" "A Little Piece of Heaven" "Fiction "This Means War" "The River"
Tours	Avenged Sevenfold Tour
Related articles	Discography Pinkly Smooth Mike Portnoy Brian Haner
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