"Burn It Down" is a song by American Heavy Metal band

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. It was released as the lead single from their third album, ''

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'', on June 5, 2005.

Background

"Burn It Down" was the first track written for "''

''". The song was released as the lead single from the album, but was received poorly by fans.

Live

"Burn It Down" has been played 182 times live. The song made its live debut on May 4th, 2005. A live performance of the song was used for a music video. The video was directed by Nick Wickham.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Personnel listing as adapted from

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liner notes. ;Avenged Sevenfold *

M. Shadows Matthew Charles Sanders (born July 31, 1981), known by his stage name M. Shadows, is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and a founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. In 2017, Shadows was voted third in th ...

– lead vocals, backing vocals *

Zacky Vengeance Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance ...

– rhythm guitar, co-lead 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 band Avenged Seven ...

– drums, backing vocals * Synyster Gates – lead guitar *

Johnny Christ Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance, ...

– bass, backing vocals ;Production * Produced by Mudrock and Avenged Sevenfold, with additional production by Fred Archambault and Scott Gilman * Mixed by Andy Wallace *

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by John O'Mahony, assisted by Steve Sisco *

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by Eddie Schreyer *Additional vocal production by The Rev, Synyster Gates and M. Shadows * Orchestration by Scott Gilman, The Rev, Synyster Gates and M. Shadows * Drum tech – Mike Fasano *Guitar tech – Stephen Ferrara-Grand ;Session musicians *

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ists – Samuel Fischer ( soloist), Mark Robertson, Songa Lee-Kitto, Sam Formicola, Bruce Dukov, Alan Grunfeld, Larry Greenfield, Liane Mautner * Violists – David Walther, Matthew Funes, Alma Fernandez *

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– Victor Lawrence (soloist), David Low, David Mergen ;Choir *Choir leader – Jeannine Wagner *Choir performers – Zachary Biggs, Colton Beyer-Johnson, Josiah Yiu, Nathan Cruz, Stephen Cruz, C.J. Cruz, Sean Sullivan, Alan Hong, Nico Walsh, Sally Stevens

References

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