Avenged Sevenfold - Save Me (Demo) [Nightmare Album] 

You have to admit mike portnoy totally did the Rev justice with trying to replicate his style but also throwing his own stuff in

jimmy singing "i may be out of my mind" got changed to "he may be out of his mind" in the official version i just thought that part was cool

Tonight we are BATMAAAAANNNNNN!!!

Wow, so originally the line was "Is it something I did?". And also in the bridge the Rev mumbles most of it but you can clearly hear the line "I may be out of my mind" which they later changed to "he may be out of his mind". This demo gave me the chills.

The change in lyrics from "I may be out of my mind" in the demo to "he may be out of his mind" in the final version 💔

So what I’m seeing is, Rev was a huge and I mean HUGE fan of broadway style horror/goth music. It’s very similar vibe to the self titled album and like A little Piece of Heaven. I really wish they kept these sides alive but I guess it’s gone now… Rev also wrote a lot of emotional songs while Shadows writes mostly political/philosophical stuff

Holy shit. It really is the same demo as the "Bad Men" snippet from years ago. I can't believe we really got an official release of this

the rev's masterpiece, and mike portnoy helped make it even more perfect

No shit. The bridge was originally the chorus!? They definitely changed the song around a bunch from this version

I still stand by it. Save me is the greatest song they have ever written in my opinion

6:28 - 7:17 it's still clear when Portnoy plays a lot of cymbals and hihats in this part it's clearly like him, even just listening I know that he's playing, the rev must be proud there.

Tonight we all bat man

Everyone download this quick before it's gone for 10 more years.

The Rev was a musical genius RIP

Crazy it’s been 15 years already without Jimmy. Hearing his mumbles then going back and jamming to fiction, Matt nails trying to sound like him when he’s singing “I hope it’s worth it. what’s left behind me yeah. I know you’ll find your own way…” awesome demo audio, thanks for posting it. I love their new stuff, LIBAD hits hard, but the rev had a huge impact on the style of their older music.

This version sounds like a CoE song, but with the dark and moodiness of Nightmare. Very cool

Lyrics (99% accurate to my knowledge) Skull They All Know (2) Sorry did I wake your sleep Do questions run too deep? We only only wake up when you sleep We know you wait and find Tying silent night In my heart ahold (In my tiring tiring tired soul) Is it something I said? Is it something I said to them? Is it something I said? If you look things out of my mind One day you will find You running inside of my mind You walk right into You will know to see me go and run away A moment without you I don't know why I'm feeling so in compromise Nowhere will be Weak We all lay down We always building it back We all lay down We always building it back Skull Is it something I said? Is it something I said to them? Is it something I said? If you look things out of my mind Then one day you will find You running Inside of my mind You walk right into You will know to see me go and run away A moment without you I don't know why I'm feeling so in compromise Nowhere will be Weak Won't you find your way? But won't you know my way? No place to want me So take your lips and solve me No more instant to honor me No more ways you want to be Over those eyes around I may be out of my mind Maybe you will find The sanity out of my mind But once you empty mine The heart thawed out on my own You give this and you'll find Insanity out of my mind The hunger in your own If you look things out of my mind One day you will find You running inside of my mind You walk right into You will know to see me go and run away A moment without you I don't know why I'm feeling so in compromise Nowhere will be Weak Tonight we're all bad men {repeated}

Hearing it played by Jimmy gives it a whole new sound.. save me is one of my all-time favorite songs. Portnoy did the band so much justice when he passed. There isn't another drummer I can think of who could have made the album as great as it was.

This is from the Season Pass. Huge ups for posting this. Legendary

3:41 Unholy Confessions.

Im biased but damn the period with the rev was awesome, i truly think it was him who sparked everything, brought those "ideas" of songs but in fact they were mostly done just needed to be changed a bit, sang and played on guitar to come together. It was punchy, original, amazing sounding and it had all those small features that made it sound sexy. From good and deep lyrics, to punk drum tracks, crazy guitar solos and rythmic/energetic riffs, to all the small things that would be added like his screams mainly.. i think they really lost their core when he died and they had a crazy identity crisis. To me there's Avenged Sevenfold and then after that breaking point there's Avenged Sevenfold 2/the aftermath.

i literally got chill all over my body, it's kinda eerie to hear jimmy singing in the song that later dedicated for him, the song that grieving for him. it's quite emotional, but i also am glad to hear his voice. It just added a whole new feeling the next time i listen the one in the album. RIP Jimmy we miss you so much.. Thanks for uploading this, God bless u

GO GO BATMAN!!!

What a feeling... I Miss Him... 😭

Really interesting to hear save me without it's chorus that we all know and love. But iirc Matt said they took the chorus from another song they were writing and used that as the chorus for save me. Even though it's really cool to hear this and hear some different parts, I've gotta say they made all the right calls with the arrangement of the final version.

Even the unfinished base version is a masterpiece, we already knew how great it would be

I’m so happy this is out. Portnoy did an amazing job - as we’d expect. This really shows how much the Rev contributed to the songwriting in A7X. Which make it even more impressive how great the Stage and LIBAD came out.

The nightmare album was an instant classic. Best way to listen is on vinyl with a bad ass system. Classic album deserves to be played on a classic format

youre going to heaven for uploading this. this is beautiful. the guitar is nasty

Yes yes yes, ive been trying to find this for years since i search for lost media this is huge

so raw so pure so beautiful

Kalo sekarang masih ada the rev pasti bakal seru banget. Bakal lawak terus bareng yg lain wkwk. Tp ini semua udh jadi yang terbaik buat the rev dan semuanya. Khusnul khotimah untuk the rev 🌹✨

Shows how much producers and actual tuning songs need.

People say that portnoy changed this song a lot, even though in the interview portnoy himself said that the most part was done by the rev

Its so sad hearing this :( you can hear the pain behind the revs vocals, and not having much mkre in him 😭 Im so happy to hear this, but it makes me so sad because he isnt with us 😭

rip Jimmy the Rev Sullivan, gone but not forgotten foREVer in our heart!!!❤️❤️❤️

Tonight we are Battmaaannnnnn

The Victim demo is also available with the season pass for a lower price than Save Me. Any chance of that being uploaded?

I genuinely thought I'd never get to hear this. It's actually got me quite emotional. Hearing Jimmy's voice, his genius on the kit and just how much input he had on this absolute masterpiece is as equally gut wrenching as it is amazing. God I miss him.

This clears the full release version imo. This has a lot more pinkly smooth influence here and I adore that. Not to mention Jimmy singing is always a plus :D.

This is what I miss most. Rev’s melodies, mixed metal & ska style rhythms, with Shadow’s monster and power smooth sweet vox.

They were feeling spicy with this song with the classic metalcore style riffs

my favorite a7x song. It’s nice to hear the rev. Rip.

Holy shit, taking into account that this is just a demo, I gotta admit that Matt sounds incredible. You can hear that he loves what he's doing and that he puts his whole heart into it.

so they used the ending bridge as the chorus in this song, honestly i think thats dope asf, but i do love the finalized save me chorus as well

Ni orang memang multitalent. foREVer

I don't think Portnoy changed it much, he actually made it better in my opinion

I mean, what do I say 😢 blessed to hear, ashamed it wasn't solidified...... RIP

thank you for sharing this! hearing this & watching the song breakdown avenged sevenfold posted way back is so interesting! the path they took from the demo to the official version is so unique & they definitely did justice to the demo making it a cohesive song

BATMAN

Infomasi yang sangat penting bagi deathbat, terimakasih min, dengan ini kami jadi tau, ternyata proses pembuatan lagunya seperti ini, dan sangat lumayan banyak revisian sampai hasil akhir lagunya seperti lagunya yg kita dengar sekarang

The God amongst us. FoREVer loved, foReVer missed. 🖤💀🦇

foREVer in our hearts, thanks bro

I tought I will never hear this

Been waiting for this for years, hopefully the rest of the demoes comes out soon!

I got this album when it came out but I had no idea there was an existing demo with Jimmy before his death. Damn it I’m gonna cry now. 😭

Wahh beza nye!! Can’t wait to go Jakarta for concert from Singapore!

The fact that this song officially goes to public is because they has been pay attention to this song, i just watch the live version before i write this, and that live is on 6 march, playing with new line up like Cosmic, its line up is different than 2023 live tour

This version has crazy WTF “vibes”

3:19 Pinkly Smooth - Drop D

THEY ALL KNOW .

I feel like like 313 or 319 that was the whole crux of the song and they left that little melody out. Seriously listen to that that’s amazing. It only would’ve been embellished on

Wow

I love this band foREVer in my life and all memories with my olf friends

ditunggu bulan meiiiiiii

So grateful for Mr.Portnoy…did a fantastic job sitting behind the kit for this album

The real musicality very good,good think

Hahaha this is absolutely brilliant, no one tops a7x

Lagu demo yang gue cari selama hampir 14 tahun akhirnya ketemu, Sebelumnya nightmare, buried Alive, Fiction yang pernah gue temukan versi demo jaman pra rilis album kelima "Nightmare" Moment ketika kegabutan liburan pasca UN SMP tahun 2010 😭😭

God is good, after almost 10 years since the last time I heard this it’s so refreshing to hear it again.

I'm so emotional omg😢

The rev bukan hanya drummer genius, tapi pencipta lagu yang genius juga ..foREVer ^🖤^

Wow, sick

Wih bro gw hargain bgt upload nya, sebagai fans garis keras gw baru denger record ini karna gapernah beli cd originalnya, the best pokoknya langsung like dan subs 💪🏼

Is the official CD version better in my opinion? Yes. But is this so cool to hear how they were building the song with different pieces and vocals from the Rev?…. Abso-fuckin-lutely!

mantab bang ini saya cari ❤❤

It's really sad to hear Jimmy's voice

Baru tau demonya juga keren min! #foREVer

SKULL

Ini sih progressive banget demo nya

Versi demonya unik maklum versi mentah, kalau udah masuk mixing dan jadi wah makin keren, bersyukur sih masih bisa denger suara The REV walaupun remang² 🔥

This is wild.

I kinda like this arrangement better

i think there dueting right? thr rev and m shadows

tonight we areee bad men

Ayang jimmy❤❤❤

Lyric please. This is some gourmet shit!

Gebukann drumm The rev sama brook berisi therev..tp brook tetep bagus

With ❤! Saska!

essa demo ficou linda pqp

flashback😂

Kayak mimpi denger jimmy yang nyanyi 😢

Demo fiction bang

😢

We are Batman ❤️❤️

keren nih bang, dapet darimana nih, gw nyari di youtube juga baru ini ketemu

tonight we all bad man sound like batman🤣

thanks for posting that, my friend! a7x rocks! greetings from Brazil!

I know it says bad man but goddamn all I hear is BATMAN! TONIGHT WE ARE BATMAAAAAAAAAN!!

Interesting, I always thought they made a song step by step as we know it , not like this!