"Welcome to the Family" is a song by the American heavy metal band

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. It was released on October 19, 2010, as the second

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from their studio album '' Nightmare''. It is the band's second single released without former drummer

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, who died on December 28, 2009. In Avenged Sevenfold's "making of" series on

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, ''In the Studio'', lead singer

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and bassist

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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 ''

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''.

Track listing

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

Personnel

;Avenged Sevenfold *

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

– songwriting, drum arrangement (tracks 1 and 2), drums and backing vocals (track 3) * Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals ;Additional musicians *

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– drums (tracks 1 and 2) ;Production *

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– producer * Andy Wallace – mixing *

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– mastering * Cam Rackam – paintings and portraits

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* Songs about families 2010 songs 2010 singles Avenged Sevenfold songs Warner Records singles Songs written by The Rev Song recordings produced by Mike Elizondo Songs written by M. Shadows {{Metal-song-stub