Seize the Day (song) explained

Seize the Day
Cover:Seize The Day.jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Avenged Sevenfold
Album:City of Evil
Released:July 11, 2006[1]
Recorded:January 1 – April 18, 2005[2] [3]
Studio:
  • The Hobby Shop (Los Angeles)
  • Ocean Way (Hollywood)
Length:
  • 5:35
  • 4:45 (radio edit)
Label:Warner
Producer:
Prev Title:Beast and the Harlot
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Walk
Next Year:2007

"Seize the Day" is a power ballad[4] by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on July 11, 2006, as a promotional single for their third studio album, City of Evil.[5] Additionally, the song was released on July 27, 2010, as a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band 2, along with "Nightmare" and "Scream".

Music video

The video depicts M. Shadows and then girlfriend (now wife) Valary laughing and shooting footage of each other- they are expecting a child. The rest of the band come to his house and pick him up so they can rob a liquor store. In the process, Shadows gets caught by the police while the others drive off, leaving him behind.[6] He goes to jail, where after his wife comes to visit him. They get into a fight; while driving home his wife is hit by a van. A funeral scene follows, and her casket is lowered into the ground; Synyster Gates is shown playing the song's guitar solo on top of her casket. At the end of the video, Shadows is at her grave, with their son, who had survived the crash. The rest of the band come over to him, Shadows picks up his son, and the group walk away.

The video was inspired by the video for Guns N' Roses' "November Rain". M. Shadows said, "It's not us driving around in cool cars and just chilling, you know? It has a story and Guns N' Roses did those videos the best. It wasn't about looking cool and being flashy, it was about being real and showing the scenario and being true to the video." The video was directed by Wayne Isham.

In 2007, the video won a Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for Best Video.[7]

Personnel

Personnel listing as adapted from album liner notes.[8]

Avenged Sevenfold
Production
Orchestra
Choir

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] 17
US Active Rock (Billboard)[10] 16
US Heritage Rock (Billboard)[11] 29

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock . Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated . July 7, 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 . March 22, 2013 .
  2. Web site: December 30, 2004. Avenged Sevenfold website. September 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20041230165405/http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/. December 30, 2004.
  3. Web site: News . Avenged Sevenfold.com . April 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050425004910/http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/ . April 25, 2005 . April 18, 2005.
  4. News: SCHLEUTERMANN . MARCUS . AVENGED SEVENFOLD City Of Evil . October 26, 2022 . Rock Hard . German . (The band) garnishes the choice with plenty of bombast and all kinds of metal kitsch - sleaze ballads ('Seize The Day').
  5. http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/ A7X official site
  6. Web site: AVENGED SEVENFOLD Borrows From GUNS N' ROSES For 'Seize The Day' Video . . April 4, 2023 . July 6, 2006.
  7. Web site: BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Booed at METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS. June 12, 2007.
  8. Book: City of Evil liner notes. 2005. Warner Bros. Records. 4, 10, 11.
  9. Avenged Sevenfold Chart History: Mainstream Rock . Billboard . June 13, 2020.
  10. Avenged Sevenfold Chart History (Active Rock) . Billboard . April 14, 2023.
  11. Avenged Sevenfold Chart History (Heritage Rock) . Billboard . April 14, 2023.

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