The front cover of the Digi Pak for Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare album this album was written

in tribute to their drummer who died due to an over dose and so a lot of the albums art work is
about that subject or has some kind of religious symbolism which is why the front cover has a
picture of the grim reaper who is wearing a medieval style stereotypical priest attire but with bat
like wings to reverse the traditional connotations and interpretations of the grim reaper and
associate him with hristianity despite the fact that his e!istence isn't necessarily endorsed by the
religious ideology of hristianity at the same time the skull has become a symbol of the band in
general as a skull with wings is their logo so this ties the subject of the album to the band more
closely as well as making the album more iconic" The main colour scheme is blue and black the
blue to indicate the connotation of sadness as blue is a very mellow colour it also reflects the bands
feelings on the album the black is to provide the typical metal connotations but at the same time
relate back to the subject of the death of their band mate and support the other symbols of that such
as the tomb stone the grim reaper they also put a full moon in the background to let the viewer
instantly know its night but also to add to the eeriness of the album artwork which is reinforced by
the cemetery setting" The person on the front cover ne!t to the grave is to add to the shock factor as
nothing grabs peoples attention #uite like something shocking and also causes the rest of the setting
on the front cover to bear weight as they can put a face to the situation the logo is written in white to
balance the darker connotations with the more appealing connotations of white such as purity which
could speak about the bands intent when creating the album the album name nightmare is written in
a red font under their logo to add red connotations such as blood to counter the binary opposite
white"
The ne!t part of the Digi Pak is a photo of the band members drinking at the bar before the death of
their drummer and ne!t to the image is a drawn interpretations of the image but has been done to
create an almost before and after effect" The lead singer is seen sitting at the head of the table in the
image as well as at the bar to show that he is the leader of the group and this has been done to create
a sense of togetherness $n homage to their lost drummer and that they would meet again in a
different place whilst still maintaining that dark tone on the album by making them skeletons this
has been done as a bonus in the Digi Pak to the fans who are also mourning the loss of the drummer
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0ere is a link to the free demo of their song you get free with the Digi Pak
The ne!t part of the Digi Pak features a message on the back of the packaging to only the people
who bought the Digi Pak it continues with the themes in the other sides of the Digi Pak you see a
close up of a cross continuing with the religious symbolism as well as a close up of the grave from
the front cover which adds to the message the the lead singer has written to the fans the mist is
continued from the front cover to help fit the themes and add to the eeriness the gravestone is
cracked possibly representing the bands feeling about the passing away of the drummer and fitting
the stereotype of a graveyard the mist possibly connoting some form haunting as if he was still their
haunting the album almost"
This is the back of the Digi Pak they have continued with mist effect but combined with the empty
road and the light from the mist connotes moving on to some form of spiritual after life continuing
with the religious symbolism e!cept this one while sombre is clearly a lot more hopeful this is
indicated by the white light as well as the stars that have been added in through places where the
mist has thinned and is the end of the Digi Pak and is where the visuals effectively sign off" The
colour green if featured for the first time connoting life and starting again in the form of over
growing the grave stones still maintaining that sombre feeling but adding again to the hopeful
aspect the writing is in bold and in black to make it stand out against the background and to add its
colour connotations to the rest of the image all of the tracks are listed on the back but at the end of
them all there is a tiny white cross which is a time honoured symbol of religion and the white would
connote purity and judging by its placement ne!t to the songs its representing their intent behind the
music"