Nightmare Anatomy

Nightmare Anatomy
Studio album by Aiden
Released October 4, 2005
Recorded 2004-2005
Genre post-hardcore, horror punk, emo, gothic rock
Length 37:09
Label Victory Records
Producer Steve Carter
Aiden chronology

Our Gangs Dark Oath
(2004)		 Nightmare Anatomy
(2005)		 Rain in Hell
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Kerrang!

Nightmare Anatomy is the second studio album by American band Aiden. It was released on October 4, 2005 through Victory Records. It was supported by three singles: "Knife Blood Nightmare", "The Last Sunrise", and "Die Romantic".

The Japan release also contains a bonus DVD with interviews, music video, and other material.

Background

In 2009, speaking to Kerrang!, Francis commented:

For Nightmare… I'd learnt how to write and arrange things better than I'd done on Our Gang. Nightmare is a lot more focused on structure; verse, chorus, verse, chorus. I know that a lot of people like Nightmare Anatomy and I think it's a great record for where we were at as a band then. It's a hard-hitting, in your face punk rock album and that was the album we wanted to make at the time.[2]

Chart performance

The album peaked at number 196 on the Billboard 200,[3] number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart,[4] and number 16 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart,[5][6] and has since become one of the band's most commercially and critically successful albums to date.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Knife Blood Nightmare"   3:06
2. "The Last Sunrise"   3:43
3. "Die Romantic"   3:40
4. "Genetic Design for Dying"   3:28
5. "Breathless"   3:58
6. "Unbreakable (I.J.M.A.)"   3:22
7. "It's Cold Tonight"   3:13
8. "Enjoy the View"   2:45
9. "Goodbye We're Falling Fast"   3:34
10. "This City Is Far from Here"   3:07
11. "See You In Hell... (6:13 for the extended version, talking at the end.)"   3:13

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r796275
  2. ↑ Kerrang! #1261, May 16, 2009. Treasure Chest. An Intimate Portrait Of Life In Rock. wiL Francis, p. 58
  3. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-10-22/billboard-200
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-10-22/heatseekers-albums
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-10-22/heatseekers-albums
  6. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/278202/aiden/chart

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