Rebecca's Favourite Video

Directed by Wayne Isham.
Set in Huntington Beach, where the band originated from.
This is my favourite video because i like the simplicity of the the video. I also like the message, the bands drummer died in December 2009 and this was their tribute song to him. The way they show clips of child hood and times they had together as a full band really fit in well with the slowness of the song and the message.
Throughout the video the band members age throughout the memory clips. Some of the clips fade to black and white before they cut to the band  which makes the transitions smooth.  Towards the end, when they show real clips of the band, they contrast with the performance shots because the band look really happy in all the clips and in the performance shots they are all sad and sullen.
The cuts start off slow at the beginning and lots of fade ins but towards the end when the beat picks up the cuts are quicker and on the beat.
The emotion showed by the band member is the key thing i like about this video. This is because it adds more depth to the video when you know the band actually relate to the lyrics and visuals.
This was the first Avenged Sevenfold song Synyster Gates, the guitarist, wrote completely by himself. It was his tribute to The Rev.
Avenged Sevenfold posted a countdown on their website that showed the time of the release for the video. When the video was released, the site crashed due to so many people watching the video at once. After a second failed attempt to release the video, they solved the problem by hosting the music video on YouTube.
It ends with a clip of the band hugging with The Rev, the same picture shown inside the case of the Nightmare, the album this song is from, CD case.

For the video, Synyster Gates asked to make a special edition of his own custom made guitar, but instead of placing the letters "SYN" like the original, it displays "REV". Johnny Christ also wore a guitar strap with the word "foREVer", the phrase that fans use to tribute towards Avenged Sevenfold's fallen drummer and its shown on th Nightmare ablum cover, written on it.