Buried Alive is a song by the American heavy metal band

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, off the band's fifth studio album ''

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''. The song was released as the albums fourth and final single on September 20th, 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

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has stated he is extremely proud of the song.

Music video

In September 2011, the band announced plans for an official music video. They tried to get

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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 14th, 2013, an animated lyric video was posted on

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. As of April 20th, 2023, the lyric video has over 100 million views on YouTube.

Accolades

Personnel

Avenged Sevenfold *

– lead vocals * Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

The Rev James Owen Sullivan (February 9, 1981 – December 28, 2009), also known by his stage name the Rev (shortened version of ''the Reverend Tholomew Plague''), was an American musician, best known as a member of the heavy metal music, heavy metal ...

– songwriting, drum arrangement *

Synyster Gates Brian Elwin Haner Jr. (born July 7, 1981), better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals * Johnny Christ – bass guitar Session musicians * Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion Production * Mike Elizondo – Producer * Craig Aaronson – A&R * Brent Arrowood – Assistant engineer * Chad Carlisle – Assistant engineer * Adam Hawkins – Engineer * Andy Wallace – Mixing engineer *

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– Mastering engineer * Jodie Levine – Production co-ordination, contractor * Andy Olyphant – A&R * Paul Suarez – Pro Tools * Jan Petrow – Assistant engineer * Joanna Terrasi – Production co-ordination, contractor

Charts

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References

{{authority control Avenged Sevenfold songs 2010 songs 2011 singles Songs written by The Rev Songs written by M. Shadows Songs written by Synyster Gates Song recordings produced by Mike Elizondo