Nightmare Anatomy

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.Kerrang! #1261, May 16, 2009. Treasure Chest. An Intimate Portrait Of Life In Rock. wiL Francis, p. 58

In July and August 2005, the group supported The Hurt Process on their New Faces from Different Places tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.victoryrecords.com/thehurtprocess|title=The Hurt Process|publisher=Victory Records|accessdate=April 29, 2018}} It was released on October 4 through record label Victory. 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.

October through December 2005 the band played the opening slot on the Never Sleep again tour with Silverstein, Bayside, and Hawthorne Heights.

In March and April 2006, the group supported Thirty Seconds to Mars on the Forever Night Never Day tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_378|title=30 Seconds To Mars touring with Aiden, Emanuel this March|work=Alternative Press|date=January 25, 2006|accessdate=June 27, 2016}} In May and June, the band supported HIM on their tour of the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_669|title=HIM return to the U.S. this May for tour with Aiden|work=Alternative Press|date=April 17, 2006|accessdate=July 27, 2016}} The band went on the 2006 edition of the Warped Tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_523|title=Warped Tour confirms tour routing, venues, more bands|work=Alternative Press|date=March 2, 2006|accessdate=July 19, 2016}} In October and November, the band supported Silverstein in their Never Shave Again Tour in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1202|title=Silverstein announce "Never Shave Again" U.S. tour with Aiden|work=Alternative Press|date=September 1, 2006|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}

For Aiden's final tour in the fall of 2015, they played Nightmare Anatomy in its entirety.

{{Music ratings

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|rev1score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r796275 |title=Nightmare Anatomy – Aiden | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |last=Anderson |first=Rick |website=AllMusic |accessdate=September 13, 2016}}

| rev2 = Melodic

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://melodic.net/?page=review&id=3919|title=Aiden - Nightmare Anatomy |work=Melodic|author=Roth, Kaj|date=November 23, 2005|accessdate=July 16, 2017}}

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The album peaked at number 196 on the Billboard 200,{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-10-22/billboard-200|title = Billboard 200 Chart|magazine = Billboard}} number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart,{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-10-22/heatseekers-albums|title = Heatseekers Albums Chart|magazine = Billboard}} and number 16 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart,{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-10-22/heatseekers-albums|title = Heatseekers Albums Chart|magazine = Billboard}}{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=aiden|chart=all}} selling over 89,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=161780|title=Soundscan Results: Week Ending August 6th, 2006|work=absolutepunk.net|author=Kohli, Rohan|date=August 10, 2006|accessdate=February 12, 2016}} The album has received a mixed-to-negative reaction from music critics.

{{Track listing

| title1 = Knife Blood Nightmare

| length1 = 3:06

| title2 = The Last Sunrise

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = Die Romantic

| length3 = 3:40

| title4 = Genetic Design for Dying

| length4 = 3:28

| title5 = Breathless

| length5 = 3:58

| title6 = Unbreakable (I.J.M.A.)

| length6 = 3:22

| title7 = It's Cold Tonight

| length7 = 3:13

| title8 = Enjoy the View

| length8 = 2:45

| title9 = Goodbye We're Falling Fast

| length9 = 3:34

| title10 = This City Is Far from Here

| length10 = 3:07

| title11 = See You in Hell...

| length11 = 6:13

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{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus DVD (2005 Japan Release)

| title1 = Mordecai

| title2 = Top Gun

| title3 = Slumber Party

| title4 = Convalescence

| title5 = Body and Blood

| title6 = Suffocating Words

| title7 = Crimson

| title8 = Knife Blood Nightmare

| title9 = Necessary Bloodshed

| title10 = Wake the Dead

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Aiden

• Wil Francis – lead vocals
• Angel Ibarra – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jake Wambold – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Nick Wiggins – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jake Davison – drums, backing vocals

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Production and additional personnel

• Steve Carter – production, engineer, mixing
• Justin Armstrong – engineer
• Paul Speer – mixing, mastering
• Gregg Keplinger – drum technician
• Aaron Edge – layout, design, backing vocals
• Brian "Spicoli" Johnson – backing vocals
• Salo – photography
• Misha Hunting – band photography

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• [http://www.victoryrecords.com/merch/cds/9192/Aiden_Nightmare_Anatomy Nightmare Anatomy on Victory Records]

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