"Buried Alive" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, off the band's fifth studio album Nightmare. 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. Singer M. Shadows has stated he is extremely proud of the song.
Loudwire described the song starting out as a power ballad, moving to arena rock, then shifting to fast heavy metal reminiscent of Metallica, with guitar riffs similar to Iron Maiden.
In September 2011, the band announced plans for an official music video. They tried to get Rob Zombie to direct the video, but he declined due to being focused on another project. A music video never ended up being produced, but on February 14, 2013, an animated lyric video was posted on YouTube.
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